Fall '06 NVIDIA GPU Refresh - Part II: GeForce 7950 GT and SLI
by Derek Wilson on September 14, 2006 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
The Test
As promised in part one, we have added SLI tests to the lineup. Most of our setup is the same as the last time, and all single card configurations were tested on the Intel motherboard. To facilitate our SLI tests, we added the ASUS P5NSLI board.
As far as the games go, we have stuck with the same tests this time around. The resolutions we've tested have also shifted a little to focus on the high end. We made sure to hit resolutions that represent the vast majority of LCD panels on the market. Note that while we have not included widescreen performance, the numbers for the common resolutions (1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200) should be within 5-10% of the resolutions we tested. We will be testing without AA for most tests, but 4xAA will be tested in Battlefield 2, Half-Life 2, and Quake 4.
As promised in part one, we have added SLI tests to the lineup. Most of our setup is the same as the last time, and all single card configurations were tested on the Intel motherboard. To facilitate our SLI tests, we added the ASUS P5NSLI board.
| CPU: | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz/4MB) |
| Motherboard: | Intel D975XBX (LGA-775) ASUS P5NSLI |
| Chipset: | Intel 975X NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI |
| Chipset Drivers: | Intel 7.2.2.1007 (Intel) NVIDIA nForce 8.22 |
| Hard Disk: | Seagate 7200.7 160GB SATA |
| Memory: | Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 (1GB x 2) |
| Video Card: | Various |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 6.8 NVIDIA ForceWare 91.47 |
| Desktop Resolution: | 1920 x 1440 - 32-bit @ 60Hz |
| OS: | Windows XP Professional SP2 |
As far as the games go, we have stuck with the same tests this time around. The resolutions we've tested have also shifted a little to focus on the high end. We made sure to hit resolutions that represent the vast majority of LCD panels on the market. Note that while we have not included widescreen performance, the numbers for the common resolutions (1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200) should be within 5-10% of the resolutions we tested. We will be testing without AA for most tests, but 4xAA will be tested in Battlefield 2, Half-Life 2, and Quake 4.
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SilentObserver - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Here I am in April 2015, looking at these numbers and thinking; this was 9 years ago. I can get a GTX 970 for the same price tag as the release cost of a 7950 GT.The only reason I ended up here is to see if two of these (which I found in our stock room) would SLI.
Looking forward to testing Battlefield 4 tonight haha!