System Setup

Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800

EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard (for GeForce cards)

2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4

GeForce 8800 GT 256MB
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Palit GeForce 8800 GT Super+1GB
ForceWare 169.21

300GB Western Digital Caviar SE

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2

Benchmarks

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

Notes

To see how the various GeForce 8800 GT cards stack up against one another, we’ve taken GeForce 8800 GT 256MB and 512MB boards running at the stock clock speeds and compared them to the Palit board. Wondering where the RV670 benchmarks are? Don’t worry, we’re already working on an article that takes a look at the performance of newer RV670 boards running with the latest driver. That article should be up shortly…