System Setup and Notes
| EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX BlackPearl 512MB | |
|---|---|
| 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 | EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX BlackPearl 512MB, 512MiB (G70) (600/900) 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
We benchmark the EVGA at its stock clocks, and at its maximum overclocked speed, versus the XFX XXX Edition, NVIDIA reference version and ATI's Radeon X1800 XT, using a subset of the benchmarks used to evaluate the reference card.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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