In this section you can take a look at comparative game screenshots taken with different graphics cards in scenes as identical as possible.

We use the best quality settings available ingame. On weak cards this results in performance of 1-5fps that is naturally unplayable and thus can't be used to reflect the actual graphics quality.

Should you find a mistake or inaccuracy in any gallery, or have ideas or comments regarding this section in general, please email to Danil Gridasov.

Contents

1. What's new
2. Graphics cards
3. Galleries of current importance
4. Gallery archive

What was new this month

• Added new screenshots from The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

• Archived Deus Ex: Invisible War, Need for Speed Underground 2 and Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell screenshot galleries.

• Added screenshots made with Radeon X1900 XTX into all up-to-date galleries.

• Archived ATI Radeon X600 Pro and Radeon X700 XT. Also, instead of Radeon X1800 XL we'll benchmark Radeon X1900 XTX, since R520 and R580 have the same rendering quality.

• The following patches were released for games in actual galleries:

  • Patch v1.05 for Age of Empires 3;
  • Patch v1.03 for F.E.A.R.

Graphics cards

The following cards were used in making of this material:

• ATI Radeon X850 Pro (Sapphire RADEON X850 PRO)
• ATI Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI Reference Card)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (Albatron GeForce 6600)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (ASUS Extreme N6800GT)
• NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (NVIDIA Reference Card)

We have also taken screenshots with the following graphics cards:

• ATI Radeon 9200 (Gigabyte Radeon 9200) (until 02.2005)
• ATI Radeon 9600 (Sapphire Radeon 9600) (until 08.2005)
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Gigabyte RADEON 9800 PRO GV-R98P128D) (until 08.2005)
• ATI Radeon X600 Pro (ABIT Radeon RX600 PRO-Guru) (until 03.2006)
• ATI Radeon X700 XT (PowerColor RADEON X700 XT) (until 03.2006)
• ATI Radeon X800 Pro (PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO LE) (until 08.2005)
• ATI Radeon X1800 XL (ATI Reference Card) (until 03.2006)
• NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 (NVIDIA Reference) (until 02.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Palit Daytona GeForce FX 5200) (until 02.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (Albatron GeForce FX 5700 Ultra) (until 02.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 (ASUS V9950 128MB) (until 08.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (Prolink PixelView GeForce 6600GT AGP) (until 08.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra (NVIDIA Reference Card) (until 08.2005)

These cards are not used for obtaining newer screenshots anymore.

Up-to-date Galleries

These galleries are updated when we obtain new graphics cards for testing or there are game patches released that are incompatible with older savegames or introduce newer visual effects.

1. Age of Empires 3
2. Black & White 2
3. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
4. Call of Duty 2
5. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay, The
6. Doom 3
7. Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, The
8. F.E.A.R.
9. Far Cry
10. Half-Life 2
11. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
12. Quake 4

Gallery archive

These galleries are not updated anymore, but still available for browsing.

1. Act of War: Direct Action (until 09.2005)
2. Armed & Dangerous (until 02.2005)
3. Call of Duty: United Offensive (until 09.2005)
4. Colin McRae Rally 04 (until 02.2005)
5. Command & Conquer Generals (until 02.2005)
6. Deus Ex: Invisible War (äo 03.2006)
7. FlatOut (until 09.2005)
8. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (until 05.2005)
9. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (until 10.2005)
10. Need for Speed: Underground (until 03.2005)
11. Need for Speed Underground 2 (until 03.2006)
12. Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell (until 03.2006)
13. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (until 09.2005)
14. Silent Hill 3 (until 02.2005)
15. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (until 02.2005)
16. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (until 09.2005)
17. Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (until 02.2005)
18. Tron 2.0 (until 02.2005)
19. Yager (until 02.2005)
20. "IL-2 Shturmovik: Forgotten Battles. Aces (until 08.2005)
21. Unreal Tournament 2004 (until 10.2005)

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