This is what I'd like to call a concise "performance review". No box shots (ok, maybe one), no regurgitation of bulleted lists (a tad bit actually), just straight to the results. Today we're taking a look at two PCI Express versions of the eVGA e-GeForce 6600 GT. The focus will be comparing SLI disabled and enabled. Additionally, we will have comparisons of no anti-aliasing/no anisotropic filtering versus 4x anti-aliasing/ 8x anisotropic filtering. Accompanying these comparisons will be the percentage increases or decreases as the case may be.

System Specifications

• AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 (Newcastle)
• ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe
• Mushkin 1GB(512MBx2) PC-3500 Level One Dual Pack
• Antec True Power 480W
• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40GB 7200RPM ATA-133 Hard Disk Drive (2)
• Hitachi CM721F CRT Monitor - 19-Inch
• 32-Bit Color / Vsync Disabled / 85Hz Refresh Rate
• NVIDIA ForceWare 71.24 - Quality - Default Optimization Settings
• NVIDIA nForce 5.10
• Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
• eVGA e-GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E (2) @ default clocks (500MHz/1000MHz)

• 3DMark05 v1.1.0
• CodeCreatures

• Half-Life 2 - all settings maxed out
• Doom 3 - High Quality

Symbiosis At Work

Test Case: Webster's Dictionary

SLI In The Raw

As you can see, I wasted no time with pesky details like putting the motherboard in a case. The last time I played with dual video cards I was studying for finals and the full blown Y2K bug mania was a couple years away. So, yeah, I couldn't wait to get started.

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