EVGA GTX 260 FTW Edition Review

Testing:

3DMark06 is one of those benchmarks that always comes up when a bragging contest breaks out. 3DMark06 presents a severe test for many of today's hardware components. Let's see how this setup fares. The settings we will use are listed below.

Settings:

• SM2.0 Graphics Tests: GT1- Return to Proxycon, GT2- Firefly Forest
• CPU Tests: Cpu1- Red Valley, CPU2- Red Valley
• HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze

At the lower resolutions, the ATI based HD4870 comes close to beating the FTW GTX 260! As the resolution scales upward, the GTX 260 shows that it has more in the tank than the HD4870.