System Setup and Notes
Hardware
I rounded up a pile of graphics cards, seven in total, for the benchmarking fest. Custom scripts were used to automate things. The same base Pentium 4 Extreme Edition platform used in the original 3DMark05 was used again. 66.29 drivers were used for the NVIDIA boards, the 8.07 Hotfix drivers for the three ATI boards.- NVIDIA GeForce 5900 PCX, 128MB, PEG16X bridged, NV35, 390/700
- NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT, 128MB, PEG16X native, NV43, 500/1000
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 256MB, PEG16X bridged, NV45, 350/1000
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra, 256MB, PEG16X bridged, NV45, 400/1100
- ATI Radeon X600 XT, 128MB, PEG16X native, RV380, 500/740
- ATI Radeon X700 XT, 128MB, PEG16X native, RV410, 475/1050
- ATI Radeon X800 XT, 256MB, PEG16X native, R423, 500/1000
My apologies for not including 6200, X300 and similar low-end budget PCI Express offerings. NVIDIA's new mid-range to high-end NV4x parts, vs ATI's latest R(V)4xx parts in a similar mould, with X600 XT and 5900 PCX (in 5900 XT clock configuration) bringing up the rear. X800 Pro is all we're really missing on PCI Express, to make things complete.
Software
Windows XP Professional with SP2NVIDIA ForceWare 66.29 drivers
ATI 8.07 Hotfix drivers
3DMark05 Business Edition 1.0.0
Notes
If you want my custom scripts which are easily extendable and modified, and which take the sting out of 3DMark05 benchmarking at multiple resolutions and IQ settings, drop me an email.Driver optimisations were left at their defaults throughout, which includes ATI's CATALYST A.I. and NVIDIA's trilinear filtering optimisation.
