Gainward 6800 Ultra Golden Sample

Okay, call me nuts, I deserve it. The fact is : I have purchased a Gainward 6800 Ultra Golden Sample. I said, nuts. To say that I have great expectations would be a major understatement (almost British). Of course, the Radeon 9800 Pro went to Falmir, for an appreciated boost in performance over the trusty but oldy GeForce 4 Ti 4400.

Configuration

Elements Sharok Falmir
Motherboard ASUS A7N8X deluxe
CPU AMD XP 3 000+ (2,34 Ghz) AMD XP 2600+ (1,4 Ghz)
Bus speed 333Mhz DDR
Video Card Gainward 6800 Ultra Golden Sample Radeon 9800 Pro
RAM 2 x 512Mb PC400 2 x 256Mb PC333
Driver version
 Forceware 66.93
 Catalyst 4.13

Methodology

3DMark 2005 is used to get those graphics to compare, and Aquamark3 and Codecreatures are tested also.

Benchmark Settings

The settings for 3DMark 2005 (v1.1) were as follows :

Parameter Value
 Parameter Value
Resolution 1024x768 Anti-aliasing
 Non
Texture Filter
 Optimal Aniso max
 4
VS Profile
 2_a Other choices used
 Non
PS Profile
 2_a Number of tests
 3

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