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Some performance results
Of course at Guru3D.com we always think ahead and therefore pulled some numbers for you to compare with. The hardware being used:
Mainboard
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI motherboard, nForce4 SLI, Socket 939
Processor
AMD Athlon 64 FX-57, Socket 939
Graphics Cards
Radeon X800 GTO (PCX) 256 MB
Radeon X850 XT (PCX) 256 MB
Radeon X1600 XT (PCX) 256 MB
Radeon X1800 XL (PCX) 256 MB
Radeon X1800 XT (PCX) 512 MB
GeForce 6800 (PCX) 128 MB
GeForce 6600 GT (PCX) 128 MB
GeForce 6800 GT (PCX) 256 MB
GeForce 6800 GT (PCX) 256 MB SLI
GeForce 7800 GTX 256 MB
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 MB
Memory2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR1 - PC-3200 2-3-3-6
Software
Windows XP Professional SP2
NVIDIA nForce4 Platform Driver 6.39
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime
ForceWare 81.85 WHQL
Catalyst 5.12
RivaTuner 2.0 (tweak utility)
The tests are being done at default 3DMark06 settings. That's already heavy enough on the hardware ;)
Since the results can be a tad hard to read in the flash chart above as there are a so many cards in there so below you can find the raw data.
| 3DMark06 |
Score |
SM 2.0 |
SM 3.0 | CPU |
| Radeon x800GTO 256MB | 1405 | 690 | 0 | 1101 |
| GeForce 6600 GT 128MB | 1618 | 645 | 561 | 1100 |
| GeForce 6800 128 MB | 1854 | 720 | 681 | 1106 |
| Radeon X850 XT 256MB | 2136 | 1096 | 0 | 1102 |
| Radeon X1600 XT 256MB | 2264 | 869 | 885 | 1111 |
| GeForce 6800 GT 256MB | 2404 | 982 | 899 | 1102 |
| Radeon X1800 XL 256MB | 3191 | 1290 | 1333 | 1110 |
| Radeon X1800 XT 512MB | 3747 | 1557 | 1637 | 1112 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB | 4001 | 1740 | 1727 | 1103 |
| GeForce 6800 GT 256MB SLI | 4096 | 1887 | 1696 | 1104 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB | 4787 | 2176 | 2220 | 1107 |
So now you have something to compare to. Of course with the Radeon x800 GTO and X850 XT you'll notice a "0" score at the Shader model 3 result. These two cards simply do not have support for SM3.
