Confronto GPU e configurazione di prova
Il test include i modelli della serie 3800 e 4800 di AMD, assieme alle GeForce 8 e 9, e la serie GTX 200 di nVidia. Le schede meno potenti sono la Radeon HD 3650 e la GeForce 8600 GT.
Schede grafiche nVidia | Chip | Nome in codice | Memoria | Velocità GPU | Shader | Velocità memoria | SPs | GeForce GTX 280 SLI | GT200 | 1024 GDDR3 | 602 MHz | 4.0, 1296 MHz | 2214 MHz | 240 | GeForce GTX 280 | GT200 | 1024 GDDR3 | 602 MHz | 4.0, 1296 MHz | 2214 MHz | 240 | GeForce GTX 260 SLI | GT200 | 896 GDDR3 | 576 MHz | 4.0, 1242 MHz | 1998 MHz | 192 | GeForce GTX 260 | GT200 | 896 GDDR3 | 576 MHz | 4.0, 1242 MHz | 1998 MHz | 192 | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 2xG92 | 2x512 MB GDDR3 | 600 MHz | 4.0, 1500 MHz | 2000 MHz | 2x128 | GeForce 9800 GTX SLI | G92 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 675 MHz | 4.0, 1688 MHz | 2200 MHz | 128 | GeForce 9800 GTX | G92 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 675 MHz | 4.0, 1688 MHz | 2200 MHz | 128 | GeForce 9600 GT SLI | G94 | 1024 MB GDDR3 | 650 MHz | 4.0, 1625 MHz | 1800 MHz | 64 | GeForce 9600 GT | G94 | 1024 MB GDDR3 | 650 MHz | 4.0, 1625 MHz | 1800 MHz | 64 | GeForce 8800 GTS OC | G92 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 730 MHz | 4.0, 1825 MHz | 1944 MHz | 128 | GeForce 8800 GTS SLI | G92 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 650 MHz | 4.0, 1625 MHz | 1944 MHz | 128 | GeForce 8800 GTS | G92 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 650 MHz | 4.0, 1625 MHz | 1944 MHz | 128 | GeForce 8800 GT SLI | G92 | 1024 MB GDDR3 | 600 MHz | 4.0, 1500 MHz | 1800 MHz | 112 | GeForce 8800 GT | G92 | 1024 MB GDDR3 | 600 MHz | 4.0, 1500 MHz | 1800 MHz | 112 | GeForce 8800 GT SLI | G92 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 600 MHz | 4.0, 1500 MHz | 1800 MHz | 112 | GeForce 8800 GT | G92 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 600 MHz | 4.0, 1500 MHz | 1800 MHz | 112 | GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI | G80 | 768 MB GDDR3 | 612 MHz | 4.0, 1512 MHz | 2160 MHz | 128 | GeForce 8800 Ultra | G80 | 768 MB GDDR3 | 612 MHz | 4.0, 1512 MHz | 2160 MHz | 128 | GeForce 8800 GTX | G80 | 768 MB GDDR3 | 576 MHz | 4.0, 1350 MHz | 1800 MHz | 128 | GeForce 8800 GTS | G80 | 640 MB GDDR3 | 500 MHz | 4.0, 1188 MHz | 1600 MHz | 96 | GeForce 8800 GTS SLI | G80 | 320 MB GDDR3 | 500 MHz | 4.0, 1188 MHz | 1600 MHz | 96 | GeForce 8800 GTS | G80 | 320 MB GDDR3 | 500 MHz | 4.0, 1188 MHz | 1600 MHz | 96 | GeForce 8600 GTS | G84 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 675 MHz | 4.0, 1450 MHz | 2016 MHz | 32 | GeForce 8600 GTS SLI | G84 | 256 MB GDDR3 | 675 MHz | 4.0, 1450 MHz | 2016 MHz | 32 | GeForce 8600 GTS | G84 | 256 MB GDDR3 | 675 MHz | 4.0, 1450 MHz | 2016 MHz | 32 | GeForce 8600 GT SLI | G84 | 256 MB GDDR3 | 540 MHz | 4.0, 1180 MHz | 1400 MHz | 32 | GeForce 8600 GT | G84 | 256 MB GDDR3 | 540 MHz | 4.0, 1180 MHz | 1400 MHz | 32 |
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Chip | Memory bus | Processo Produttivo | Transistors | Interfaccia | GeForce GTX 280 SLI | 512 Bit | 65 nm | 1400 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce GTX 280 | 512 Bit | 65 nm | 1400 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce GTX 260 SLI | 448 Bit | 65 nm | 1400 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce GTX 260 | 448 Bit | 65 nm | 1400 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 2x256 Bit | 65 nm | 2x754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 9800 GTX SLI | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 9800 GTX | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 9600 GT SLI | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 505 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 9600 GT | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 505 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 GTS OC | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 GTS SLI | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 GTS | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 GT SLI | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 GT | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 GT SLI | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 GT | 256 Bit | 65 nm | 754 MB | PCIe 2.0 | GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI | 384 Bit | 90 nm | 681 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8800 Ultra | 384 Bit | 90 nm | 681 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8800 GTX | 384 Bit | 90 nm | 681 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8800 GTS | 320 Bit | 90 nm | 681 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8800 GTS SLI | 320 Bit | 90 nm | 681 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8800 GTS | 320 Bit | 90 nm | 681 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8600 GTS | 128 Bit | 80 nm | 289 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8600 GTS SLI | 128 Bit | 80 nm | 289 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8600 GTS | 128 Bit | 80 nm | 289 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8600 GT SLI | 128 Bit | 80 nm | 289 MB | PCIe 1 | GeForce 8600 GT | 128 Bit | 80 nm | 289 MB | PCIe 1 |
