All tests were conducted in the following PC:

• Motherboard: Asus Stiker II Extreme Bios 603 (Nvidia 790i Ultra SLI)
  
• Processor: Intel Q9300
• Case: Open Air testbed
• Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream GXS600 SLI-Ready
• Memory: 2x1GB Supertalent DDR3-1600 (1333MHz@ 7-7-7-20-1T)
• HDD: WD 200JB 7200RPM
• Monitor: LG L246WH-BH 24"
• Windows VISTA SP1 32bit with all the latest updates installed
• DirectX March 2008
• Nvidia Forceware series v175.63 with High Quality setting.

This is the test bed we have used for the benchmarks of all the graphics cards we present in the following comparison charts. Different games and applications were used for the evaluation of the performance of each graphics card. FRAPS software was also used when needed.

DirectX 9

• 3DMark 05 v1.2.0
• 3DMark 06 v1.1.0
• Half Life 2: Episode 2

DirectX10

• 3DMark Vantage v1.00
• Company Of Heroes v1.7.1
• Crysis v1.2.0 Retail
• Assasins Creed v1.00 retail