DIAMOND X1950 Pro Video Card Review :: Test Setup and Procedures

Author: Benjamin Sun · 12-13-2006 · Category: Hardware - Video Cards
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In the near future, we will be updating our benchmarks to a more modern suite. Doom 3 has run its course as a benchmark and with the release of newer games, its high time to update them. Battlefield 2142 is the latest Battlefield game and a good measure of performance. Dark Messiah Might and Magic is the latest game from Ubisoft. Need For Speed: Carbon is the latest racing game from EA. Tomb Raider Legend is the latest Lara Croft game. This will bring the number of games in our benchmark suite to 8 plus 3DMark05 and 06. Also disappearing from our benchmarks will be 1024x768 resolution, as no modern high-end card is stressed at that resolution.


Test System

  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-62
  • 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667MHz memory
  • 2 74GB Western Digital Raptor SATA HDDs 10000 RPM
  • Ultra X-Finity 600W PSU
  • ASUS 16X DVD-ROM
  • ASUS M2N32-SLI motherboard
  • Windows XP with SP2
  • DirectX 9.0C

Test Software

  • F.E.A.R. 1280x960, 1600x1200, 2048x1536 no AA no AF Performance demo
  • COD2 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1200, 2048x1536 no AA no AF, 4x AA 16x AF
  • Oblivion 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1200, 2048x1536 no AA no AF, 4x AA 16x AF
  • Doom 3 1024x768 1280x1024, 1600x1200 no AA no AF, 4x AA 16x AF HQ
  • Quake4 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, no AA no AF, 4x AA 16x AF HQ
  • 3Dmark06 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1200, 2048x1536 default run
  • 3dmark05 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1200, 2048x1536 default run

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