NVIDIA's Tiny 90nm G71 and G73: GeForce 7900 and 7600 Debut
by Derek Wilson on March 9, 2006 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Battlefield 2 High-End Performance
We have finally ironed out our issues with BF2 and SLI, so this time around we get to compare ATI and NVIDIA in multi GPU configurations. DICE has said in the past that results over 100 fps are not always reliable. It will suffice to say that CrossFire leads SLI at the low two resolutions. Putting a finer point on it goes against what we know of the benchmark's behavior. Interestingly, at higher resolutions (above 1600x1200), while the 7900 GTX and 7900 GT fall further behind ATI's single card solutions, SLI is able to take the lead from CrossFire. This would seem to indicate that SLI has a bit more of a CPU limitation at the low end than CrossFire, but that it is ultimately much more efficient in BF2.
We have finally ironed out our issues with BF2 and SLI, so this time around we get to compare ATI and NVIDIA in multi GPU configurations. DICE has said in the past that results over 100 fps are not always reliable. It will suffice to say that CrossFire leads SLI at the low two resolutions. Putting a finer point on it goes against what we know of the benchmark's behavior. Interestingly, at higher resolutions (above 1600x1200), while the 7900 GTX and 7900 GT fall further behind ATI's single card solutions, SLI is able to take the lead from CrossFire. This would seem to indicate that SLI has a bit more of a CPU limitation at the low end than CrossFire, but that it is ultimately much more efficient in BF2.
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Regs - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
I can agree with that. SLI is clearly still a segregated part of the market.It's welcome...but...segregated.
Ozenmacher - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Yes, good point. Or atleast use a different color or formatted bar so it is easy to distingush on another.smitty3268 - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Yes, that is the by far the biggest complaint I have about recent AT GPU reviews. Please, please put SLI/CF tests in a seperate graph from single card tests.Zoomer - Monday, March 13, 2006 - link
Ditto. SLI is really a retarded marketing move and I hate nVidia for starting this.Look at all the recent mobo designs. Due to some weird fascination for SLI, almost all of them have weird slot designs with few PCI slots.
PrinceGaz - Friday, March 10, 2006 - link
I agree too, SLI/Crossfire results should be in a seperate graph.JNo - Monday, March 13, 2006 - link
Me tooOzenmacher - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Oh, is there anyway you can allow post editing so I can change my bone-headed spelling errors ^^frostyrox - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Derek, all these new cards say on the box "Built for Windows Vista", but i don't see anywhere that they support HDCP (High Bandwidth Content Protection). If i'm not mistaken HD-DVD and Blu-ray are going to be upon us soon, and they both will require hdcp compliant components, specifically your monitor and videocard. Seeing as these cards just came out and theyre boasting of Windows Vista compliance, could u possibly ellaborate on this for me. I seen to be missing something, thanks.Zoomer - Monday, March 13, 2006 - link
Vista doesn't require HDCP. These cards, and many previous cards, will work just fine with vista.Only playing HD content with stock windows, stock everything, etc will require HDCP.
Phantronius - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
I see no reason to part with my 7800GTX OC 256meg from BFG just yet