风神来临，Aopen Aeolus 6600GT
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1. Doom3 This OpenGL first person shooter master works arrived in 2004 from ID software a company that has always been at the forefront of 3D graphics technology Using the latest in special effects Doom3 is demanding on the graphics hardware to say the very least NVIDIA video cards have traditionally held the upper hand with OpenGL games allowing them users a smoother gaming experience over rival video cards of the same class The current GeForce FX and GeForce 6 series cards also support UltraShadow UltraShadow ll technology for significant load reduction during shadow processing Naturally this translates into improved overall performance Not willing to go down without a fight ATI offers optimized Doom3 performance with its CATALYST driver there is optimization for some other predefined games as well to allow their video cards to produce higher framerates with no impact to image quality This test uses the built in Timedemo function running Demo1 The higher the framerate achieved the higher the performance of the video card Pure Speed Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 IEEE 49 9 1600x1200 I 46 6 44 9 l l 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 frames per second Eye Candy Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 50 602. frames per second The overclocked Aeolus performs very well in Doom3 achieving a 5fps better frame rate over its non overclocked form or a 13 frame rate increase in eye candy mode at 1024x768 At higher resolutions that percentage increase is maintained while frame rates drop Summary While the AOpen Aeolus 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 adopts a reference P216 PCB it does something special in the process too by adopting its own designs which are a black PCB custom bronze colored aluminum alloy cooler memory heatspreaders and factory overclocked frequencies AOpen has prepared a rich array of accessories as well they include the component output cable and several full version games which aim to increase product value and user enjoyment Worth mentioning is the extra effort that AOpen has put in to facilitate usage by beginners with the manual and installation poster This is the kind of preparation and considerateness one would expect from a major brand
3. 155601 K Space Available on C arbal224 K InstallShield z Back Cancel Advanced installation screen Test Configuration Hardware LGA775 3 6GHz 1MB L2 Cache 800MHz FSB Run 533 CL 4 4 4 11 Viewsonic P95f Software and Drivers OS Windows XP Pro SP2 oss Wi PM MJ Forceware 66 93 driver Benchmarking applications Detail Very High Shadows Enabled Far Cry v1 3 4 FarCry benchmark v1 4 Demo HardwareOC Volcano Detail Maximum Counter Strike Source Video Stress Test Advanced configuration Model detail High Texture detail High Water detail Reflect world shader detail High shadow detail High Vsync Disabled Half Life 2 TimeDemo Custom Demo Advanced configuration Model detail High Texture detail High Water detail Reflect world shader detail High shadow detail High Vsync Disabled Quake III Timedemo Demo1 Quality Custom Highest Quality Doom3 Timedemo demot Quality High Overclocking Test This card is factory overclocked to higher operating frequencies leaving little performance for the user to unlock on his or her own At the end of testing we found the stable limit at 540MHz While the card could be overclocked to 580MHz flawed images would appear at any frequency operating point above 540MHz We find out in more detail later in the temperature testing section that this is caused by the overheating of the 6600 GT at those frequencies Memory overclock
4. the various performance aspects of his her video card Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 TTT 3612 Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 3396 GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 DO 3301 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 3DMarks As was the case in 3DMark03 the Aeolus 6600GT achieves a 3 better score under default frequencies but here in 3DMarkO5 the overclocked score is 6 4 better instead 3DMark05 requires a lot in terms of graphics memory capacity and bandwidth so the video card s increased memory frequency under overclocked mode is bringing a definite positive effect AquaMark3 From the Massive Development Team comes the AquaMark3 3D Reality Benchmark application which makes full use of the hardware accelerated effects supported by the DirectX 9 API The Krass game engine in AquaMark3 is a real game engine used to generate the 3D scenes seen during benchmarking results are therefore indicative of a video card s true in game performance The AquaMark3 Score Measurement benchmark and the resultant Triscore employs methodology similar to the 3DMark series but here the resolution is fixed at 1024x768 with anti aliasing disabled and 4X anisotropic filtering enabled and textures set to Very High Users are unable to reconfigure these settings The Advanced Measurement system is a calculation of the average framerate performance in the various test scenes Here users can make changes to resolution anti aliasing and anisotropic f
