Relief Imitation and Other Synthetic Tests

In the EMBM relief imitation test the results of the graphics cards on the AMD64 platform are limited by the performance of the CPU and the system at large in low resolutions. For a more correct comparison take a look at 1600x1200 resolution where the RADEON X700 XT is equal to the GeForce 6600 GT.

When using the Dot3 method to imitate relief, the new GPU from ATI has the poorest result among all the graphics cards, although the gap is small. The low texturing efficiency of the RADEON X700 XT affected its performance but slightly, if at all.

The Ragtroll test is a good trial of the balance of the “CPU-driver-graphics card” system: the central processor is handling the physics of the scene, while the graphics processor is busy with the geometrical data. The results of the RADEON X700 XT are between those of the GeForce 6600 GT and the RADEON 9800 XT. Well, we tested the RADEON 9800 XT on a different platform, so you shouldn’t compare its results to the others directly.