| Article Index |
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| Gainward GeForce 8600GTS 512MB VGA Card Review |
| Page 2 - Performance |
| Page 3 - 3DMark06 |
| Page 5 - Prey |
| Page 6 - Lost Planet (DirectX10) |
| Page 7 - Conclusion |
| All Pages |
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For the performance tests, we will be doing our standard tests of 3DMark, Quake 4 and Prey under Windows XP, as well as a DirectX10 performance test using the ‘Lost Planet: Extreme Condition’ demo under Windows Vista.
The Gainward Bliss 8600GTS 512MB Video Card will be compared to a 8600GT and 8500GT, both of which have 256MB RAM.
The Test Setup:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU
- ASUS P5N32-E SLI, nForce680i Motherboard
- Corsair TWIN2X 2GB PC2-8500 Memory Kit (2 x 1GB)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II Hard Drive
- Antec Basiq 500W ATX Power Supply
- Windows XP Pro SP2 for DirectX 9 Tests
- Windows Vista Premium for DirectX 10 Tests
We are still using Windows XP for the tests that are based on DirectX10, because even though they will work on Vista, XP gives a better result and as such they will be comparable to other similar tests we have done in the past. Only the DirectX10 test (Lost Planet) will be performed under Windows Vista.
