System setup and notes
Hardware
| System | ASUS EN8800GTS/HTDP/640M 640MiB | Foxconn FV-N88XMAD2-OD 768MiB | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 1GiB | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512MiB | ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 512MiB |
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| CPU | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775) | ||||
| Motherboard | EVGA nForce 680i SLI | ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe (975X+ICH7R) | |||
| Memory | 2GiB (2 x 1024) Corsair PC8500 EPP | 2GiB (2 x 1024) Patriot XLBK | |||
| Memory timings and speed | 4-4-4-12 2T @ 800MHz (PC6400) | ||||
| Graphics card(s) | ASUS EN8800GTS/HTDP/640M 640MiB (513/1600) | Foxconn FV-N88XMAD2-OD 768MiB (575/1800) | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 1GiB (500/1200) | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512MiB (650/1600) | ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 512MiB (650/2000) |
| PSU | FSP Epsilon 600W | ||||
| Monitor | Dell 2405FPW - 1920x1200 | ||||
| Disk drive(s) | Seagate 160GB SATAII (ST3160812AS) | ||||
| Mainboard software | NVIDIA platform driver 9.53 | Intel Inf 8.0.1.1002 | |||
| Graphics driver | ForceWare 97.02 | ForceWare 93.71 | CATALYST 6.10 | ||
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, w/ SP2, 32-bit | ||||
Software
| 3D Benchmarks |
Far Cry v1.33 Quake 4 v1.30 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory v1.05 |
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No problems to report during installation or rigorous testing.
It's NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTS, 8800 GTX, 7950 GX2, 7900 GTX and ATI's Radeon X1950 XTX all fighting it out for top spot in our high-resolution benchmarks. The winner should be obvious without peeking at the benchmarks, but who will occupy second place?
