Test System SetupProcessor(s): Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3GHz (333MHz x 9)
Cooling: Corsair Nautilus500 (Supplied by
Corsair) with Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (Supplied by
Arctic Cooling)
Motherboard(s): ASUS Blitz Extreme (Supplied by
ASUS)
Memory: 2 X 1GB Corsair XMS3 DDR-3 1066MHz 7-7-7-21 (Supplied by
Corsair)
Hard Disk(s): Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM SATA-2
Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista
Drivers: Catalyst 7.11, Catalyst 7.12 and DX9c
Fortunately we test both 3DMark2005 and Company of Heroes so let’s see if AMD come through with the goods as promised in their performance improvements note.
3DMark05Version and / or Patch Used: Build 130
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.comProduct Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark05/Buy It Here3DMark05 is now the second latest version in the popular 3DMark “Gamers Benchmark” series. It includes a complete set of DX9 benchmarks which tests Shader Model 2.0 and above.
For more information on the 3DMark05 benchmark, we recommend you read our preview
here.
We can see that the HD 2600 XT gets a slight boost at the lower resolution, but nothing to get excited about.
