Hardware - Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (3.00GHz) LGA775 - x2 Corsair DOMINATOR Twin3X2048-1800C7DF G Module(s) - Seagate 320GB 7200-RPM (Serial ATA300) - ASUS GeForce 8800 GTX (768MB) - ASUS GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB) - Nvidia Forceware 169.06 - Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT (512MB) - Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GTS (640MB) - ASUS Radeon HD 2900XT (512MB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 3870 (512MB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 (256MB) - ASUS P5E3 Deluxe (Intel X38) Software - Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) - Intel System Driver 8.4.0.1016 - Nvidia Forceware 169.09 - ATI Catalyst 7.11

First up we have Crysis, which we have tested using the high quality in game preset running in DX9 mode under Windows XP. Please note that the other GeForce 8800 series are using the optimised Nvidia Forceware 169.09 driver for Crysis, where as the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 card is using slightly older Nvidia Forceware 169.06 drivers which were supplied with the graphics card, as the 169.09 will not detect the new 512MB version of the 8800 GTS.

This appears to have had a negative impact on performance in this gaming title, as the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 is slower than the 8800 GT and significantly slower than the 8800 GTX at the lower resolutions. While the drivers may be causing some performance issues in Crysis, they will not have an impact on the other older games.