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System Name | Water |
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Processor | Q9550 Stock |
Motherboard | Asus P5Q Pro |
Cooling | Noctua big ass cooler |
Memory | Corsair Dominator PC8500 4 GB |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire HD7950 |
Storage | Velociraptor 300 GB, Samsung 500 GB, MyBook 300 GB |
Display(s) | 1: Eizo 23" LCD Foris FS2331-BK 2: Samsung 226BW |
Case | Cooler Master ATCS 840 |
Audio Device(s) | Asus STX |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520 |
So I pulled the trigger, I got fed up with the nvdlskdlaskdsaj.dll stopped responding and sometimes random artifacts in games on my 8800GTX. And trust me, I tried everything, my last step was to watercool the 8800GTX with temperatures NEVER above 45C.
Removed drivers -> boot to safe mode -> use driver cleaner -> install 4870 -> unmark Nvidia services at startup to ignore missing dll's -> working flawlessly
Peak power consumption during tests:
8800GTX 288W
HD4870 265W
So here are the results:
It's close to 50% increase. Your results may vary.
I'l follow up with a UT3 bench, since I found some old 8800GTX's results lying around.
Removed drivers -> boot to safe mode -> use driver cleaner -> install 4870 -> unmark Nvidia services at startup to ignore missing dll's -> working flawlessly
Peak power consumption during tests:
8800GTX 288W
HD4870 265W
So here are the results:
Code:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz @ 3599 Mhz
CPU ID: Intel64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1
Physical memory: 4.00 GB
Display adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB
Driver version: 7.15.11.7824 (20081007123300.000000-000)
//////////// Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\
01/21/2009 23:30:28 - Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1
DirectX 9.0c ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 9.80 Max: 18.37 Avg: 15.10 ]
DirectX 9.0c ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: avalanche @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 4.42 Max: 20.02 Avg: 15.14 ]
DirectX 9.0c ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: frost @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 8.63 Max: 18.24 Avg: 14.85 ]
Code:
Display adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series 512 MB
Driver version: Catalyst 8.12 (8.561-081201a1-072276C-ATI)
//////////// Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\
01/22/2009 23:16:28 - Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1
DirectX 9.0c ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 10.43 Max: 26.23 Avg: 21.17 ]
DirectX 9.0c ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: avalanche @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 10.58 Max: 30.32 Avg: 23.91 ]
DirectX 9.0c ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: frost @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 5.23 Max: 27.24 Avg: 21.99 ]
It's close to 50% increase. Your results may vary.
I'l follow up with a UT3 bench, since I found some old 8800GTX's results lying around.