Test Setup
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| CPU | AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 [ Check Prices] |
Intel Pentium 4 ExtremeEdition 3.46GHz [ Check Prices] |
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| Motherboard | ABIT AV8 [Check Prices] |
Intel D925XECV2 [ Check Prices] |
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| Chipset Drivers | VIA 4-in-1 4.53 | Intel Chipset INF 6.0.0.1014 | ||
| RAM | 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 DDR400 RAM(OCZ PlatinumRev 2) [ Check Prices] |
1GB (2x512MB) Micron DDR2 533 [ Check Prices] |
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| Network | Integrated | |||
| PSU | Tagen TG480-U01 480W Silent PSU | |||
| Video | NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT AGP [ Check Prices] |
NVIDIA GeForce FX5700 Ultra [ Check Prices] |
NVIDIA GeForce FX5800 Ultra [ Check Prices] |
NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT AGP [ Check Prices] |
| Video Drivers | ForceWare 66.93 WHQL | |||
| OS | Windows XP Professional SP2 [Check Prices] |
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| DirectX Runtime | DirectX9.0c | |||
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Benchmarks |
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Fill-Rate Benchmark |
Various Tests used 1024x768x32 |
| D3D RightMark | Multi-Texture Test 256x256 Texture Size VS1.1, Fixed Function Pixel Pipeline Bilinear Filtering 1024x768 Resolution |
| Geometry Test High Geometry Profile Difuse + Specular Lighting Profile Windowed |
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| Pixel Shader tests Arithmetic Operation 1024x768 Resolution |
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Shadermark |
Version 2.1 Beta |
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TexBench |
64x64 to 1024x1024 texture sizes 100 Textures |
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Serious Magic Texture Upload |
Full Screen Resolutions |
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GamesBenchmarks - DirectX |
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| Unreal Tournament 2004 [Check Prices] |
Firingsquad CustomDemo used Full Detail Settings 3323 Patch ApplicationAnisotropic Filtering Control Panel FSAA |
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Splinter Cell |
Beyond3D "The Caspian Oil Refinery" Demo |
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Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness |
TR:AoD Build 49 Custom Detail Settings Custom Beyond3D Demo ApplicationAnisotropic Filtering Application FSAA |
| Far Cry [Check Prices] |
Custom Firingsquad demo V1.3 "Very High" Graphics Settings Highest Applicable Shader Model ApplicationAnisotropic Filtering Application FSAA |
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Counter Strike: Source |
Video Stress Test |
| All games benchmarks using 32bit colour and32bit textures (where applicable) | |
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GamesBenchmarks - OpenGL |
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Doom 3 |
Internal Beyond3D Demo Recording |
| All games benchmarks using 32bit colour and32bit textures (where applicable) | |
In this test we'll see where theperformance of the 6600 GT AGP is in relation to the PCI Express version, and also compare it against NVIDIA's previous mainstream part, the 5700 Ultra. We've also included a 5800 Ultra, as there are many parallels between NVIDIA's latest mainstream part and the high end 5800 Ultra announced two years ago - we'll see how their architecture has progressed over this period.
Bear in mind that the AGP system is using an Athlon FX-55 CPU which is generally higher performance in most gaming situations than the Pentium4 EE 3.46 GHz in the the PCI Express system, hence the performance of the PCI Express 6600 GT may be lower where the CPU performance is the bottleneck.
