Image Quality: Radeon Versus GeForce
We scrutinized both GeForce and Radeon screen captures and came to the following conclusion: the image quality is close between the two competitors, but the Nvidia drivers and hardware generate darker shadows than their ATI counterparts, which is a difference we also observed in our Burnout Paradise analysis.
Which is better? That's certainly subjective. And to be honest, we didn't notice the difference until we directly compared screenshots. After we realized the difference, we noticed that the Nvidia cards would give us nice depth when the sun was in a position to provide good shadows. Alternatively, when we were deep within the cityscape and under the shadows of buildings, the Nvidia cards delivered a darker city with less contrast and definition compared to the Radeon cards.
However, neither of these issues is a game-changer. And as we said above, we never really noticed them until we directly compared the screenshots. We'd be happy to play the game on either camp's hardware from an image quality point of view.
But what about performance? To answer that question, let's move on to the benchmarks.
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Very disappointing game. The character feels too powerful...being able to scale buildings with too much ease.
Crackdown implemented this idea much better.......using your increasing abilities to climb buildings was so satisfying.
I absolutely loved playing through this game, i'm running with a core 2 duo 3.16, 2gb ram + Rad 4870 1gb and it played fine with no issues on maximum settings at 1280x1024 (monitor cap), the only problem with it is that its main story line is too short and can be completed in 10-15 hours however the extra free roam things do still keep you playing for a while.
The only bad thing i would say is that one of the enemies can maul you for a big chunk of your health without you being able to do anything to counteract it.
- Definately not a game for those who don't like gore.