Prelude to Benchmarks: The details of how two Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H videocards
running in SLI were configured for benchmarking; the specific hardware, software
drivers, operating system and benchmark versions are indicated below. In the
second column are the general specs for the reference platforms this pair
of nVIDIA GeForce 8500GT videocards are to be compared against. Please take a moment to
look over PCSTATS test system configurations before moving on to the individual
benchmark results on the next page.
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PCSTATS Test System Configurations |
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3DMark05 is best suited for the latest generation
of DirectX9.0 graphics cards. It is the first benchmark to require a DirectX9.0
compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining
high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, feature tests, image quality tools, and much
more, 3DMark05 is a premium benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of
gaming hardware.
Futuremark 3DMark05 1.2.0 |
Overall |
Points |
Ranking |
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT |
15656 |
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Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire |
16233 |
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MSI RX2600XT Diamond |
10422 |
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Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A |
12098 |
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Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A |
10260 |
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MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E |
15251 |
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Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC |
14674 |
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MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC |
14703 |
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GeForce 8600GTS SLI |
15207 |
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Foxconn 8600GTS-256 |
11640 |
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MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC |
11676 |
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Albatron 8600GT-256 |
9701 |
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MSI NX8500GT-TD256E |
4457 |
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MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE |
13781 |
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MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E |
11071 |
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MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC |
8630 |
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Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH |
5711 |
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Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS |
4998 |
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Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H (dual GFX cards in SLI) |
11361 |
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The two GeForce 8500GT videocards running in SLI mode score well in 3DMark05; very close to
that of a GeForce 8600GTS videocard in fact. Surprisingly, the dual Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H's even
beat a GeForce 7900GTX in this synthetic benchmark!