Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

The small tech demo Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is not to be compared to Half-Life 2 as it is much more demanding than the original game, first of all because of its using advanced SM 3.0/HDR-based effects and dynamic shadows. This should be a favorable environment for the Radeon X1900 XTX which not only has 48 pixel shader processors, but also features technologies for shadow mapping acceleration.

This looks like a well-deserved win. The new graphics card is not far ahead of the GeForce 7800 GTX 512, but you’d better compare it with the Radeon X1800 XT: the difference between the senior Radeon X1800 and X1900 models is as big as 45% in 1600x1200!