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| by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig | December 23, 2008 | ||
| Test System & Setup Test System & Setup System Used Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q 9450 @ 2.67Ghz Memory: G.Skill 2x 2GB DDR2-1000 @ 800Mhz DDR Motherboard: ASUS P5E Deluxe X48 Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer Hard Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 320GB SATAII Fans: 2X Yate Loon 120mm @ 1200RPM Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 Graphics Cards: HD 4830 512MB (reference) HD 3870 512MB (HIS) HD 4670 512MB (reference) HD 4650 512MB (reference) 9800 GT 512MB (EVGA / stock speeds) 9600 GT 512MB (EVGA / stock speeds) 9600 GSO 384MB GDDR3 (Palit / stock speeds) 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 (EVGA / stock speeds) Drivers: Nvidia 180.48 WHQL ATI 8.12 WHQL Applications Used: Call of Duty: World at War Crysis: Warhead X3: Terran Conflict Dead Space Left 4 Dead Far Cry 2 S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky Fallout 3 Need for Speed Underclover *Notes: - All games tested have been patched to their latest version - The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed - All scores you see are the averages after 4 benchmark runs All game-specific methodologies are explained above the graphs for each game The Cost per FPS Numbers ExplainedYou will notice that for this article we have included a $ / FPS number which is representational of the amount you pay for each frame per second in a particular game at a certain resolution. The price for each card is divided by the average frames per second to give the final result. The price of each individual card is calculated in Canadian dollars and is the average price derived from the five lowest prices for each card (before rebates and MIRs) found in our Price Comparison engine on December 20th, 2008. The prices of each card were as follows: HD 4830: $146 HD 3870: $114 HD 4670: $96 HD 4650: $75 9800 GT: $153 9600 GT: $128 9600 GSO: $116 9500 GT GDDR3: $98 | ||
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