Posted 09/27/05 at 06:02:10 PM by Maximum PC
Word on the street is that Asus pays nVidia a premium to get pick-of-the-litter GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs, with the express intent of using them to build over-the-top videocards. Whether that’s gospel truth or just marketing hype, Asus’ Extreme N7800 GTX Top is the fastest videocard we’ve ever tested.
We thought the 7800 GTX marked the end of two-slot cooling solutions, but Asus has so overclocked this board’s memory and graphics core that a stock cooler just wouldn’t do the job. We measured the core running at a whopping 486MHz and the DDR3 memory cruising along at 675MHz.
How do those specs translate into performance? How about Doom 3 at 1600x1200 resolution with 4x AA at 60.5fps—a full 7fps faster than PNY’s more conventional design, and nearly 4fps faster than the overclocked XFX GeForce 7800 we reviewed in September.
—Michael Brown
Month Reviewed: November 2005
Verdict: 10
kickass=yes
URL: www.asus.com
HEAD-TO-HEAD VIDEOCARD BENCHMARKS
| DOOM 3 (fps) | FAR CRY (fps) | HALO (fps) |
3DMARK05 |
3DMARK03 |
3DMARK03 GAME 2 (fps) | 3DMARK03 GAME 4 (fps) | HQV SCORE |
|
| LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TDH | 18.1 | 35.1 | 44.0 | 3,626 | 8,562 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 73 |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GT | 18.3 | 49.4 | 42.7 | 4,213 | 9,566 | 12.2 | 23.0 | 55 |
| MSI NX6800 RIDDICK | 24.6 | 46.4 | 42.6 | 3,887 | 9,218 | 15.8 | 22.3 | 73 |
| CONNECT3D 3028 X800XL | 31.0 | 60.2 | 58.6 | 5,092 | 10,921 | 22.3 | 32.2 | 55 |
| XFX GEFORCE 6800GT | 39.8 | 71.2 | 63.3 | 5,145 | 11,945 | 24.6 | 28.1 | 78 |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON X850 XT | 37.9 | 80.8 | 78.0 | 6,189 | 12,648 | 26.5 | 38.3 | 65 |
| BFG GEFORCE 7800 GT OC | 49.7 | 84.2 | 87.4 | 6,911 | 14,894 | 32.2 | 46.2 | 83 |
| ATI RADEON X850 XT PE | 40.2 | 87.1 | 80.2 | 6,468 | 13,170 | 28.4 | 41.1 | 65 |
| PNY VERTO GEFORCE 7800 GTX | 53.6 | 81.5 | 102.6 | 7,648 | 16,074 | 33.8 | 47.9 | 83 |
| ASUS EXTREME N7800 GTX TOP | 60.5 | 91.3 | 111.2 | 8,560 | 17,698 | 39.8 | 58.7 | 83 |
Best scores in each category (shaded) are bolded.
HOW WE TESTED:
TEST SYSTEM: Athlon FX-55, nForce4, SLI motherboard, 2GB DDR RAM
DOOM 3: Timedemo 1 tested at 1600x1200, High Quality, 4x AA
FAR CRY: Boat level tested at 1600x1200, all settings on High (water at Ultra High), 4x AA, 8x aniso
HALO: Timedemo script tested at 1600x1200
3DMARK03 GAME 2 AND GAME 4: Tested at 1600x1200, 4x AA, 8x aniso
3DMARK03 AND 3DMARK05: Tested using default settings
HQV SCORE: HQV Benchmark DVD
Links:
[1] http://www.asus.com/
[2] http://www.hqv.com/benchmark
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