Asus EN8600GTS Top
2. Tests and Setup
Review Pages
2. Tests and Setup
3. 3D Mark 05 - 3D Mark 06
4. F.E.A.R.
5. Prey
6. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
7. Half Life 2 Episode 1
8. Company Of Heroes (DirectX9 & 10)
9. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (GRAW2)
10. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (DirectX9 & 10)
11. Call Of Juarez (DirectX 10)
12. Overclocking
13. Conclusion
- Tests and setup
Using Everest Ultimate Edition 2006 we can see more of the card's details:
All tests were conducted with the same PC setup:
- Asus M2N32 WS, Pro Bios 1401 (Nvidia 590SLI) + AMD Athlon X2 4600+
- Thermaltake Soprano Case
- OCZ GameXStream GXS600 SLI-Ready
- 2x1GB Crucial PC2-8000 @ 4-4-4-8-2T
- WD 800JB 7200RPM
- Viewsonic 19" LCD VP930b (1280x1024 resolution)
- Windows XP SP2 with all latest updates installed
- Windows VISTA 32bit with all latest updates installed
- DirectX August 2007
- Nvidia Forceware series v160.22 with the following settings
With the 8800 series, the 3D control panel has some minor changes. Users can now set the AA mode:
and select up to 16x, even with a single card.
We used a number of games and applications to evaluate the VGA card's performance:
- Fraps v2.9.1 (benchmarking measurement utility)
- 3D Mark 05 v1.2.0 (DirectX 9)
- 3D Mark 06 v1.0.2 (DirectX 9)
- F.E.A.R v1.08 (DirectX 9)
- Prey v1.2.0 (OpenGL)
- Half Life 2 Episode 1 June Edition (DirectX 9)
- Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory v1.05 (DirectX 9)
- Company Of Heroes v1.7.0 (DirectX 9 under WinXP 32bit)
- Company Of Heroes v1.7.0 (DirectX 10 under VISTA 32bit)
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Demo (DirectX 9 under WinXP 32bit)
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Demo ( DirectX 10 under VISTA 32 bit)
- Call Of Juares Demo (DirectX 10 under VISTA 32bit)
For comparison, we will also include the following VGA cards, but only for DirectX 9:
- Asus EN7900GS Top (Nvidia Forceware v93.71 drivers)
- PowerColor X1950Pro (ATI Catalyst v6.11 drivers)
- Gainward 8800GTS GS 320 Nvidia Forceware v158.19 drivers)
Review Pages
2. Tests and Setup
3. 3D Mark 05 - 3D Mark 06
4. F.E.A.R.
5. Prey
6. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
7. Half Life 2 Episode 1
8. Company Of Heroes (DirectX9 & 10)
9. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (GRAW2)
10. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (DirectX9 & 10)
11. Call Of Juarez (DirectX 10)
12. Overclocking
13. Conclusion