5. 03 by the FutureMark Corporation 3DMark03 is a professional video card performance benchmark application and the first of its kind to support DirectX 9 performance testing According to FutureMark There are 4 game tests each one is designed to represent a certain type of 3D game and thereby offer a wider range of 3D game workloads 3DMark03 records the total number of frames rendered Using the length of time for the test an average frame rate is produced A higher average framerate is better The results from the four game tests are then collated to produce the total 3DMark score The 3DMark total score is calculated using the following formula 3DMark score GT 1fps 7 3 GT2fps 37 GT3fps 47 1 GT4fps 38 7 GT1fps refers to the average frame rate measured in game test 1 In essence the higher the score the higher performance of the tested video card Should a card not support DirectX 9 it will be unable to run GT4 and its total score significantly lower compared to cards supporting DirectX 9 3DMark03 also features other benchmarks such as the CPU Test Fill Rate test and Pixel Shader amp Vertex Shader tests all of which can help the user to better understand the various performance aspects of his her video card GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 rr 8252 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 3DMarks In 3DMarkO3 the Aeolus 6600GT achieves a 3 better score than the standard GeForce 6600 GT Compared to 3D
6. Mark2001 SE results in the 3DMark03 benchmark rely less on the CPU and more on a video card s own abilities Overclocking results in a satisfying 5 696 performance increase 3DMark05 Released as the successor to 3DMark03 3DMark05 is a professional video card performance benchmark application S3DMark05 completely forgoes support for DirectX 7 and DirectX 8 and focuses solely on the DirectX 9 API As such only video card that support as supposed to being compatible with DirectX 9 will able to run and complete the benchmark According to FutureMark There are 3 game tests each one is designed to represent a certain type of 3D game and thereby offering a variety of 3D game workloads 3DMark05 records the total number of frames rendered Using the length of time for the test an average frame rate is calculated A higher average framerate is better The results from the three game tests are then collated to produce the total 3DMark score by taking a geometric mean of the game tests average framerates The 3DMark total score is calculated using the following formula 3DMark score GT1fps GT2fps GT3fps 1 3 250 GT1fps refers to the average frame rate measured in game test 1 In essence the higher the score the higher performance of the tested video card 3DMark03 also features other benchmarks such as the CPU Test Fill Rate test and Pixel Shader amp Vertex Shader tests all of which can help the user to better understand
7. Wrath of the Wind God AOpen Aeolus 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 Unleashed Foreword The AOpen name requires no introduction to the DIY crowd thanks to the company s rich product lines covering motherboards video cards optical storage IV tuner cards sounds cards display devices pointing devices network gear barebone systems notebooks and speaker systems A PC system must consist of the CPU hard drive and memory which as we all know are components produced by only a select few manufacturers For everything else the other components needed to build a complete PC system they can be found readily available from the AOpen product range In the video card realm AOpen maintains a close working relationship with NVIDIA The company produces a complete line of NVIDIA video card products ranging from the GeForce FX 5200 to the newest and strongest GeForce 7800 GTX With this AOpen has a video card product for just about any type of application Now with the GeForce 6 series era fully upon us AOpen has done its homework and has successfully delivered a full compliment of GeForce 6 series products including the Aeolus 6600GT 128MB GDDRS based on the GeForce 6600 GT a key NVIDIA GPU offering covered here Aeolus is the Greek word for the God of the Winds AOpen has taken the word Aeolus and has expanded on it using it as the acronym for Absolute Extreme Optimize Luxury Ultimate and Satisfied These represent AOpen s ideals whe
8. benefit nicely from the increased memory bandwidth Quake III This classic OpenGL 3D game comes from ID Software Although it has been around for quite some time it enjoys a tremendous following even in this modern day and age NVIDIA s strength in OpenGL games is well documented We can thus usually expect the NVIDIA video card to come out ahead of rival video cards of the same level This test uses the built in Timedemo function running demo001 The higher the framerate achieved the higher the performance of the video card Pure Speed Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 LLL 263 8 a 257 8 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 frames per second Eye Candy Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 ILL 132 2 129 2 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 frames per seconc Yesterday s video card killer is nothing more than a minor task for today s video cards In Quake III it is the CPU that contributes most to performance at low resolution which is why in pure speed mode at the resolution of 1024x768 the Aeolus 6600GT is unable to show a serious advantage That advantage is extended at high image quality however While the AOpen Aeolus exhibits a 2 advantage over the standard 6600 GI in overclocked mode that advantage stretches to 15 1600x1200
9. iltering settings in order to achieve the clearest picture possible regarding the performance of their video cards Pure Speed Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 E 41 4 40 40 50 60 70 frames per secong Eye Candy Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 E A 25 6 1600x1200 EET 23 7 22 9 0 10 20 40 50 frames per seconc In most of these tests the AOpen produces a 3 5 better frame rate than the standard 6600 GT As AquaMark3 uses the Krass real gaming engine we can expect similar results in games such as Aquanox Aquanox2 and SpellForce An impressive 8 gain is achieved by the Aeolus under eye candy mode at resolution of 1600x1200 X2 the Threat X2 the Threat is a 3D Space Simulator from Enlight which wraps space combat commerce architecture and an involving storyline into one mind blowing game of epic graphical proportions At the time of its launch in 2003 the game made very heavy demands on graphics hardware DirectX8 video card e g GeForce 4 Ti series or RADEON 8500 series with the recommended basic configuration of a 2GHz CPU and 512MB of system memory Enabling Shadows requires a DirectX 9 video card instead In fact the game is one of the earliest to support DirectX 9 For our test we use the Benchmarking function found in the officia
