System Setup and Notes
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Reference Board, NV40, 256MB, AGP8X, 350/1000
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Reference Board, NV40, 128MB, AGP8X, 335/700
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Reference Board, NV40, 256MB, AGP8X, 400/1100
- ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, R420, 256MB, AGP8X, 520/1120
- ATI Radeon X800 PRO, R420, 256MB, AGP8X, 475/900
- AMD Athlon FX-51, 1MB L2, 2200MHz
- ASUS SK8V, VIA K8T800, Socket 940
- 1GB Corsair XMS3500R, 2-3-2-6, DDR400
- Western Digital WD360G Raptor, SATA
Software
- Windows XP Professional w/SP1
- DirectX 9.0b Runtime
- NVIDIA Detonator Release 60, 61.34
- ATI CATALYST 4.5 BETA
- 3DMark 2001SE Build 340
- 3DMark03 v3.4.0
- Call of Duty v1.1.1412
- Unreal Tournament 2003 v2225
- Serious Sam: Second Encounter
- ShaderMark 2.0
- D3D RightMark 1.0.4.9 PB3
- Realtime High Dynamic Range Image-Based Lighting v1.2
- FRAPS 2.1
Notes
All three 6-series variants go up against ATI's new X800-series of cards, all on AGP. My regular FX-51 test system provides the basis for testing. The 6-series cards use the 61.34 driver, the Radeons use the 4.5 BETA supplied to press. Image quality is to be covered in a separate article, so I skip over it in this one. Refer to the original Ultra article for some IQ analysis on the 60.72 initial review driver.Default driver optimisations for both 6-series and Radeon were enabled throughout.
