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The Quick and the Totaled: ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro Graphics Card Review (page 14)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Yaroslav Lyssenko

[ 11/26/2007 | 12:01 PM ]

Performance in Strategies

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

The game having a frame rate limiter, you should compare the minimum frame rates in the first place because it is the minimum speed that determines your playing comfort in Command & Conquer 3.

As we had expected, the Radeon HD 2900 Pro reached the frame rate limit, ensuring a comfortable minimum speed at every resolution. It looks better in terms of minimum speed than the GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, not to mention the cards from the ATI Radeon HD 2600 and Nvidia GeForce 8600 series.

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

The new add-on to Company of Heroes is tested in DirectX 10 mode only since it provides the highest quality of the visuals.

The minimum of speed is low with each of the cards, so neither of them provides really comfortable conditions for play. As for average performance, the ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro is even slightly faster than the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB at a resolution of 1280x1024, which is the only playable resolution in DirectX 10 mode. The difference of 1.7fps can hardly be spotted with a naked eye, though.