Benchmark VGA 2004 - 2008 (2012 edition)
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Test of many DX9 and DX10 class video cards in 17 games. This article shows performance in Windows XP environment, which was still very popular at the time.
Test system
Hardware
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4500MHz
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
4GB DDR3 1600 (CL9-9-9-24)
WD 2500AAKS - 250GB, SATA2
Fortron Blue Storm II 500W
AMD A6-3670 @ 2943MHz
Gigabyte A55M-DS2
4GB DDR3 2033 (CL11-11-11-31)
WD 2500AAKS - 250GB, SATA2
Fortron 250W
List of tested video cards
Software
Windows XP SP3
DirectX 9c
Catalyst 11.5 for ATi Radeon HD
Catalyst 12.4 for ATi Radeon HD 6530D
Catalyst 10.2 for ATi Radeon X1900
Geforce 275.33 for all nVidia VGAs