System setup and notes
Hardware and Software
Test Platforms
| Systems | Athlon 64 S939 PCI-Express System | |
| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 4000+ | |
| Mainboard | ABIT AX8 K8T890 | |
| Memory | 1GByte (2x512MB) Corsair XMS3200XL | Memory timings | 2-2-2-5 1T @ DDR400 |
| Graphics Card #1 | ABIT Fatal1ty X800 XL 512MB PCIe (400/980 & 420/1100) | |
| Graphics Card #2 | ATI RADEON X850 XT PCIe (400/980) | Graphics Card #3 | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB PCIe (425/1100) | Graphics Card #4 | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB PCIe (430/1200) | Disk Drive | 160GB WD IDE |
| BIOS Version | BIOS 10 - 14th February 2005 | |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, SP2 | |
| Mainboard Software | VIA Hyperion Pro v4.55 | |
Software
ATI CATALYST 5.4 for ATI-based cards
NVIDIA ForceWare 77.72 for NVIDIA-based cards
Futuremark 3DMark05 Build 1.2.0 - AA and AF set via application
DOOM 3 v1.1 (1282) Timedemo 1 - AA and AF set via application
Far Cry v1.3 - custom HEXUS benchmark - AA and AF set via application
Half-Life 2 - custom HEXUS benchmark - AA and AF set via application
Chronicles Of Riddick - Escape from Butchers Bay - custom HEXUS benchmark - AA and AF set via control panel
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - custom HEXUS benchmark
Notes
It's all change for the drivers used. ATI cards were all tested with the CATALYST 5.7 set, whilst NVIDIA's were run with ForceWare 77.72. Nothing out of the ordinary to report during a marathon testing session, so let's get to the numbers.