10. ing is excellent the video card operating stably at 1 2GHz 1 6ns territory with flawless display output The contribution of the memory heatspreaders towards this result is no doubt significant Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT X Adapter hd erie T lest 3 GeForce 6600 GT b t u EET MEL an oe a Pt Lan No overclocking Auto overclocking Manual overclocking Settings e D Core clock frequency Test Changes Detect Optimal Frequencies Apply these settings at startup Restore Defaults Default frequencies Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT X General Adapter Monitor Troubleshoot Color Management EJ GeForce 6600 GT C dm fl VIDIA Noo Auto overclocking verclacking settings Performance 3D Core clock frequency 540 MHz m Memory clock frequency 1 70 GHz Detect Optimal Frequencies Fog o og I I Apply these settings at startup Restore Defaults Overclocked frequencies Temperature Testing Testing is performed for idle heavy loading and heavy loading overclocking conditions with the driver utility used to detect GPU temperatures and the Thermaltake HARDCANO 12 tool to detect memory temperatures Heavy loading is simulated by running the 3DMark03 GT4 test for 30 minutes Room temperature during the test was 20 C zm Idle z Heaw Loading
11. lly provided Rolling Demo with Shadows enabled Results are shown in frames per second the higher the better Pure Speed Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 70 80 90 frames per second Eye Candy Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 EET 247 24 6 0 10 20 30 50 60 frames per seconc Here the frequency advantage of the Aeolus is not manifesting itself clearly We do see a 3 6 increase under pure speed mode at resolution of 1600x1200 however When overclocked there is an impressive 10 average increase across the board and showing the importance of increased memory bandwidth in X2 The Threat Far Cry Released in early 2004 Far Cry features exceptionally lush and vivid environments realistic enemy Al and explosive gun fights so stunning that it captured the top prize in that year s E3 convention Behind this success is the CryEngine which requires a very high level DirectX 9 video card to push frame rates into playable territory Far Cry also supports HDR High Dynamic Range technology beginning with patch 1 3 What HDR does is increase the dynamic range the ratio between brightest and darkest details in an image to better approximate simulate the dynamic range of the human eye Developer UbiSoft has also provided a 64 bi
12. m OC Heaw Loading Our experience tells us that the reference NVIDIA cooler should have a default non overclocked GeForce 6600 GT operating at an idle temperature of 48 C and a heavy loading temperature of 82 C The Aeolus cooler is thus clearly superior because the core operates at a 30MHz higher frequency The memory modules are at very agreeable temperature thanks to the addition of the heatsinks 3D Benchmarking Performance 3DMark2001 SE Most tests in the 3DMark2001 SE are DirectX 7 based these include Game Tests 1 through 3 but not Game Test 4 which is a DirectX 8 1 test This is an older benchmarking title but its value as a 3D performance test tool is unquestionable to this day Many DlYers continue to use the 3DMark2001 SE benchmark to this day to achieve the highest score possible As the benchmark is hardly a challenge for contemporary video cards the system performance bottleneck becomes the CPU instead 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 3DMarks 3DMark2001 SE is an older benchmarking application where a video card using the same core but operating at higher frequencies is not really able to show increased performance under default image settings For improved performance a higher CPU frequency would actually be more beneficial The 30MHz default frequency advantage of the Aeolus 6600GT yields a less than 1 performance increase while the overclocking yields a 3 approximate increase 3DMark03 Released in 20
13. n creating the video card ideals the manufacturer believes will provide total user satisfaction And how does the Aeolus perform Let s find out The GeForce 6600 GT is a mega popular choice in the mid range market The GPU represents NVIDIA s earliest PCI Express effort and is fabbed using the 110nm process Internally there are 8 pixel pipelines 3 vertex shaders and 146million transistors Compared to the 130nm process 16 pixel pipeline 6 vertex shader and 222million transistor GeForce 6800 Ultra the reduced transistor count and process technology significantly decreases power consumption and improves thermal performance to allow core frequency to breach the 500MHz mark which is far higher than the 400MHz core frequency of the GeForce 6800 Ultra This improved thermal performance allows the GeForce 6600 GT to sport a smaller cooling system with reduced operating noise and therefore increased user enjoyment In terms of video memory this card is equipped with GDDR3 modules good for a theoretical maximum of 1GHz It will also be sufficiently powered by the PCI Express graphics interface and has no requirement for an auxiliary power connection AOpen Aeolus 6600GT Intro The AOpen Aeolus 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 adopts a cool black NVIDIA P216 PCB In terms of quality it is completely rulebook What makes it special is the custom cooler design the cover of which sports the Aeolus logo And although the FBGA packaged GDDR3 modules do not re
