All tests were conducted with the same PC setup:

• Asus M2N32 WS Pro Bios 601 (Nvidia 590SLI) + AMD Athlon X2 4600+
• Thermaltake Soprano Case
• OCZ GameXStream GXS600 SLI-Ready PSU
• 2x1GB Crucial PC2-8000 @ 4-4-4-8-2T
• WD 800JB 7200RPM HDD
• Viewsonic 19" LCD VP930b (1280x1024 resolution)
• Windows XP SP2 with all latest updates installed
• ATI Catalyst v6.12 with the following settings

More information about the card can be obtained with ATI Catalyst:

and Everest Ultimate Edition:

We used a variety of games and applications to evaluate the card's performance:

• FRAPS v2.8.0
• 3D Mark 05 v1.2.0
• 3D Mark 06 v1.0.2
• F.E.A.R v1.08
• Prey v1.2.0
• Half Life 2 Episode 1 June Edition
• Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory v1.05
• Battlefield 2142 v1.00
• Company Of Heroes v1.3.0
• Neverwinter Nights 2 v1.00
• NFS Carbon v1.2.0

For comparison, we will also include the results for the following VGA cards:

• MSI 7600GT Silent
• Foxconn 7900GS
• PowerColor X1950Pro
• eVGA 7950GT KO
• Asus EAX1950XTX

All Nvidia based card results were done with Nvidia Forceware v93.71 drivers.