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Almost a Champion: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Gaming Performance Review (page 11)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Yaroslav Lyssenko, Anton Shilov

[ 05/24/2007 | 03:39 PM ]

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Like some of the games above, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion doesn’t support FSAA and HDR simultaneously, so we tested it in HDR mode only.

Having a tremendous computing capacity, the R600 processor turns in good results in closed scenes of the game, although its results are lower than those of the GeForce 8800 GTX. Anyway, the Radeon HD 2900 XT is somewhat faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS and ensures a comfortable speed in every resolution, including the widescreen 1920x1200.

We’ve got a more complicated situation when testing the cards in open scenes. The need for high texturing speed is added to the demand for computing power. The Radeon HD 2900 XT can compute well and fast as is indicated by its min performance which is higher than that of the GeForce 8800 GTX even. But the new card’s average speed is indicative that the 16 texture filter units grouped into 4 texture processors are not enough – it is considerably lower than the average speed of Nvidia’s flagship (which is not a direct market opponent to the new AMD card, though). The Radeon HD 2900 XT compares well against the GeForce 8800 GTS: it can deliver more comfort in The Elder Scrolls IV , especially in 1920x1200 resolution.