Performance

3DMark 2006

We’ve got very interesting results in 3DMark06. The GeForce GTX 295 is clearly more CPU-dependent than the GeForce GTX 285 just as we might have expected. The dual-processor card adds to the overall performance even in the hardest graphics mode when the CPU or the whole platform is changed or overclocked. The performance growth is nearly linear in the easy mode (1280x960 without FSAA and AF). Then, at the default frequencies the Core i7 is faster than the Core 2 Quad and increases the gap even more when they are both overclocked to the same frequency.

3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage refused to output the total score for the resolution of 1280x960, so I will only publish the results of the GPU tests and the full results in the Extreme mode.

3DMark Vantage being a heavier test, we can only see it depend on the platform’s speed with the GeForce GTX 295 – and only in the Performance mode. The GeForce GTX 285 is indifferent to the platform performance altogether.