GeForce 8800GT: Chaintech versus XFX
Date: 20.12.2007 |
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Benchmarking and conclusions
It is now time we took a look at the test results. This is the test-bench configuration:
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Test configuration
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CPU
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Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 2.93 GHz
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MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition
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Memory
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Corsair XMS Xpert DDRII-800 4x512 Mb
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OS
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WinXP + SP2 + DirectX 9.0c
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PSU
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Thermaltake ToughPower 750 W
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For GeForce 8800GT, we used ForceWare 169.02; for GeForce 8800GTX - ForceWare 163.75, and for Radeon HD3870 – Catalyst 7.11.
We start the tests with 3DMark suites.
The 8800GT by Chaintech and XFX take a lead. No trace has left from the bygone greatness of the GeForce 8800GTX. That is so if we use the default settings.
At Call of Duty 4, the video cards 8800GT start giving in to GeForce 8800GTX as the resolutions go up, because of the narrower 256-but memory bus width.
At Call of Juarez, the video cards go approximately on par with GeForce 8800GTX, with the Chaintech 8800GT a bit slower, and the XFX 8800GT a bit faster.
Evidently, at Crysis the frequency of the shader unit for GeForce 8800GT is as favorable as the wider memory bus in GeForce 8800GTX.
At Need for Speed Carbon, all GeForce 8800 go approximately on par, however, the increased frequencies make the XFX video card a leader.
At Need for Speed Pro Street Racing, the alignment of forces is about the same, however, as the resolutions go up the video card GeForce 8800GTX takes its revenge.
At Oblivion, the alignment of forces is changing with the rise of resolutions. If at 1024x768 all GeForce 8800 are equal, then at higher resolutions it is the XFX 8800GT which takes a lead, followed by GeForce 8800GTX and GeForce 8800GT.
At Prey, the GeForce 8800GT by Chaintech and XFX first take a lead, but as the resolutions go up the GeForce 8800GTX wins due to the wider memory bus and greater number of streaming processors.
Final Words
Again we see that GeForce 8800GT has proved to be a product of dignity. At a relatively small amount, the user gets a performance sometimes higher than that in GeForce 8800GTX. The renovated cooling system of Chaintech 8800GT has also proved successful and it does its job no worse than the predecessor with a bit faster fan. On the whole, video cards of the GeForce 8800GT series differ mainly in the package bundle which is used by the manufacturers in the struggle for our purses. The marketing people may use some slight overclocking as a trump, which all G92 chips allow.
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