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The Second Encounter: DirectX 10 Games vs. Contemporary Graphics Accelerators (page 14)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Yaroslav Lyssenko, Anton Shilov

[ 10/26/2007 | 02:20 PM ]

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

The ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro is slower than the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB by about 20% at 1280x1024. Both cards might be considered good in this test if it were not for the low minimum of speed. As for the “junior” group, their average speed is lower than 25fps, so you can’t play Opposing Fronts on them with enabled DirectX 10 effects.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

None of the graphics cards from the mainstream category can give you a comfortable frame rate at the maximum level of detail. The cards based on the top-performance ATI R600 and Nvidia G80 chips are closer to doing that, of course. The Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB enjoys a small lead over the ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro. The latter thing suggests that Lost Planet doesn’t use really advanced special effects.