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Anti-Aliasing with RTCW
With all the power these cards have,
a gamer, even a causal one should want dab in antialiasing (AA). To
conserve time, we only benched Return to Castle Wolfenstein at a resolution
of 1024x768 pixels as this is the most common resolution currently. Let's
see how the MSI Titanium Lineup and reference video cards handle a little
AA action which usually kills fast frame rates.
| RTCW (1024x768 2xAA atdemo6) Benchmark Results |
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Video Card |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| 1. |
GeForce2 Pro |
36.9 |
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| 2. |
GeForce3 |
47.0 |
|
| 3. |
Radeon 8500 |
52.2 |
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| 4. |
GeForce2 Ti |
37.4 |
|
| 5. |
GeForce3 Ti200 |
44.3 |
|
| 6. |
GeForce3 Ti500 |
49.2 |
|
| Overclocking Benchmark Results |
| 4a. |
GeForce2 Ti (285/485) |
39.8 |
|
| 5a. |
GeForce3 Ti200 (195/530) |
47.5 |
|
| 6a. |
GeForce3 Ti500 (270/610) |
52.6 |
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| RTCW (1024x768 2xAA atdemo8) Benchmark
Results |
|
Video Card |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| 1. |
GeForce2 Pro |
65.6 |
|
| 2. |
GeForce3 |
87.9 |
|
| 3. |
Radeon 8500 |
77.5 |
|
| 4. |
GeForce2 Ti |
66.9 |
|
| 5. |
GeForce3 Ti200 |
83.6 |
|
| 6. |
GeForce3 Ti500 |
88.0 |
|
| Overclocking Benchmark Results |
| 4a. |
GeForce2 Ti (285/485) |
74.2 |
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| 5a. |
GeForce3 Ti200 (195/530) |
86.7 |
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| 6a. |
GeForce3 Ti500 (270/610) |
91.6 |
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The MSI GeForce 3, GeForce
3Ti200 and GeForce 3 Ti500 are all within close range of one another. The Radeon
8500 falls behind the Titanium Lineup, but leads over the older GeForce 2Ti. All
in all we can see the GF3Ti500 performing the best overall. When we jumped to 4X
AA the lead which the Radeon 8500 had enjoyed over the other GF2 cards begins to
falter, while the GF3Ti cards still remain very good performers.
| RTCW
(1024x768 4xAA atdemo6) Benchmark Results |
|
Video Card |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| 1. |
GeForce2 Pro |
23.2 |
|
| 2. |
GeForce3 |
41.1 |
|
| 3. |
Radeon 8500 |
29.5 |
|
| 4. |
GeForce2 Ti |
24.7 |
|
| 5. |
GeForce3 Ti200 |
39.9 |
|
| 6. |
GeForce3 Ti500 |
43.9 |
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| Overclocking Benchmark Results |
| 4a. |
GeForce2 Ti (285/485) |
28.5 |
|
| 5a. |
GeForce3 Ti200 (195/530) |
42.8 |
|
| 6a. |
GeForce3 Ti500 (270/610) |
45.9 |
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| RTCW (1024x768 4xAA atdemo8) Benchmark
Results |
|
Video Card |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| 1. |
GeForce2 Pro |
40.5 |
|
| 2. |
GeForce3 |
55.4 |
|
| 3. |
Radeon 8500 |
44.3 |
|
| 4. |
GeForce2 Ti |
41.4 |
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| 5. |
GeForce3 Ti200 |
51.2 |
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| 6. |
GeForce3 Ti500 |
59.0 |
|
| Overclocking Benchmark Results |
| 4a. |
GeForce2 Ti (285/485) |
43.5 |
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| 5a. |
GeForce3 Ti200 (195/530) |
56.8 |
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| 6a. |
GeForce3 Ti500 (270/610) |
63.5 |
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein is more taxing on a system
then Quake III Arena is, and underlines why we have moved from QIII benchmarks
to RTCW only - yes QIII has officially been retired as benchmark. Even though
the frame rates with Antialiasing are relatively low, they are still quite playable for the most part. With 2x antialiasing
and a GeForce 3 play quality, both visual and framerate, are acceptable. However
even with all the power that the mighty MSI Ti500 has, 4x AA should basically be
ruled out. It's just way too slow for this type of gameplay.
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