Battle of ATI RADEON X800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra - Fragment Two: 450 MHz NV40 and New Tests of Both Cards

Test results: performance (and sometimes quality)

Note that all the readings of the game tests were taken on an Athlon64-based PC.

We used the followign tools:

Return to Castle Wolfenstein (MultiPlayer) (id Software/Activision) — OpenGL, multitexturing, ixbt0703-demo, test settings are all maximal, S3TC OFF, the configurations can be downloaded here
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter v.1.05 (Croteam/GodGames) — OpenGL, multi, ixbt0703-demo, test settings: quality, S3TC OFF
Quake3 Arena v.1.17 (id Software/Activision) — OpenGL, multitexturing, ixbt0703-demo, test settings are all maximal: detalisation level — High, texture detalisation level — #4, S3TC OFF, uneven surfaces were made much smoother with the help of variables r_subdivisions «1» and r_lodCurveError «30000» (not that r_lodCurveError «250» is set by default), the configurations can be downloaded here
Unreal Tournament 2003 v.2225 (Digital Extreme/Epic Games) — Direct3D, Vertex Shaders, Hardware T&L, Dot3, cube texturing, default quality
Code Creatures Benchmark Pro (CodeCult) — game test that demonstrates the board's capabilities in DirectX 8.1, Shaders, HW T&L
Unreal II: The Awakening (Legend Ent./Epic Games) — Direct3D, Vertex Shaders, Hardware T&L, Dot3, cube texturing, default quality
RightMark 3D v.0.4 (one of the game scenes) — DirectX 8.1, Dot3, cube texturing, shadow buffers, vertex and pixel shaders (1.1, 1.4)
Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness v.49 (Core Design/Eldos Software) — DirectX 9.0, Paris5_4 demo. Testing was carried out at the maximal quality with only Depth of Fields PS20 disabled
HALO: Combat Evolved (Microsoft) — Direct3D, Vertex/Pixel Shaders 1.1/2.0, Hardware T&L, maximal quality
Half-Life2 (Valve/Sierra) — DirectX 9.0, demo (ixbt07. Testing was carried out with anisotropic filtering enabled, and also in the heavy mode (AA, anisotropy)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell v.1.2b (UbiSoft) — Direct3D, Vertex/Pixel Shaders 1.1/2.0, Hardware T&L, maximal quality (Very High); demo 1_1_2_Tbilisi
Call of Duty (MultiPlayer) (Infinity Ward/Activision) — OpenGL, multitexturing, ixbt0104demo, test settings are all maximal, S3TC ON
Fac Cry v.1.1 (Crytek/UbiSoft), DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, demo01 (start with the -DEVMODE option), test settings are all Very High
Colin McRay Rally04 (Codemasters) — DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, test settings are all maximal (FRAPS utility was used)
Max Payne-2 (Remedy/Rockstar Games) — DirectX 8.1, multitexturing, test settings are all maximal (FRAPS utility was used)
Need For Speed: Underground (Electronic Arts) — DirectX 8.1, multitexturing, test settings are all maximal (FRAPS utility was used)
Painkiller (People Can Fly/Dreamcatcher) — DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, test settings are all maximal (FRAPS utility was used)
3DMark03 v.3.40 (FutureMark) — DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, test settings are all maximal
AquaMark3 (Massive Development) — DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, test settings are all maximal

If you want to get demo benchmarks, send me an e-mail.

Considering the power of modern accelerators, I decided to exclude modes with either AA or AF. Thus, only a pure mode and the one with a full AA+AF load are represented here.

Quake3 Arena

The lightest mode (no AA or anisotropy): R420 loses to its rival (we've seen it before)

The heaviest mode (both AA and anisotropy): the same thing

Thus:

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 450MHz vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT: the former wins.
NVIDIA version 61.11 vs. 60.72: no differences.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

The lightest mode (no AA or anisotropy): NV40 hammers its rival

The heaviest mode (both AA and anisotropy): the same thing

Thus:

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 450MHz vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT: the former wins.
NVIDIA version 61.11 vs. 60.72: no differences.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Multiplayer)

The lightest mode (no AA or anisotropy): NV40 (OpenGL!) has a slim victory

The heaviest mode (both AA and anisotropy): a similar thing, only a more solid victory

Thus:

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 450MHz vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT: the former wins.
NVIDIA version 61.11 vs. 60.72: no differences.

Code Creatures

The lightest mode (no AA or anisotropy): a sort of a parity (in the case of 400 MHz NV40), a slim victory of the 450MHz card.

The heaviest mode (both AA and anisotropy): a clear-cut victory of X800 XT, even 450 MHz can't save NV40.

Thus:

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 450MHz vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT: the latter wins (taking into account heavy modes)
NVIDIA version 61.11 vs. 60.72: no changes.

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Andrey Vorobiev (anvakams@ixbt.com)
Alexander Medvedev (unclesam@ixbt.com)

28.04.2004

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