Chaintech AA6800 Turbo Edition (GeForce 6800)
Test configuration:
Test software:
Synthetic benchmarks:
- 3DMark2003 Patch 340;
- 3DMark2001SE Patch 330;
- Codecreatures v1.0.0 (a DirectX 8.1 application, shaders on, Hardware T&L);
Gaming benchmarks:
- Unreal Tournament 2003 (Direct3D, Hardware T&L, vertex shaders, Dot3, cube texturing.);
- Unreal Tournament 2004 (Direct3D, Hardware T&L, vertex shaders, Dot3, cube texturing.);
- AquaMark 3 (DirectX 9.0, Vertex Shaders 1.1/1.4/2.0, Pixel Shaders 1.1/1.4/2.0, Hardware T&L, AquaMark3 Triscore mode);
- HALO: Combat Evolved 1.2 (DirectX 9.0, Vertex Shaders 1.1/1.4/2.0, Pixel Shaders 1.1/1.4/2.0, Hardware T&L, quality set to the maximum possible);
- Gun Metal Benchmark 2 v1.20s (a DirectX 9.0 benchmark, Vertex Shaders 2.0, Pixel Shaders 1.1, Hardware T&L);
- Final Fantasy XI Official Benchmark 2 (a benchmark for assessing the performance in Final Fantasy XI. The developers haven't presented any data on the gaming engine);
- X2: The Threat Demo (Direct3D, multitexturing, Dot3, running in the benchmark mode embedded in the demo version);
- Half-life 2 leaked beta (DirectX 9.0, Vertex Shaders 2.0, Pixel Shaders 2.0);
- FarCry ver1.1 (DirectX 9.0, Pixel Shaders 2.0, our own demo "3Dnews001" was used).
- DOOM 3(timedemo demo1.demo).
Benchmarking Results
Already in the first test, we notice that ÀÀ6800 is running almost "nose to nose" with Õ800 PRO, which considering its price makes the card a very attractive product.
Then we are examining it more closely:
But at 3DMark 2001SE, the ÀÀ6800 is already distancing from Õ800PRO. In fact, the latter leaves all the NVIDIA cards behind somehow to a varied extent. There is the opinion that NVIDIA cards prove to be more powerful at 3DMark 2003, whereas ATI cards show higher performance at 3DMark 2001.
But that is more likely from the humor, because far not all video cards can be chosen for each benchmark :)
However, it's worth noting that the statement is well-grounded, especially if we examine closely all the previous results of tests at above benchmarks.
Now, moving on..
The hard demanding DX8.1 benchmark. At that, the cards again rank in an absolute logical "ladder".
The approximate "verdict" relative to AA6800 has thus been returned. But we are more interested in what the tests in gaming applications will tell. Now we are going to find that out in more detail.
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