In the next few pages, we will be presenting the benchmarks of the GeForce 8800GTX against the ATi X1950XTX and other cards. Before we take a look at the scoreline, lets take a look at the test environment.

Graphics card tested

• NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX with Forceware 96.94

• ATi X1950XTX with Catalyst 6.10

• ASUS EN7900GT with Forceware 91.31

• ASUS EAX1950Pro with Catalyst 6.10

Environment

• Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 / Intel INF 8.0.1.1002
• Intel X6800 Extreme Edition processor and QX6700
• 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
• Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
• Windows XP SP2