Test Systems

System Setup

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800

EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard

2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
ForceWare 169.04


300GB Western Digital Caviar SE

Windows Vista 64-bit

Benchmarks

Company of Heroes 1.71 (running DX9)
F.E.A.R. 1.08
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Call of Duty 4 Demo
Half-Life 2 Episode Two
Lost Planet DX9
World in Conflict
Unreal Tournament 3 Demo
Crysis Demo

Notes

With the release of AMD’s RV670 merely days away, we’re focusing on the performance of NVIDIA’s GeForce cards in this article. Once RV670 launches you can rest assured we’ll have benchmarks with AMD’s full Radeon HD lineup compared against the latest GeForce cards.