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Test Setup

We used our standard test bed, that is, the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe, flashed to the latest BIOS (015) version and AMD's Athlon64 X2-4800 paired with 2 GB of OCZ EL PC-3200 DDR. As main competitor we are using the Sapphire RADEON X800 GTO² in its native and souped-up form.. In detail, the test setup was as follows:

• ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
• AMD Athlon 64-X2 4800+
• 4 x 512 MB 2 GB of OCZ EL PC-3200 DDR
• 2 x ASUS Extreme n7800 GT
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA (120 GB)
• Sony 12 x DVD ROM
• OCZ 520 ADJ Powerstream PSU

Tested gaming applications were:

• 3DMark2005
• FarCry (1.3)
• Quake4
• DOOM3

Installation / Utilities

Installation of the Extreme7800 GT could not be easier, the only things required are the physical insertion of the cards into the respective slots and running of the driver CD. The Install Shield prompts the selection of the individual utlities (or else the complete installation) and the installation of the drivers. Keep in mind that it is necessary to install the "ASUS Enhanced Drivers" in order to run the utilities. This is where the new driver package differs from some of the solutions in the past where it required physical substitution of individual DLLs whenever nVidia released a new driver but the ASUS functionality was still tobe preserved. In the new versions, the "nVidia" part and the "ASUS" part are separate entities, in which the "ASUS" part is a feature enhancement of the original nVidia drivers - regardless of what version is being installed.

Results at one Glance

Detailed results are on the following pages.

ASUS Extreme n7800GT

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