Test System Setup

Test System Setup

Intel Pentium III Coppermine 650 MHz
Abit BE6-II motherboard
Apacer 128MB PC133 SDRAM
Western Digital Caviar 5400RPM HD

ASUS AGP-V6800 GeForce 256 DDR 64MB
Driver version: Detonator 3.68

ASUS AGP-V6800 Deluxe GeForce 256 DDR 32MB
Driver version: Detonator 3.68

ASUS AGP-V6600 Deluxe GeForce 256 SDR 32MB
Driver version: Detonator 3.68

Benchmarks

3DMark2000 Pro - 800x600x32
3DMark2000 Pro - 1024x768x32
3DMark2000 Pro - 1280x1024x32
3DMark2000 Pro - 1600x1200x32

Q3A Retail - 640x480 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Q3A Retail - 800x600 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Q3A Retail - 1024x768 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Q3A Retail - 1280x960 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Q3A Retail - 1600x1200 Fastest, Normal, High Quality

Nocturne - 800x600x32
Nocturne - 1024x768x32
Nocturne - 1280x1024x32
Nocturne - 1600x1200x32

Notes

We decided to throw the 64MB card up against the 32MB GeForce SDR and DDR boards to see how much the extra memory improved performance. All the cards should perform similarly at low resolutions, but we expect the DDR cards to pull away at the higher resolutions. We chose to run all our benchmarks up into the high resolutions because we wanted to give the 64MB some room to show its stuff.