Performance in Third Person 3D Shooters

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Being filled with shader-based special effects, Prince of Persia 2 shows good scalability depending on the capabilities of the graphics subsystem.

The MSI NX6800-TD128E gives you a playable frame rate up to 1600x1200 and this card is much faster than the cheaper GeForce 6600 GT.

The SLI technology acts up again: having a certain advantage in the first two resolutions, the SLI platform with two MSI cards is only a little faster than the single card in 1600x1200 and is much slower than the overclocked single card.

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory abounds in special effects, too, showing similar scalability in terms of the test results. This game uses version 3.0 shaders, so graphics cards that support them deliver a better-quality image.

The MSI card isn’t fast enough even in 1024x768, although it does perform well in the SLI configuration or when overclocked. The gap between the GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6600 GT is very small.

The MSI NX6800-TD128E and the GeForce 6600 GT are not powerful enough to run this game in the “eye candy” mode, yielding low frame rates.