Volcano Level

“Volcano” is certainly the best example of what “long” pixel shaders can bring in terms of performance to the latest graphics cards.

Note: minimal fps are marked with white numbers on the diagrams, black numbers represent average fps.

Both RADEON X800 chips gained massive amount of additional performance with the Shader Model 2.0b on the “Volcano” level. The RADEON X800 PRO is now “almost” in-line with the GeForce 6800 GT, whereas the RADEON X800 XT is unrivalled. While ATI RADEON 9800 XT struggles with the GeForce 6800, the latter seems to be faster than the former.