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ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GX2 Graphics Card
Author: Shane Baxtor
SUMMARY: It’s time to start looking at what the vendors can do to mix up the 9800 GX2 with our first review of a retail card.
Editor: Steve Dougherty
Category: Visual
Published: 24th March 2008
Manufacturer: ZOTAC
Our Rating: 93%
Test System Setup Processor(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): GIGABYTE X48-DQ6 (Supplied by GIGABYTE )Memory: 2 X 1GB Kingston PC6400 DDR-2 3-3-3-10 (KHX6400D2ULK2/2G) (Supplied by Kingston )Hard Disk(s): Seagate 250GB 7200RPM SATA-2 7200.10 (Supplied by Seagate )Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista SP1Drivers: Catalyst 8.3, Forceware 174.53 (9 Series), Forceware 169.25 (8 Series) With the latest WHQL driver in hand, the 174.53, we’re going to see how the GX2 holds up against the direct competition, the HD 3870 X2 from AMD.3DMark06 Version and / or Patch Used: Build 110Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06/ Buy It Here 3DMark06 is the very latest version of the “Gamers Benchmark” from FutureMark. The newest version of 3DMark expands on the tests in 3DMark05 by adding graphical effects using Shader Model 3.0 and HDR (High Dynamic Range lighting) which will push even the best DX9 graphics cards to the extremes. 3DMark06 also focuses on not just the GPU but the CPU using the AGEIA PhysX software physics library to effectively test single and Dual Core processors. Under 3DMark we can see that both cards sit quite close together with the HD 3870 X2 coming out just ahead.
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Page 1 [Introduction]
Page 2 [The Package]
Page 3 [The Card]
Page 4 [Test System Setup and 3DMark06]
Page 5 [Benchmarks – PT Boats: Knights of the Sea]
Page 6 [Benchmarks – CINEBENCH R10]
Page 7 [Benchmarks - Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR)]
Page 8 [Benchmarks - World in Conflict]
Page 9 [Benchmarks – Enemy Territory: Quake Wars]
Page 10 [Benchmarks – Crysis]
Page 11 [Benchmarks – Unreal Tournament 3]
Page 12 [High Quality AA and AF]
Page 13 [Benchmarks - 3DMark06 - XP]
Page 14 [Benchmarks – CINEBENCH R10 - XP]
Page 15 [Benchmarks – World in Conflict - XP]
Page 16 [Benchmarks – Unreal Tournament 3 - XP]
Page 17 [Benchmarks – Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR) - XP]
Page 18 [Temperature and Sound Tests]
Page 19 [Power Consumption Tests]
Page 20 [Final Thoughts]
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