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 Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat, UT2003
 The 
Comanche 4 benchmark demo is a unique benchmark as it represents a real-world 
gaming experience. It contains the single player "Eagle's Talon" mission from 
the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will 
measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. The 
benchmark was run with audio disabled.  
 Comanche 
4 offers a good indication of system strength, and it's obvious that the 
overclocked system rules everything else. According to Intel the integrated 
graphics core is DX9 compatible, but Comanche 4 keeps complaining that a 
videocard with T&L is required so the benchmark was not run. 
 A 
completely rewritten 3D engine based on DirectX8 encompasses many visual effects 
such as volumetric Nebulae (gas clouds) that have a real impact in the game (you 
can hide in them), many new engine, shield, weapon and explosion effects. 
Objects cast real dynamic 3D shadows! Dynamic DP3 bump mapping allows a 
previously unseen level of detail. X2: The 
Threat is not the greatest indicator of overall system performance, 
but we still see some slight differences between the motherboards. Overclocking 
does not boost framerate much at all. 
 
  
  
    |  Unreal Tournament 
      2003 | Source: 
      Epic |  
    |  |  Unreal 
Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's multiple 'Game of the Year' award 
winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound 
and game play are taken beyond the bleeding edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 employs 
the use of Vertex as well as Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a 
DirectX 8 videocard to get the most out of the game. 
 
  
  
    | UT2003 - 640x480 |  
    | Flyby | FPS | Ranking |  
    | Gigabyte 
      GA-8ANXP-D (i925X, 200/400) | 238.63 |    |  
    | Gigabyte 
      GA-8GPNXP (i915P, 200/400) | 232.98 |    |  
    | Albatron PX915G 
      Pro (i915G, 200/400) | 229.15 |    |  
    | Albatron PX915G 
      Pro Onboard Video (i915G, 200/400) | 64.32 |    |  
    | Albatron PX915G 
      Pro (i915G, 244/406) | 306.41 |    |  
    | Botmatch | FPS | Ranking |  
    | Gigabyte 
      GA-8ANXP-D (i925X, 200/400) | 81.69 |    |  
    | Gigabyte 
      GA-8GPNXP (i915P, 200/400) | 80.66 |    |  
    | Albatron PX915G 
      Pro (i915G, 200/400) | 80.43 |    |  
    | Albatron PX915G 
      Pro Onboard Video (i915G, 200/400) | 47.8 |    |  
    | Albatron PX915G 
      Pro (i915G, 244/406) | 97.82 |    |  In UT2003 
at lower resolutions we can finally see the performance differences between the 
systems. At stock speeds the Albatron PX915G Pro is slightly slower than the 
925X based Gigabyte motherboard, but when overclocked its able to make up the 
difference easily. 
 
			
			 
			
			
						 
  
		
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