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ASUS AX800 XT/TVD Graphics Card Review (page 16)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin

[ 11/04/2004 | 11:05 AM ]

Performance in Strategy Games

Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour

There’s no difference between top-end graphics cards until 1600x1200. Well, the gap between the AX800 XT and the GeForce 6800 Ultra is a negligible 3 frames per second in the highest resolution, too.

The speeds start to differ since 1280x1024 resolution in the eye candy mode. The ASUS AX800 XT has an advantage over the GeForce 6800 Ultra here and increases it in 1600x1200.

Perimeter

Perimeter is most sensitive to the pixel shader performance, so the ASUS AX800 XT wins easily here. By the way, it seems to be the only graphics card that allows playing this real-time strategy comfortably.

Nothing exceptional happens as we turn on FSAA and AF. The ASUS X800 XT wins this test both at its regular and overclocked frequencies. However, there’s less playing comfort now because the minimal speed occasionally bottoms out to below 25fps. This game is benchmarked manually, so there can be small imprecision in the results.