ASUS V6800/64 MB GeForce

Quake III Arena Performance- Quaver

It is not until the Quaver demo is run do we see in what manner the 64 MB GeForce cards prevail. As described in detail in our 64 MB GeForce review Quaver is really the only demo which stresses large textures enough to result in texture swapping. We once again see that both the ASUS V6800/64 and the SUMA Platinum 64 MB GeForce perform almost identically, as a result of the reference design use. Here we do see, unlike what was seen in the demo001 benchmark, a large difference between the 64 MB GeForce and the 32 MB GeForce cards, a result of the Quaver demo's large textures. We see that at the playable (at least on a 64 MB GeForce) resolution of 1024x768x32, the V6800/64 performs a whopping 270% better than a 32 MB DDR GeForce when the cards are tested on 3.76 drivers. As described in our 64 MB GeForce review, the 5.13 drivers could very well change this.

When overclocked, Quaver really flew. At 1024x768x32, the most desirable resolution possible for fluid play, the overclocked card performed 25% faster. The largest speed increase from overclocking was seen at 1600x1200x32, where the overclocked V6800/64 performed 31% better.