Test Systems

System Setup

Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800

EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe

2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4

ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
ATI Radeon X1650 XT
Catalyst 7.6

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
8.38.9.1-rc2_48915.exe

BFG GeForce 7900 GS OC
ForceWare 94.24

EVGA e-GeForce 8600 GTS Superclocked
XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX
GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
ForceWare 158.22

300GB Western Digital Caviar SE

Windows XP Professional SP2

Benchmarks

Company of Heroes 1.3
F.E.A.R. 1.08
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Battlefield 2142 1.25
Call of Duty 2 1.3
Half-Life 2 Lost Coast
Quake 4 1.3
STALKER
Lost Planet DX9

Notes

Due to time constraints, we don’t have DX10 benchmarks for you today, but we’re already working on benchmarking these cards under Vista with DX10. We also ran into a strange error with CrossFire that precluded us from running those tests. We hope to have an updated article online shortly.