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The Second Encounter: DirectX 10 Games vs. Contemporary Graphics Accelerators (page 17)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Yaroslav Lyssenko, Anton Shilov

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

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

As one could expect, none of the entry-level graphics cards can provide an acceptable speed at the maximum level of detail. Like in the other tests the Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT looks better than the others due to its 16 TMUs and rather fast memory.

PT Boats: Knights of the Sea demo

The PT Boats: Knights of the Sea looks like a slideshow, too, and the comfortable level of average performance is much higher for simulators than for strategy games. Entry-level cards can only be used to showcase the capabilities of DirectX 10, but not for normal play.

World in Conflict demo

It’s clear that graphics cards cheaper than $149 are out of play once again. Their offer formal support for DirectX 10 but cannot be really used for playing DirectX 10 games due to too low performance.