Benchmarks – World in Conflict Test 2

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As our second test, we used the fly-by scene in the tutorial. Since it doesn’t contain any extreme effects, the cards can run at much higher frame rates. This test is meant to show how well the graphics cards handle the 3D engine, especially at higher resolutions.

Basically, only the Geforce 8800’s are still able to deliver playable frame rates at 1920 x 1200. The Radeon 2900 XT once again shows a 50 percent performance penalty when anti-aliasing is enabled. Nvidia cards benefit from additional video memory starting at 1600 x 1200, while ATI cards show no such improvement.

Except for the Geforce 8400 GS, Nvidia’s smaller cards run the game better than their counterparts from ATI. If you wish to play at higher resolutions with these cards, you’ll have to disable anti-aliasing and turn down the detail level in the game menu.


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dobby 08/10/2007 06:59
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totally surpised witht the 2400 & 2600 results, seems as if the only real gaming GPU from ATI is the 2900 which is not wroth getting
dev1se 08/10/2007 10:51
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Gutted about these results really. My HD2900 Pro's arriving tomorrow and I really wish I'd of seen this before making that order. As I'd of gone with the 320MB 8800GTS.

But.... in ATi's favour, Ive just gone from a HD2600XT DDR4 rig in Crossfire... and that BLEW GAMES AWAY at max settings at 1680x1050 resolution... OK a few games didnt perform over 25fps... but if that crossfire setup was anything to go by, 2 X HD2900 Pros in Crossfire might be a very good and cheap alternative to the 8800GTX. Just a thought anyway
3DMARK06 Scores with 2 X HD2600XT 256MB DDR4 on 5000+ X2 CPU = 9742... My friends 8800GTX on 2.13ghz C2D Scored 10700.
leexgx 09/10/2007 12:59
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if your going to get sli crossfire better going for fast single card (8800gts 640mb or even GTX before considering SLI)
dev1se 09/10/2007 02:26
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Well luckily I managed to make back £220 on the sale of both of my HD2600XT's (some people pay anything!), which has paid for my HD2900 PRO and left me with £45 left over. I need to hurry up and buy my next HD2900 PRO before stocks run out. I think for £350 in total they'll do a good job. Two GPU's surely has the edge over one!
tstebbens 09/10/2007 04:21
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Soooo glad I got an 8800GTS 320MB. It overclocks superbly: 500MHz core to 719MHz and 1600MHz DDR memory up to 1850MHz. Gives a standard 8800GTX a good run for it's money.
tstebbens 09/10/2007 04:41
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Just had a closer look at some of the screenshots. No FSAA sucks. Damn that PS3!
tstebbens 09/10/2007 04:41
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Just had a closer look at some of the screenshots. No FSAA sucks. Damn that PS3!
GodClassy 15/10/2007 01:53
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I think it would be worth while re-doing the test wit the new Catalyst Driver 7.10. They made a big difference with Battlefield 2142 and now I can play Bioshock as it just crashed my system before. I am using an HD2600 Pro AGP and finally feel I got what I paid for (cheap)!!

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