Source Benchmarks

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  If you have a card that can run Doom 3 well, you should have absolutely no problem running HL2. I wouldn'... : bigimp
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    MP vs. SP. In MP games the 30-40 fps that make DOOM3 fun and playable probably wont hold up well. HL2's l... : mallrice
    • half life 2's lasting power mp? you mean counterstrike with better graphics but same shitty fucking game?... : voique

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• yeah, I'm happy the 9600xt seems to hold up reasonably well for HL2. I might even use some AA and AF... I... : edgewise
• I have a 9600 non-pro and it's a snail even with my A64 : lord_omega
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  Yeah, I have to say, my 9600XT is handling it much better than I expected after Doom III - I'm only on an... : Conan
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    haha.. i don't know what you consider playable : lodit
    • Fast enough that I didn't keep my team from winning. Never saw it drop into anything approaching noticabl... : Conan

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  Yes, considering I have a GT and I always break 70fps at 1600x1200. Check to make sure you have vsync ... : ResidualEffect
  • Vsync is off. I have an Athlon XP 2600+, 512mb PC2700 ram, and an ASUS A7N8X motherboard. I get high 60... : dltrem
• my 9800 pro has no problem breaking 70FPS. : Turd Ferguson
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8390812 : shotgun1
  • No. : dltrem
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  I can't either. I have a 6800GT and I can't break 42 fps on 1024x768, High. This is an 2800XP+ with... : kbanas
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    But, that said, the NVIDIA Display Properties seem a bit confusing. Do I have to make a profile for Doom... : kbanas
    • Doom 3 runs more than fine for me. 1280x1024 4xAA on high and I get mid 40s on my second time demo run. ... : dltrem
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  Have you set FSAA and aniso settings in the nVidia settings tab to "application controlled"? Also, what k... : Serpico74
  • All of my settings in the nVidia control panel are set correctly. I have an Athlon XP 2600+ and 512mb of... : dltrem
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  i get 75 at like 1600x1200 w/ all sorts of fucked up shit turned on : sexninja!!!!
  • I get 108 fps at 1024 x 758 I get 78 fps at 1600 x1200 with all settings maxed and 4x AA and 16x Aneo.... : Eddie2010

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• why the hell is that? I know in one of the articles it says older (dx8) cards have there own dx8 code pat... : shotgun1
• only the fx nvidia cards. the 6800's are fully dx 9 compliant. : mr wolf
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  yes, you are mistaken. fx cards = 8.1 path and 6800 series are full dx9. : atom519
  • you can also change the directx level with the console variable mat_dxlevel. to use 9.0: mat_dxlevel 90 : armaduck
• It says DX9 in the advance graphics settings for me (GF 6800 GT) : scatti
• The 6800 series cards are running DX9, it says so right in the article. : Serpico74
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  "Adidajs79 walks up to the plate, takes a couple practice swings and eyes the pitcher." "Here comes : flashmasta
  • lolled : freakord
  • Madden would be proud. : askedrelic

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  this is my setup too, thank you for telling me this. : grimiv
  • should have read: 1600 x 1200. 6 AA, 8 AF, reflections set to Reflect all (instead of reflect world). ev... : Rapid 99

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• I think this is another benchmark-graph "Oops" : MrLonghair
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  I THINK it may be medium vs high quality : mojoald
  • that would make sense. : afrochops
  • Negative. : MrLonghair
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  "We turned up the detail settings to their maximums on the high-end cards, this means that model, texture : yakz
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    and that explains it, no conspiracy there. : Old_Fart
    • Or maybe that's what they want you to think! : bigimp
  • That would make sense. It would have been nice if they had marked the tables to diferentiate. It would ... : capt tripps

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  hmm, their graphs might be labeled CS beta, but their definitely running it through the stress test "The : d fluke
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    Then why do their benchmarks look like other benchmarks done in CS:Source (as in doing a timedemo in cs)?... : MrLonghair
    • The stress test looks very HL2 to me. The scene is the caves that were shown at e3 last year. : Rapid 99

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• Man, I saw that post yesterday, and valiantly resisted feeding the troll... It was not easy. :( : SgtFritz
• that guy is super intelligent! a few months back he made a new thread saying "can I get a fuck nvidia her... : armybob
• Yeah we're in a great situation now where it's hard to go wrong with either card. : Carnivac
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  if one of the two companies got "anhilated" like that guy would love to see, we would get shitty cards an... : sexninja!!!!
  • lolz @ you FUCK ATI!@)(#*!@()#* : armybob
  • Needs more Matrox and 3DFX =( : jrock
  • I agree. Proof of this is in the current generation of cards that are out which are a huge improvement ov... : clubboi
  • Agreed. I'd actually like a 3rd player in the consumer video card market myself that was just as compete... : Chod
  • You speak the truth. Now, we need a new (big) sound card company... : rorshack
• i'm the biggest NV fanboi there is, I kid you not. And I really don't like some of the marketing ploys bo... : rsustudent
• Pretty much view it the same way. I looked over the benches from one site yesterday, and pretty much fro... : bored

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• yeah I got the same one and I am loving it. : mr wolf
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  werd. : w00d
  • ditto. Overclocked to 415/1100....hasn't flinched once. : swansong

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  i'm in the same boat as you. only problem is the 9800 pro doesn't seem to handle AA very well in source.... : smax
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    I get desperate enough in mp that I would run the game in 2D mode (if there were such a thing) if it woul... : jrock
    • My P4 2.26GHz , 512MB, and R9800 runs doom3 fine. It might be that you have something running in the back... : Outrager

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  whats that : sexninja!!!!
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    It's a card they announced last month. Like the 6800GT is just a downclocked Ultra the 800GT is a 16 pip... : aa004
    • AFAIK This is the X800 non-platinium. It exist in pci-e form but not in agp. I dont think an agp version ... : Tincan

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  Man, what a relief, I was having heartpains over buying my 6800GT : Arjun Thakur
  • Now I won't be able to get a cheap lightly-used 6800 GT from overzealous shackers :( : reign27
• me hugs mine. Now lets see cpu benches (even though we all know the athlon 64 will own, right?) : MichaelJFox

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• I was gonna go for first post but had nothing to say and just sat here for like 30 seconds without a clue... : jrock