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| Sapphire RADEON X1950 Pro 512 MB AGP The Proof is in the Frame Buffer | ||
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Sample supplied by Sapphire (Review by MS, Jan 1, 2007) |
F.E.A.R.
We have no data for the PCIe card in F.E.A.R., so we stick with a comparison of the different settings and resolutions for the AGP version. One peculiarity we found was a discrepancy between the ways of how the filtering was applied and, more importantly, the fact that a 2x AA setting was substantially faster than a no AA setting. We did check the image quality and there was no doubt that no AA really means no AA and that there was an improvement in the image quality at even 2 x AA. On the other hand, F.E.A.R. is notorious for some flags for driver optimizations or lack thereof, a case in point was the renaming of the executable in order to boost ATI card performance. Enabling High Quality (HQ) Anisotropic Filtering had no effect on performance. The * indicates "let the application decide" settings with the filtering applied in the benchmark tool control panel.
Note the red label results of the 0 x AA setting
It is easier to appreciate the effect of the different AA settings in a "per resolution" plot. The "let the application decide" setting in conjunction with a 2x AA setting was the fastest by a landslide.
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