Hardware and Operating System

• Intel Core2Duo E6600 (2.4Ghz) Processor
• 2x 1GB OCZ SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz Memory
• ASUS P5N-E SLI (nForce 650i) Motherboard
• PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 SLI
• Seagate 250 GB SATA HDD
• Dell 2405FPW LCD Monitor
• Windows XP Home 32-Bit with Service Pack 2 / DirectX 9.0c

Graphics Cards, Drivers, and Driver Settings

• XFX GeForce 8800 GT XXX 512MB - 670MHz Core / 1700MHz Shader / 950MHz Memory (1900MHz Effective)
• ForceWare Beta 169.09
• 32-Bit Color
• Vsync Disabled
• 60Hz Refresh Rate
• Quality Texture Filtering
• Gamma Correct Antialiasing

Test Applications

• 3DMark06 (v1.1.0)
• Call of Duty 4 (v1.3)
• Gears of War (Title Update)
• Half-Life 2: Episode 2
• Need For Speed: Pro Street Demo
• Team Fortress 2
• World In Conflict Demo

3DMark06

Results in 3DMark06 were obtained from the free version of the benchmarking utility, thus the results below utilize the default settings.

3DMark06

The XFX GeForce 8800 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition brings in a very respectable score of 10679 3DMarks. Surprisingly, at the time of my testing, I was the only user on the FutureMark Online Results Browser (ORB) with a 8800 GT paired with an Intel E6600.

World In Conflict Demo and Need For Speed: Pro Racer Demo Performance