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We tested the new cards on an ASUS A8N-SLI with NVIDIA’s nForce 4 SLI chipset (in single operation) and an AMD Athlon64 4000+ with 1 GB RAM (DDR 400).

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Test System
CPUAMD Athlon64 4000+
FSB200 MHz
MotherboardASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nForce 4 SLI)
Memory2x Kingston DDR400 KHX3200/512, 1024 MB
HDDSeagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB S-ATA (8 MB)
DVDHitachi GD-7000
LANNetgear FA-312
Power SupplyAntec True Control 550W
Drivers & Configuration
GraphicsATI Catalyst v4.12 BetaNVIDIA v66.93
ChipsetIntel Inf. Update
OSWindows XP Prof. SP1a
DirectXDirectX 9.0c
Graphic cards used for Benchmarks in this article
ATIRadeon X850 XT PE PCIe (540/590 MHz, 256 MB)Radeon X800 XT PE PCIe (520/560 MHz, 256 MB)Radeon X800 XL PCIe (400/500 MHz, 256 MB)
NVIDIAGeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe (420/550 MHz, 256 MB)GeForce 6800 GT PCIe (350/500 MHz, 256 MB)
Benchmarks
3DMark 2005Standard Resolution
Unreal Tournament 2004Custom TimedemoMax Details/QualityMap: Assault-FallenCity
Call Of Duty v1.4Max Details/QualityDemo: VGA
Doom3Demo: Demo1High Quality
Farcryv1.3Custom Timedemo cooler01Very High QualityFlashlight: On
Flight Simulator 2004Custom VideoCustom QualityScenario: Hong Kong at Dusk
Battlefield Vietnamv1.2FRAPSMax Details/QualityMap: Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Sims 2FRAPSMax Details/QualityCustom Scene
Half-Life 2Three custom TimedemosMax Details/Quality