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Schede Grafiche AMD | Chip | Nome in Codice | Memoria | Velocità GPU | Shader | Velocità Memoria | SPs | Radeon HD 4870 CF | RV770 | 512 MB GDDR5 | 750 MHz | 4.1 | 3600 MHz | 800 | Radeon HD 4870 | RV770 | 512 MB GDDR5 | 750 MHz | 4.1 | 3600 MHz | 800 | Radeon HD 4850 CF | RV770 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 625 MHz | 4.1 | 1986 MHz | 800 | Radeon HD 4850 | RV770 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 625 MHz | 4.1 | 1986 MHz | 800 | Radeon HD 3870 X2 | R680 | 2x512 MB GDDR3 | 825 MHz | 4.1 | 1802 MHz | 2x320 | Radeon HD 3870 CF | RV670 | 512 MB GDDR4 | 775 MHz | 4.1 | 2252 MHz | 320 | Radeon HD 3870 | RV670 | 512 MB GDDR4 | 775 MHz | 4.1 | 2252 MHz | 320 | Radeon HD 3850 CF | RV670 | 256 MB GDDR3 | 670 MHz | 4.1 | 1658 MHz | 320 | Radeon HD 3850 | RV670 | 256 MB GDDR3 | 670 MHz | 4.1 | 1658 MHz | 320 | Radeon HD 3650 CF | RV635 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 725 MHz | 4.1 | 1602 MHz | 120 | Radeon HD 3650 | RV635 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 725 MHz | 4.1 | 1602 MHz | 120 |
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Chip | Memory bus | Processo Produttivo | Transistors | Interfaccia | Radeon HD 4870 CF | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 965 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 4870 | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 965 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 4850 CF | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 965 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 4850 | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 965 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 2x256 Bit | 55 nm | 2x666 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 3870 CF | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 666 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 3870 | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 666 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 3850 CF | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 666 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 3850 | 256 Bit | 55 nm | 666 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 3650 CF | 128 Bit | 55 nm | 378 MB | PCIe 2.0 | Radeon HD 3650 | 128 Bit | 55 nm | 378 MB | PCIe 2.0 |
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Velocità Memoria = frequenza DDR raddoppiata, quella fisica è la metà
Velocità di clock DDR5 quadruplicata rispetto a quella fisica
SPs = stream processors; P and V = Pixel shader and Vertex shader
TC = Turbo Cache
HM = Hyper Memory
OC = Overcloccata (clock più alto di quello predefinito)
SLI = Operazione in parallelo con 2 schede nVidia
3 SLI = Operazione in parallelo con 3 schede nVidia
4 SLI = Operazione in parallelo con 4 schede nVidia
CF = Operazione in parallelo Crossfire con 2 schede ATI
3 CF = Operazione in parallelo Crossfire con 3 schede ATI
4 CF = Operazione in parallelo Crossfire con 4 schede ATI
R680 = 2x RV670
Shader 2.0 = DirectX 9.0; 3.0 = DirectX 9.0c; 4.0 = DirectX 10; Shader 4.1 = DirectX 10.1

Configurazione con una scheda nVidia, una scheda ATI, o più schede ATI | CPU | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93 GHz (11x 266 MHz), Socket 775, 1.28 V, 65 nm, L2 cache 4096 KB | FSB | 1066 MHz (4x 266 MHz) | Scheda Madre | Asus P5E3 Deluxe, PCIe 2.0 2x16, ICH9R | Chipset | Intel X38 | Memoria | 2x 1 GB, Ballistix (Crucial Technology) 1.5 V, DDR3 1066 7-7-7-20 (2x 533 MHz) | Audio | Intel High Definition Audio | LAN | Intel 1000 Pro | Drives | Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500 GB, SATA, 16 MB Cache, Hitachi 120 GB, SATA, 8 MB Cache | DVD | Gigabyte GO-D1600C | Alimentatore | CoolerMaster RS-850-EMBA 850 W | Configurazione sistema con più schede nVidia in SLI | Scheda Madre | Asus P5N-T Deluxe, PCIe 2.0 2x16 | Chipset | nVidia nForce 780i SLI | Memoria | 2x 1 GB, A-Data Technology 1.8 V, DDR2 800 5-5-5-18 (2x 400 MHz) | Audio | ADI 1988B SoundMax | LAN | Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit |
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Drivers & Configurazione | Grafici | AMD Catalyst 8.6 nVidia ForceWare 175.16, GTX 260 and GTX 280 Forceware 177.39 | Sistema Operativo | Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 | DirectX | 10 and 10.1 | Driver Chipset | X38 Intel 8.3.1.1009 780i nVidia nForce 9.64 |
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