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ASUS Extreme N7800 GTX TOP: RADEON X1800 XT Gets an Extreme Rival (page 14)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Anton Shilov

[ 10/24/2005 | 11:54 AM ]

F.E.A.R. Multiplayer Demo

The Extreme N7800GTX TOP enjoys a 5-8% advantage over the reference card in the F.E.A.R. demo, but this doesn’t help it to overtake the RADEON X1800 XT with its highly efficient memory subsystem in the “eye candy” mode. On the other hand, the ASUS card’s frame rate of 81fps in the “pure speed” mode should be considered an excellent result for this graphically heavy game.

Pariah

There’s a profusion of relatively simple shaders in the fantastic shooter Pariah and we already know that executing such shaders (without branching and not using Shader Model 3.0) is not a strong aspect of the new family of RADEONs. The ASUS Extreme N7800GTX TOP and the GeForce 7800 GTX feel some competition in 1024x768, but then confidently take their respective first and second places in higher resolutions. The higher frequencies of the Extreme N7800GTX TOP ensure an 8-9% advantage over the reference GeForce 7800 GTX in 1600x1200 resolution.