Performance in Third-Person 3D Shooters

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

The overclocked Albatron 8800GTS-512X is about as fast as the GeForce 8800 GTX, yet that’s not enough even for a minimum of comfort. You have to lower the graphics quality settings to play Lost Planet on this card normally.

Tomb Raider: Legend

The overclocking gain amounts to 4% at 1280x1024 and to 8% at the higher resolutions. It has little practical value because the average frame rate is anyway high enough for a third-person shooter while the minimum speed doesn’t grow up along with the graphics card’s frequencies.