Test Systems

System Setup

AMD Athlon 64 FX-57
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
AMD Athlon 64 3000+

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe

1GB OCZ DDR400 SDRAM

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Driver version 77.72

250GB Maxtor Hard Drive Maxline III SATA Hard Drive w/16MB Cache

Windows XP Professional SP1

DirectX 9.0c

Benchmarks

Pacific Fighters
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
Lock On: Modern Air Combat
Far Cry 1.31
DOOM 3
Half-Life 2
Battlefield 2

Notes

Technically, purists may insist that CPU-scaling results should be taken at the lowest resolution possible (640x480 or 800x600) with image quality settings turned down, and no AA/AF. For the most part, we decided not to do this for our tests, as it isn’t something a prospective 7800 GTX or 6800 GT owner would do with their card. However, we did run a few tests with F.E.A.R. without AA/AF, although we kept the graphics settings cranked up.