ID Software Doom 3 1.3	Source: id Software

At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	170.3
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	143.2
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	185.3
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	182.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	180.8
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	180.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	152.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	155.9
Albatron 8600GT-256	146.7
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	172.4
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	174.9
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	165.9
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	134.7
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	118.9
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	97.4
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	112.2
HQ1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	116.7
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	81.9
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	175.1
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	153.1
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	154.8
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	143.3
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	79.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	82.2
Albatron 8600GT-256	74.5
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	162.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	134.5
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	112.7
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	71.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	60.8
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	44.6
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	51.3
UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	164.4
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	134.1
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	184.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	183
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	180.7
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	178.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	147.2
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	150.4
Albatron 8600GT-256	142.6
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	170.3
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	174.5
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	164.3
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	127.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	115.9
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	83.1
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	89.9
UQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	110.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	76.3
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	174.9
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	151.6
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	153.3
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	112.1
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	69.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	71.9
Albatron 8600GT-256	70.5
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	160.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	130.9
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	109.7
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	68.6
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	59.9
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	41.2
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	44.3

Lower resolutions is where the MSI NX8500GT-TD256E can play games. Yet, even with Ultra Quality details enabled framerates at 1024x768 are still quite good.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3	Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3 Custom Demo
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	151.8
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	145.8
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	186.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	190.1
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	183.3
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	186.3
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	182.2
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	180.6
Albatron 8600GT-256	175.5
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	176.3
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	184
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	173.1
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	165.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	141.5
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	116.5
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	133.5
HQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	135.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	118.3
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	185.9
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	180.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	181.5
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	179.5
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	132.8
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	136.3
Albatron 8600GT-256	128.2
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	172.7
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	164.1
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	171.6
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	116.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	95.1
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	64.3
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	68.4
UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	150.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	130.6
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	186.6
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	184.6
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	182.9
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	181.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	172.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	177.4
Albatron 8600GT-256	164.3
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	178.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	179.8
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	165.2
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	143.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	137.1
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	111.4
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	125.8
UQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	130.3
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	108
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	185.7
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	177.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	178.2
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	171.7
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	125.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	127
Albatron 8600GT-256	118.9
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	172.2
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	160.1
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	115.6
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	104.5
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	91.5
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E	57.8
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040)	61.7

The trend of 1024x768 gaming being good continues here. The MSI NX8500GT-TD256E does very well for a budget videocard. Heck if you need something that's inexpensive, this is an alternative.