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Review: XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB DDR3 XXX Edition

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 24 November 2005, 09:50

Tags: XFX Geforce 7800 GTX, XFX (HKG:1079)

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System Setup and Notes

XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB DDR3 XXX Edition Test System
Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX
2800MHz, 1MiB L2
Mainboard ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
Memory 2 x 512MiB Corsair XMS3200 XL DDR-400
2.0-2-2-5 @ 400MHz
Disk Drive 80GB Seagate PATA
Graphics Cards XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB DDR3 XXX Edition, 512MiB (G70) (580/865)
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512, 512MiB (G70) (550/850)
ATI Radeon X1800 XT, 512MiB (R520) (625/750)
PCI Express 16X
Operating System Windows XP Professional, SP2
Mainboard Software NVIDIA nForce4 Platform Driver
Version 6.39
Graphics Driver Software NVIDIA ForceWare Release 80 - 81.89 BETA
ATI CATALYST - 5.11 WHQL
Display Dell 2405FPW Widescreen LCD Display

Notes

The XFX XXX is benchmarked against the reference board and the ATI Radeon X1800 XT using a subset of the benchmarks used to evaluate the reference card. Additionally, the XFX XXX Edition was paired with the reference board (overclocked to XFX XXX Edition levels) for some SLI testing, versus the single XFX XXX, to see what gains SLI give you with such powerful boards on an FX-57 system.

The format of the graphs is the same throughout this article. The line plots are the baseline scores without antialiasing or anisotropic texture filtering applied, the column plots the values with AA and AF applied.

If in-game controls could be used for both antialiasing and anisotropic texture filtering, they were, otherwise the driver was used to force the required levels (if applicable and the game allowed it without rendering errors).

Tests were run a minimum of three times at each setting, and the median value reported. In the case of manual 'run-through' testing with FRAPS, three consecutive runs that produced repeatable results, after further analysis, were used. If values weren't part of a repeatable set, they were discarded and obtained again.

If you have any questions about our testing methods, please feel free to ask at any time in the HEXUS.community.

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Driver information

Driver information
Reported GPU temperature at idle