It's been a long time since we overhauled the game collection we use for reviewing graphics cards. Since several new games have hit the market with new kinds of eye candy, we felt it was about time we replaced some of the old with a few of the latest hit games for the PC platform.
As a result, Thief 3, Colin McRae 2005 and Doom 3 will no longer be tested with upcoming graphics cards. Instead, we bring you F.E.A.R, Need For Speed : Most Wanted and Quake 4.
In order to compare any upcoming cards properly with the ones we've already reviewed, we reinstalled some of them on our main benchmarking system and ran the new benchmarks.
The cards we used are as follows:
| Brand |
Type |
| XFX |
7800 GT |
| ASUS |
Extreme 6600 SLI |
| ASUS |
Extreme 6600 |
| AOpen |
6800 Ultra |
| ASUS |
7800 GTX TOP |
| ASUS |
X600 |
| AOpen |
7800 GTX DVDC |
| AOpen |
7800 GTX DVDC SLI |
Our benchmarking system consists of the following components:
| Processor |
AMD64 3500+ NewCastle (939 socket) |
| Case |
Antec 1080AMG |
| Motherboard |
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe |
| Memory |
2x512MB Corsair XMS TWINX1024-3200XL Memory |
| Hard Disk |
WD800JD 80GB 7200RPM |
| DVD Burner |
Pioneer DVR-A08XLA |
| Power Supply |
EzCool 550Watt |
| OS |
Microsoft WindowsXP Pro SP2 |
| DirectX |
v9.0c |
Let's move on to the first game.
