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XFX Alpha Dog 8800GS XXX Edition Review
Benchmark Setup

Published on Tuesday, February 26 2008 7:13 am by VRArchiver

Filed under: Archives, Graphics Card, Reviews

Benchmark Setup

Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6850 (3GHz, 333MHz x 9)
ASUS Maximus Extreme - Intel X38 Chipset
2 x 1GB Kingston HyperX KHX-11000D3 (1333Mhz, 7-7-7-20)
XFX 8800GS Alpha Dog XXX Edition (680/800)
Sapphire Radeon HD3850 256MB (670/830MHz)
NVIDIA 8600GTS 256MB (675/1000MHz)
Enermax Galaxy 1kW reV2.0
Seagate 7200.7 80GB x 2
Windows Vista Ultimate
Nvidia Forceware 169.32
ATI Catalyst 8.2

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