| Desktop | |
| CPU | AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 2800 MHz |
| FSB | 200MHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI X16 |
| Memoria | 2x Corsair 1024 MB CMX1024-3500LLPRO |
| Hard Drive | Hitachi 120GB S-ATA (8MB) |
| DVD | Gigabyte GO-D1600C |
| LAN | Marvel 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit |
| Alimentatore | Enermax 550W (ATX 1.0) |
| Driver & Configurazione | |
| Scheda grafica | ATI Catalyst 5.10 NVIDIA 81.85 |
| Chipset | NVIDIA nForce4 v6.66 |
| OS | Windows XP Prof. SP1a |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
| Nvidia | Anti Aliasing (AA) and Anisotropic Filtering (AF) |
| ATI | AA by application, AF if possible by application otherwise by graphics driver |
| Benchmarks | |
| Age of Empire 3 | Fraps/Custom Recordgame Max Details/Quality |
| Fable - The Lost Chapters | Fraps/Custom Savegame Max Details/Quality |
| Quake 4 | Custom THG-Timedemo Ultra Quality |
| Serious Sam 2 | Timedemo Shield Generator28 Max Details/Quality/32-Bit |
| Blach & White 2 | Fraps/Intro Flyby Insel Max Details/Quality |
| F.E.A.R. | F.E.A.R. Benchmark Max Details/Quality |
| 3DMark 2005 1.2.0 | Default Benchmark |
Compatibilità dei processori grafici con i benchmark
Le prestazioni delle schede grafiche che supportano il PixelShader 2 non possono essere confrontate direttamente con quelle che utilizzano il PixelShader 2. Se un gioco come Age of Empires III o Black & White 2 supportano un motore shader di ultima versione, lo utilizzeranno per renderizzare gli effetti più complessi. In altre parole, le schede che supportano versioni shader più basse visualizzeranno meno effetti, raggiungendo prestazioni più elevate a causa del minor carico di lavoro. La stessa cosa vale per gli effetti ombra. Per esempio, i driver ATI automaticamente disabilitano le ombre lievi in F.E.A.R a partire dalla risoluzione di 1280x960 pixel, offrendo alla scheda prestazioni maggiori.
Ci sono da considerare delle differenze anche nella velocità di rendering dell'HDR. Attivare questa funzionalità in Seriuos Sam 2 può risultare in differenze dal 14% al 70% in base al processore grafico. Per assicurarci che i risultati siano confrontabili, abbiamo testato tutte le schede grafiche in base alla loro compatibilità e abbiamo raggruppato i risultati nei grafici utilizzando lo stesso criterio.
| NVIDIA Compatibility with Benchmark Games | ||||||
| Graphics card | Age of Empire 3 | Fable - The Lost Chapters | Quake 4 | Serious Sam 2 | Black & White 2 | F.E.A.R. |
| Geforce 7800 GTX SLI | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 7800 GTX Extreme | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 7800 GTX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 7800 GT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 6800 Ultra SLI | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 6800 Ultra | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 6800 GT SLI | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 6800 GT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 6800 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Geforce 6600 GT SLI | 100% | shadow detail deactivated from 1024x768, 1600x1200 because 128 MB not possible | 100% | 100% | AA deactivated from 1024x768 due to 128 MB | 100% |
| Geforce 6600 GT | 100% | shadow detail deactivated from 1024x768, 1600x1200 because 128 MB not possible | 100% | 100% | AA deactivated from 1024x768 due to 128 MB | 100% |
| Geforce 6600 | 100% | shadow detail deactivated from 1024x768, 1600x1200 because 128 MB not possible | 100% | 100% | AA deactivated from 1024x768 due to 128 MB | 100% |
| Geforce 6200 Turbo Cache | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | 100% | 100% | no HDR rendering | Blooming, depth of focus and distortion not possible | 100% |
| Geforce 5900 | Shader Quality High, Very High not possile | shadow detail deactivated from 1280x1024, 1600x1200 because 128 MB not possible | 100% | no HDR rendering | Blooming, depth of focus and distortion not possible | 100% |
| ATI Compatibility with Benchmark Games | ||||||
| Graphics card | Age of Empire 3 | Fable - The Lost Chapters | Quake 4 | Serious Sam 2 | Black & White 2 | F.E.A.R. |
| Radeon X1800 XT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X1800 XL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X1300 Pro | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | graphics sometimes hang at 1024x768 AA2 AF4 | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X850 XT PE | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X800 XT | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X800 XL | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X800 XL | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X700 XT | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X700 Pro | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X600 XT | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |
| Radeon X600 Pro | Shader Quality High, Very High not possible | shadow details must be deactivated | 100% | no HDR rendering | 100% | Soft Shadows deactivated from 1280x960 |