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In determining what video cards to test the 9800GTX+ Black Edition against, we decided to use the closest analog comparisons on the market, the HD 4850, a GTX280 and, a HD 4870 X2 to show the benefits of SLI versus single card solutions and a 9600GT. The GeForce 9800GTX+ Black cards are available online for about $189 (without the game), meaning it is good competition price-wise against the HD 4850. Two of them should provide good competition against a single GTX280 which retails for $429 as of this writing.
Test System
- Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 CPU running at 3.2GHz
- 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2000 EPP memory running at 2000MHz
- XFX nForce 790i Ultra motherboard
- XFX 9800GT+ Black running 177.79 Forceware
- CoolerMaster 1100W
- ASUS 16X DVD-ROM
- Windows Vista 32-bit Business with SP1 installed
Tests
DirectX 9.0
- Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 1280x1024, 1920x1200 4x AA 16x AF Custom FRAPS walkthrough
- Enemy Territory QuakeWars Patch 1.5 1280x1024, 1920x1200 4x AA 16x AF Custom FRAPS walkthrough
- Unreal Tournament 3 Patch 1.2 1280x1024, 1920x1200 4x AA 16x AF Custom FRAPS walkthrough
- STALKER 1280x1024, 1920x1200 4x AA 16x AF Custom FRAPS Walkthrough
- 3DMark05/06 version 1.3/ 1280x1024, 1920x1200 default run
- Aquamark 3 standard test
- SpecViewPerf 10
- PCMark05/Vantage
DirectX 10.0
- 3DMark Vantage 1.01 1280x1024, 1920x1200 standard test run
- Crysis Patch 1.2 1280x1024, 1680x1050 4x AA 16x AF Custom FRAPS walkthrough
- Lost Planet DX10 Performance demo 1280x1024, 1920x1200 4x AA 16x AF
- Bioshock DX10 1280x1024, 1920x1200 4x AA 16x AF Custom FRAPS Walkthrough
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