Performance in Third-Person 3D Shooters

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Having a higher core frequency in comparison with the reference card, the XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX Edition manages to outperform the Radeon X1800 GTO by 8-10% in average performance, but the minimum speed of the ATI solution is higher in every resolution. Both the cards deliver a playable frame rate in 1280x1024.

In the 4x FSAA + 16x AF mode the XFX card is slower than the Radeon X1800 GTO, probably due to the lower memory bandwidth (25.6GB/s against the opponent’s 32GB/s). At these settings, you can only play normally in 1024x768 on your GeForce 7600 GT or Radeon X1800 GTO.