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XFX GeForce 7800 GT Video Card Review

Manufacturer: XFX
Product: XFX 7800GT (Model #: PVT70GUDF7)
Date: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Rich Caporali
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Test Setup

Test System:

Intel DDR2 Memory Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

Live Pricing

Processor

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+

Motherboard
MSI Neo4 SLI Edition

Memory

Corsair 3200XL

Hard Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7

Cooling

Corsair COOL

Power Supply

Antec SmartPower 550W

Operating System

Windows XP Professional

Testing Procedure:

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows XP Professional build 2600 with Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. NVidia's forceware 81.84 drivers were used on the video card.

Test Settings:

#1

  • Single Card @ Default timings (Core 450/Memory 1050) 
  • 1024x768
  • Antialiasing set to 0
  • Anisotropic Filtering set to 4

#2

  • Single Card @ Default timings (Core 450/Memory 1050)
  • 1600x1200
  • Antialiasing set to 4
  • Anisotropic Filtering set to 16

#3

  • Single Card @ Max Overclock (Coree 479/Memory 1110)
  • 1024x768
  • Antialiasing set to 0
  • Anisotropic Filtering set to 4

#4

  • SLI Mode @ Default Settings (Core 450/Memory 1050)
  • 1024x768
  • Antialiasing set to 0
  • Anisotropic Filtering set to 4

#5

  • SLI Mode @ Default Settings (Core 450/Memory 1050)
  • 1600x1200
  • Antialiasing set to 4
  • Anisotropic Filtering set to 16

#6

  • SLI Mode @ Max Overclock (Coree 479/Memory 1110)
  • 1600x1200
  • Antialiasing set to 4
  • Anisotropic Filtering set to 16

Tests Run:

  • Far Cry
  • Doom 3
  • Aquamark 3
  • 3DMark05 
  • 3DMark03 

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Review Index
Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - The Card
Page 3 - Test Setup
Page 4 - Single Card Benchmarking
Page 5 - Single Card Benchmarking continued
Page 6 - SLI Benchmarking
Page 7 - SLI Mode Benchmarking continued
Page 8 - The Bundle
Page 9 - Conclusion