Date:
Tuesday , March 29, 2005
Author:
Brent Justice
Editor:
Kyle Bennett
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MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E Review

New from MSI is the NX6800GT-T2D256E, which is based on the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT GPU. Read inside to find out not only what kind of gaming experience this video card provides, but also what unique features it brings to the table for enthusiasts.

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System Test Setup:

Common System Components

CPU

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

Motherboard

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4

System Memory

2 x 512MB Corsair XMS PC3200LLPro TwinX Dual Channel DDR400 CAS2

Hard Drive

Western Digital 74GB Raptor SATA/150

Operating System

Windows XP Pro SP2 with DirectX 9.0c

For our system platform setup, we used the ASUS A8N-SLI PCI Express platform with an AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 CPU at default speeds so that the CPU wouldn’t be so much of a bottleneck to these fast video cards.

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Video Cards Tested

Make & Model

Platform

Core Clock (MHz)

Memory Clock (MHz)

Driver Version

Notes

MSI NX6800GT 256MB

PCIe

350

1000

71.84

VSYNCH disabled

VisionTek XTASY RADEON X850 XT 256MB

PCIe

520

1080

5.3

CCC with VSYNCH disabled

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB

PCIe

400

1100

71.84

VSYNCH disabled

Game Evaluation Setup

Please be aware we test our video cards a bit different from what is the norm. We concentrate on examining the real-world gameplay that each video card provides. Gameplay includes performance and image quality evaluation. We have two sections, “Highest Playable” and “Apples to Apples.” The Highest Playable section shows the best Image Quality delivered at a playable frame rate. Following the Highest Playable section, we have a brief Apples to Apples performance section for those that find benefit of frame rates with matching IQ. We use a high performance system, with a very fast CPU in order to remove CPU bottlenecking.