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PNY 8800GTX 768MB XLR8 Overclocked Edition
Test Setup
We use one synthetic test, 3DMark06, and a series of games to test video cards. Note that we only test 3DMark06 for kicks, and the resulting scores don't factor into our review whatsoever. We try to use our own timedemos whenever possible, but will use the in-game timedemo or record a few minutes of gameplay using FRAPS if that's not an option. The games are Half-Life 2: Episode One, F.E.A.R., Company of Heroes, Prey, and Need For Speed: Most Wanted. All benchmarking results are the average of at least three runs of each game at each different setting. We bench using Windows XP Service Pack 2, and the latest video card drivers (NVIDIA 158.22). The driver settings were left at default, and transparency-sampling anti-aliasing was left off. Test Computer Processor: AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ (Sponsored by AMD) Memory: Crucial 2x1024MB DDR2 800MHz @ 5-5-5-15 (Sponsored by Crucial) Motherboard: MSI K9AGM2-FIH 690G Power Supply: Seasonic S12 500W Operating System: Windows XP Professional w/ SP2 (Sponsored by Microsoft)
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: The Card & Bundle Page 3: Test Setup Page 4: Testing - HL2 Episode 1 Page 5: Testing - F.E.A.R. Page 6: Testing - Company of Heroes Page 7: Testing - Prey Page 8: Testing - Need for Speed Most Wanted Page 9: Testing - 3DMark 06 Page 10: Performance Summary, Overclocking & Conclusion 
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4 User Comments 1 - Posted by
aireiq
on June 26, 2007 - 7:14 pm "Ed: Sort of." What/why? I am not a computer hardware enthusiast, so I guess I would like a little explanation of the remark. Do you mean that higher clock speed capability isn't a good thing? Which card would the editor choose and why? Thanks. 2 - Posted by
Kurtis
on June 26, 2007 - 10:42 pm Here's the comment in its full context for reference: "Taking a look from a few steps back, on the other hand, this card is capable of clocks higher than an 8800 Ultra, and that's something to be proud of. (Ed: Sort of.)" Basically, the 8800 Ultra is a joke of a card, so I was poking fun at it. 3 - Posted by
aireiq
on June 27, 2007 - 6:25 pm @Kurtis Thanks for the clarification. I didn't know that the 8800 Ultra was crap. Thanks again for explaining. 4 - Posted by
Kurtis
on June 27, 2007 - 8:48 pm The problem with the 8800 Ultra is that the price / performance ratio is just a little absurd. There is no competitor to the Ultra right now from AMD/ATI but I don't think AMD/ATI is losing any sleep over that fact. :)
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