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Counter Strike: Source: Performance Preview (page 8)

Category: Video

by Anton Shilov , Yaroslav Lyssenko, Alexey Stepin

[ 08/20/2004 | 11:50 AM ]

Counter Strike: Source, Demo 1, Pure Mode

The first demo we recorded contains running all over the “de_dust” level with some shooting and quite some kicking of barrels and tires.

In the real-world demo both RADEON X800 visual processing units appear to be slightly faster compared to the GeForce 6800 competitors. The RADEON 9800 XT appeared to be better performer than the GeForce 6800, which is a good sign for this slightly outdated warrior. Fortunately for their owners, the RADEON 9500- and RADEON 9600-series graphics cards also perform pretty well in 1280x1024 and 1024x768 resolutions.

Even though the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra scores inline with the GeForce 6800, with respect to its rendering methods such victory cannot be considered as correct. The same applies to the rest GeForce FX products in the comparison as well.