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The Quick and the Totaled: ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro Graphics Card Review (page 9)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Yaroslav Lyssenko

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

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

The frame rate is fixed at 30fps in this game as this is the rate at which the physical model is being updated at the server. Thus, this 30fps speed is the required minimum for playing the game.

The ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro seems to cope with the job at 1600x1200, but there is no reserve of speed then. That’s why we recommend you to limit the resolution to 1280x1024, at least if you play with enabled FSAA. Overall, the card is not as good as the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, but don’t forget that it comes at a lower recommended price.

F.E.A.R. Extraction Point

Having a high average frame rate, the ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro is inferior to the GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB in terms of minimum speed, which is no less important. The Nvidia card provides a comfortable minimum speed at a resolution of 1600x1200 while the ATI one only offers a speed higher than 25fps at 1280x1024. It is far better than the Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS at 1280x1024, though.