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XFX GeForce 8800 GS 384MB DDR3 XXX Review |
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Written by Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
Page 11 of 12
Page 11 - 3DMark06 и Overclock
Synthetic test are done last. The truth that more and more people begin to understand is that those tests are highly overrated. Years ago when versions 99 and 2001 of the famous 3DMark test began gathering popularity as a frequent gamers test, and a high result became a mark of a good video card, the companies began to optimize their drivers and chips to be capable to prove themselves in any of the latest 3DMark “disciplines”.
Many people spend hundreds or even thousand of dollars just to obtain computer capable of “playing 3DMark”. And they still exist! But even if you're not one of them, you still might want to know how will your video card perform in 3DMark, is it in the best results of it's rang compared to card ana computer. Now after showing how the cards are holding on in the the most recent and heavy games, we cannot miss the opportunity to give you the delight of the synthetic test:
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There is not much that can be said about the results, they are just points that don't really give you anything solid. It is likely though things will change with the upcoming 3DMark Vantage, which has full DirectX 10 support and on which engine a game is to be based. It's just that 3DMark06 too old...
As for overclock, as we stated the card i decently fried to begin with. Still what we got was amazing. Though ordinary 8800 GS run at 550MHz core and 700MHz memory and XFX 8800 GS Alpha Dog XXX runs at 680/800MHz, we managed to boost the card to 705MHz core (about he maximum of G92 in 8800 GT) and 2020MHz memory!!! All that with the quiet XFX cooler and without any BIOS modifications and such. At these frequencies the difference in performance is very noticeable, it is apparent that the memory is of great importance - since most modern games are memory hungry monsters. XFX has an outstanding performance.
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