Benchmarking

We tested several cards that might be interesting to compare to Geforce 8800GT. We used the 163.71 driver on all the cards, except for Geforce 8800GT, where we used ForceWare 167.26. For Sapphire Radeon HD 2900XT, we used the latest Catalyst 7.10.

Our testing configuration was:

Testbed
 
Motherboard:
EVGA 680i SLI (Supplied by EVGA)

Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo 6800 Extreme edition (Supplied by Intel)

Memory:

OCZ FlexXLC PC2 9200 5-5-5-18  (Supplied by OCZ)
        while testing CL5-5-5-15-CR2T 1066MHz at 2.2V

PSU :
OCZ Silencer 750 Quad Black (Supplied by OCZ)

Hard disk:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB SATA (Supplied by Seagate)

CPU-Cooler:
Freezer 7 Pro (Supplied by Artic Cooling)
 

Case Fans:
Artic Cooling - Artic Fan 12 PWM
Artic Cooling - Artic Fan 8 PWM


3DMarks







Even in the first test of good old 3DMark 03, Geforce 8800GT shows its supremacy over Geforce 8800GTS. Although the first two tests showed that it’s a bit slower than HD 2900XT, Geforce reclaimed its crown in 3DMark 06.