System Setup and Notes
Hardware and Software
Test Platform
| Test System | |
| Processor(s) | AMD Athlon 4000+, Socket 939, 2400MHz, 1MiB L2 cache memory |
| Mainboard | ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe ABIT AX8 K8T890 |
| Memory | 2 x 512MiB Corsair DDR-400 2.0-2-2-5 @ 400MHz |
| Disk Drive | 80GB Seagate 7200 IDE 160GB Western Digtal 160JB IDE |
| Graphics Cards | ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XT (400/490) SAPPHIRE X800 GT Hybrid 256MB PCIe (475/490) |
| Graphics Driver | ATI CATALYST 5.7 and MMC9.09 |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, SP2 |
| Mainboard Software | NVIDIA nForce4 6.39 VIA Hyperion 455vp1 |
Benchmark Software
Chronicles Of Riddick - Escape from Butcher Bay - custom HEXUS benchmark - AA and AF set via control panel
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - custom HEXUS benchmark
Notes
We're comparing the 400/490 clocked X800 GT with 128MiB of memory to the SAPPHIRE X800 GT Hybrid 256MB PCIe at 475/490. The X800 GT specification for the All-In-Wonder therefore differs quite significantly to the specification being pushed out by board vendors for the gamer's cards. 75MHz less core clock and half the memory size and interface width should add up to a significant performance difference, bringing things down to around X700 PRO levels, on paper. The testing will show us if our assumption is correct.Note that Tarinder used a VIA-based mainboard for evaluating the X800 GT boards recently, while I use nForce4. The differences are minimal (in slight favour of the well sorted ASUS A8N-SLI) but worth noticing.
