Because PCI-Express so new to the market this is the first OCmodshop has received for review. If I were to compare it against the AGP cards I have the results would be uneven. My AGP system is an AMD one with a different CPU, memory, motherboard, and video card. There are simply too many differences that would make comparing the two worth while. So rather than comparing this video card to any others I chose to test it with different settings to see how it performs. I will be benchmarking with FarCry, Unreal Tournament 2003, Comanche 4, and 3DMark03. Each benchmark will use no AA/no AF, 2xQAA/4x AF, and 8xS/8x AF.
Test system
- Abit AA8-3rd Eye
- Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz LGA775
- 1GB (2x512MB) Corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4PRO (4-4-4-12)
- Albatron PCX5750 (425/500)
- 30GB 7200RPM Western Digital hard drive
- Windows XP SP1a.
FarCry with no anti aliasing and no anisotropic filtering did not perform very well even at 1024×768. Raising the resolution to 1280×1024 and 1600×1200 dropped the frame rate to unbearable and of course unplayable.
Changing the anti aliasing to 2xQ and anisotropic filtering to 4x decreased performance a little as expected. The results are not drastic so with some overclocking it may be possible to get these FPS up to something that would be playable.
Bumping anti aliasing up to 8xS and the anisotropic filtering to 8x did not affect the FPS much compared to 2xQ AA and 4x AF. Even with no AA and no AF the results are very similar which would have been a great thing to see if any of the results would be playable.
