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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra and GeForce 6800: NV40 Enters the Scene (page 25)

Category: Video

by Tim Tscheblockov , Alexey Stepin , Anton Shilov

[ 04/14/2004 | 01:48 AM ]

Unreal Tournament 2003

That’s the triumph of the GeForce 6800 Ultra – the card is so fast that the other two look like mainstream solutions against a top-end product. Just a little while ago, they have been considered the fastest and topmost solutions themselves...

The superiority of the new NVIDIA GPU seems less overwhelming on the Antalus level, but only because its results are again limited by the CPU performance in the lowest resolution. In 1280x1024 the situation resembles what we had on the Inferno level, and the oldies feel even worse in 1600x1200.

Again, the GeForce 6800 Ultra handles playfully the bigger workload, while its competitors are having a tough time. The new GPU provides excellent playability up to 1600x1200 with a considerable fps reserve. Overclocking brings a tangible advantage.

The above words can be said again about the Antalus level.