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Review: The introduction of 512MiB consumer graphics hardware

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 4 May 2005, 00:00

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System Setup and Notes

Test System
Processor(s) AMD Athlon FX-55, Socket 939, 2600MHz, 1MiB L2 cache memory
Mainboard DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-D
Memory 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS XL Xpert DDR-400
2.0-2-2-5 @ 400MHz
BIOS Version NF4LD310
Disk Drive 300GB Maxtor DM10 SATA
Graphics Cards ATI Radeon X800 XL 512MiB PEG
ATI Radeon X800 XL 256MiB PEG
Graphics Driver ATI CATALYST 5.4 and CATALYST Control Centre
Operating System Windows XP Professional, SP2
Mainboard Software NVIDIA nForce4 Standalone Kit 6.53
Main graphics card clock ATI Radeon X800 XL 512MiB Clocks
ATI Radeon X800 XL 512MiB ID

Notes

Half-Life 2 and Beepa's excellent Fraps 2.5.4 were combined to record framerate over a run of our custom timedemo, which takes place inside the prison section late in the game. To exert maximum memory pressure, 1600x1200 (the maximum resolution of the LCD monitor used for benchmarking) with 6X AA and 16X AF was chosen, to see if 512MiB of card memory has any effect on performance.

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