System setup and notes
Hardware
- ABIT Radeon 9600 XT 256MB, 8x AGP, 500/600
- NVIDIA GeForce FX5700 Ultra, 8x AGP, 500/1000
- ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, 8x AGP, 412/730
- AMD Athlon 64 Model 3800+, 2400MHz
- ASUS A8V Deluxe S939 VIA K8T800 Pro motherboard (1005 BIOS)
- Corsair XMS3500C2, 2 x 256MB, 2-3-2-6 @ DDR400
- Samcheer 420w PSU
- AMD reference cooler
- WD 160JB 160GB hard drive (PATA)
- Dell P991 19" flat-faced CRT monitor
Software
- Windows XP Professional w/SP1
- NVIDIA ForceWare 61.76
- ATI CATALYST 4.7
- VIA Hyperion v4.51 chipset drivers
- DirectX 9.0b Runtime
- 3DMark03 v340
- AquaMark3
- Far Cry
- Unreal Tournament 2003 Retail (patched up to 2225 - HEXUS custom benchmark)
- Painkiller - HEXUS Custom benchmark
- Call Of Duty - HEXUS Custom benchmark
Notes
We'll be looking at performance against NVIDIA's higher-clocked GeForce FX5700 Ultra and also with ATI's very own 8-pipe Radeon 9800 XT. No problems to report during installation or testing. Benchmarks were run at 1024x768 @ 85Hz unless otherwise stated. Time for some benchmark appraisal.
