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ATI Introduces DirectX 9 and PCI Express to Value Graphics Market: PowerColor X300SE Graphics Card Review (page 12)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin

[ 10/20/2004 | 04:34 PM ]

Performance in Strategy Games

Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour

The results suggest that this real-time strategy prefers both a high speed of pixel shaders and a fast memory, especially in high resolutions. The diagrams can speak for themselves: the members of the RADEON X300 family are far behind the RADEON X600 PRO.

Perimeter

This game is probably among the most beautiful RTS games we’ve ever seen, but it is also the most exacting on the overall performance of the graphics card and its pixel shader performance in particular. The requirements are so high that there’s no talk about playability with entry-level graphics cards – even the result of the RADEON X600 PRO is far from the acceptable minimum.