Performance in Strategy Games

Age of Empires 3

The PowerColor X1900 GT isn’t far better than the Radeon X1800 XL, both these cards lagging behind the GeForce 7900 GT. We know that this game can put all of the graphics card’s pixel processors to use as is indicated by the performance of the Radeon X1900 XT relative to the Radeon X1800 XT 512MB. The small number of TMUs and ROPs must be the reason for the humble performance of the Radeon X1900 GT.

The PowerColor allows playing this game comfortably in 1024x768 with enabled FSAA. Its performance is too low in the higher resolutions, so you have to choose between FSAA and high display modes.

Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War

The game using stencil shadows and high-resolution textures, the PowerColor X1900 GT is initially handicapped in Dawn of War, which is a DirectX 8 application. This graphics card delivers a rather high average performance, but its min sped is below 20fps in 1024x768. You’ll probably have to turn full-screen antialiasing off to ensure accurate control over your virtual army.