Doom 3

Doom 3 is NVIDIA’s domain, being perfectly suited to NVIDIA’s graphics architecture and OpenGL driver.

The GeForce 6800 GT wins all resolutions. Despite the frequency bonus, the new RADEON cannot overtake the competitor, at least until ATI Technologies gets its new OpenGL driver ready.

It doesn’t look that hopeless for ATI in the eye candy mode. Yes, the GeForce 6800 GT is on top, but the RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition has the same speed in 1280x1024 and almost the same speed in 1600x1200.

The second level we use in Doom 3 is for multiplayer games and thus has no monsters. The numbers are overall bigger here, but the situation remains the same: the GeForce 6800 GT keeps its first place. The RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition is better than its predecessor, but not too much. The frequency growth isn’t big enough for an impressive performance breakthrough.

Unlike on the Hellhole level, the new graphics card cannot reach the level of the GeForce 6800 GT, but is close to that in 1600x1200 resolution.