System Setup and Notes
- AOpen Aeolus 6800 Ultra DVD256(E) NVIDIA NV40, 256MB, AGP8X
- XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, NVIDIA NV40, 256MB, AGP8X
- ASUS AX800 PRO, ATI R420, 256MB, AGP8X
- AMD Athlon 64 Model 3400+, 2200MHz, 1MB L2
- ASUS K8V Deluxe, Socket 754, VIA K8T800
- 512MB Corsair XMS3200LLPT, 2-2-2-6
Software
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1
- VIA Hyperion 4.51v
- NVIDIA Detonator 61.34 (AOpen, XFX)
- ATI CATALYST 4.5 BETA (9800 XT)
- Far Cry
- Painkiller
- Unreal Tournament 2003
- Call of Duty
- Serious Sam: Second Encounter
- 3DMark03
Notes
The recent launch of new GPUs from ATI and NVIDIA have caused us to jiggle the benchmark suite around a little for retail board reviews. While reference boards get the theoretical treatment, we'll endeavour to submit retail boards to some popular recent game title benchmarking, along with a couple of golden oldies, to keep things fresh and up to date. So you'll see the likes of Far Cry and Painkiller make an appearance.The AOpen came clocked at 400MHz core, 1100MHz memory, the baseline Ultra spec. It gets to go up against the other air cooled 6800 Ultra we've seen at HEXUS so far, the higher clocked XFX (450/1100).
Control Panel AA and AF settings were only used when the application didn't supply its own control.
- Far Cry - App AA, App AF
- Painkiller - App AA, CP AF
- Unreal Tournament 2003 - CP AA, App AF
- Call Of Duty - CP AA, CP AF
- Serious Sam: SE - CP AA, App AF
- 3DMark03 - App AA, App AF
Driver Optimisations
- NVIDIA Trilinear Optimisations - 61.34 - On
- ATI Trilinear Optimisations - BETA 4.5 - On