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The introduction of 512MiB consumer graphics hardware
[Abstract]
ThoughtsAdvertismentThere's obviously a case to be made for 512MiB consumer hardware, but I'm hoping you can see that the case to be made should be limited to certain sections of the graphics m...
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System Setup and NotesAdvertisment
| Test System | | Processor(s) | AMD Athlon FX-55, Socket 939, 2600MHz, 1MiB L2 cache memory | | Mainboard | DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-D | | Memory | 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS XL Xpert DDR-400
2.0-2-2-5 @ 400MHz | | BIOS Version | NF4LD310 | | Disk Drive | 300GB Maxtor DM10 SATA | | Graphics Cards | ATI Radeon X800 XL 512MiB PEG
ATI Radeon X800 XL 256MiB PEG | | Graphics Driver | ATI CATALYST 5.4 and CATALYST Control Centre | | Operating System | Windows XP Professional, SP2 | | Mainboard Software | NVIDIA nForce4 Standalone Kit 6.53 | | Main graphics card clock | ATI Radeon X800 XL 512MiB Clocks
ATI Radeon X800 XL 512MiB ID |
Notes Half-Life 2 and Beepa's excellent Fraps 2.5.4 were combined to record framerate over a run of our custom timedemo, which takes place inside the prison section late in the game. To exert maximum memory pressure, 1600x1200 (the maximum resolution of the LCD monitor used for benchmarking) with 6X AA and 16X AF was chosen, to see if 512MiB of card memory has any effect on performance.
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