14. ories come in the box including a user manual warrantee card quick installation guide full versions of Spell Force 2 CDs and ARX Fatal 1 CD games a 5 in 1 combo game disc driver disc DVI to D Sub adapter and a modular block connector supporting RCA S Video and component output supports HDTV User manual left warrantee card right upper quick installation guide right lower Top Game and installation discs Below DVI to D Sub adapter HDTV supporting modular block connector Installation and Specifications The AOpen Aeolus 6600 GT installation app is quite simple and easy to use with options only for installation advanced installation and uninstall The first option is for quick installation of the required drivers and software and is perfect for beginners A AOpen Installation Wizard for Windows AP The advanced option allows the user to see the list of software components to be installed and to select them as the user sees fit This is more suited for experienced users NVIDIA ALL IN ONE Select Components Choose the components Setup will install Select the components you want to install and clear the components you do not want to Install VG4 Card Isplay Crier D escription pw Microsoft Directs 3 VGA Card Display Driver f Multimedia Utilities qw YGA Dirver LiveUpdate Wizard p Help Utilities dw V Card User Guide i Adobe Acrobat 3D eep E Lolor Space Required on C
15. quire cooling for stable operation AOpen has added 4 bronze colored aluminum alloy same material as the core cooler heatspreaders just in case This no doubt will improve the stability and safety of the video card further AOpen Aeolus 6600GT Rear of the AOpen Aeolus 6600GT 2 0ns Samsung GDDR3 memory is commonly found on GeForce 6600GT video cards There are 4 for 128MB total memory capacity and a 128 bit memory interface Samsung K4J55323QF GC20 memory module Most of the capacitors installed along the power supply area come from popular Japanese manufacturer Sanyo Quality is very good The PCle version GeForce 6600 GT card features SLI support made possible by a set of gold finger connectors This allows two identical GeForce 6600 GT cards to operate in SLI mode for performance that is substantially superior to the single card setup o ee v em JR TAE A eee sie 10 0 or aor RRIRR AS E ag SLI gold finger connectors In terms of connectivity the AOpen Aeolus 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 provides the mainstream combination of 1 analog D Sub port an S Video out port 9 pin supports component output and a digital DVI I port Lto R S Video out DVI I and D Sub ports Package and Accessories The medium sized package sports the Aeolus logo HDIV support is stated right on the box f BO ILI S eeooaT inia g ma fin eyo i Biasting grapes pou p Aeolus 6600GT package A rich set of access
16. rto unseen level of realism the shattering effect of bullets flying into brick walls boats rocking violently after a character jumps on everything reacts as you expect them to in real life making every part of the gaming process a mighty visual feast To make all this possible requires a strong DirectX 9 video card anything less will result in a slow speed slideshow ATl s close working relationship with Valve means that an ATI video card is likely to perform better than video cards of the same class from rival manufacturers Of note while the GeForce FX series support DirectX 9 they operate in DirectX 8 1 mode while running Half Life2 Using the in game record command we record a clip and use the Timedemo replay function to check the average framerate A higher framerate indicates better performance Pure Speed Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 120 140 160 frames per secong Eye Candy Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 EIL 41 9 40 7 0 20 40 100 120 frames per seconc Half Life 2 allows the Aeolus to shine by slightly outpacing the standard 6600 GT In pure speed mode at 1600x1200 it really hits its stride with a 4 8 frame rate advantage Overclocking the card boosts that advantage by another 6 Half Life 2 seems to
17. t patch in order to provide support 64 bit operating systems For our test we will use the Far Cry Benchmark utility provided by Hardware OC and run the HardwareOC Volcano demo The higher the average framerate achieved the better the result Pure Speed Mode E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 0 20 80 100 frames per seconc Eye Candy Mode BE Aopen Aeolus 6600GT OC 540 1200 E Aopen Aeolus 6600GT 530 1000 E GeForce 6600 GT 500 1000 1600x1200 EE 22 1 21 6 l 0 10 20 50 60 frames per seconc On average the Aeolus is about 2 up on the standard 6600 GT so the effect of increased core frequency is again quite limited Overclocking is good for a maximum 7 increase 1600x1200 pure speed mode Far Cry is significant test of not only the core performance but memory bandwidth as well Half Life 2 In what seems to be a lifetime ago in November 1998 Valve unleashed Half Life a game whose beautiful storyline and graphics plus creative combat weaponry took the FPS gaming world by storm The number of awards bestowed upon this title has been countless In 2004 Half Life 2 made its debut This epic uses the Source Engine and emphasizes natural environments with special effects such as water reflection taking in game images ever closer to reality Worth even higher praise is the physics engine which has been taken to a hithe
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