Performance in RPG

Gothic 3

The current version of Gothic 3 does not support FSAA, so we benchmarked the cards using anisotropic filtering only.

The XFX GeForce 8800 Ultra Extreme is almost 20% ahead at 1920x1200, but the increase in minimum speed, amounting to 40%, is even more important for the gamer. Well, the game runs quite smoothly on the GeForce 8800 GTX, too, but the GeForce 8800 Ultra can give you some extra reserve of speed for the most action-heavy scenes.

Neverwinter Nights 2

The game’s support for HDR is still deficient. Therefore we tested the cards at the eye candy settings with 4x FSAA.

Like in the previous tests, the GeForce 8800 Ultra (in any version) does not push the performance bar up to the next level, yet ensures an additional reserve of speed. There is little use from it at resolutions below 1920x1200, and the GeForce 8800 GTX can be said to run the game normally even at 1920x1200, considering the game’s specifics, but the increase of the min speed from 20-21fps to 24-26fps can make the gameplay smoother.