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I would expect performance to be above that of the XFX 7800GTX which is clocked at 450MHz instead of the default 486MHz of the ASUS EN7800GTX TOP card. In many cases, the 7800GTX is not the barrier to performance, the CPU is. As we move further into the fall of 2005, as ATI launches their next generation architecture, the R520, and NVIDIA possibly refreshes the 7800GTX, we'll see more and more instances where the graphics card is not the bottleneck.
Test System
- Pentium 4 3.4GHz Extreme Edition
- 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667MHz memory
- 2 34GB WD Raptor 10K RPM SATA drives
- ASUS EN7800GTX TOP card running 77.77 Forceware drivers
- ASUS DVD-ROM 16x
- ABIT NI8-SLI nForce4 for Intel SLI motherboard running 6.66 Forceware drivers
- Windows XP with SP2
- DirectX 9.0c
Test Software
- HL2 1024x768 32bit max settings no AA no AF, 4x AA 8x AF Canal and Coast timedemos
- Far Cry 1024x768 32bit max settings 1.32 patch no AA no AF , 4x AA 8x AF 1280x1024
- Doom 3 1024x768 1280x1024 no AA no AF, 4x AA 8x AF Timedemo 1
- Halo 1.07 patch Timedemo PS2.0 path 1024x768 32bit no AA no AF
- Aquamark 3
- 3DMark05
- 3DMark03
- Serious Sam The Second Encounter Little Trouble Demo
- Final Fantasy XI The Benchmark 2
- Gunmetal Benchmark 2
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