NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra: The Next Step Forward
by Derek Wilson on April 14, 2004 8:42 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Homeworld 2 Performance
As intricate as the gameplay is for this game, the beautiful backgrounds help immerse you in the complex gameplay. If you like space sims, you'll be delighted at the overall look of this game. The backgrounds alone are very artistic and shadows and camera flares from suns are dramatic. The ships look clean and well textured, and explosions are very nice too. This is a pretty stylish space-real-time-strategy-game.
This game seems to be CPU limited in the test we chose (with the exception of the 9700 Pro), but these differences could be due to differences in rendering paths (ATI cards use PS2.0 for shadowing, while NVIDIA cards use shadow volumes) or the fact that the NVIDIA drivers are still beta. But, yes, all the problems we've seen in previous tests with this game were fixed with the latest patch (antialiasing works correctly now on both cards).
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TheAudit - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Nice!MemberSince97 - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
You guys shoulda done a mini review of that 510W PSU that was used....Verdant - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
looks awesome congrats to nvidia on raising the bar!personally i don't game very much, and the only reason my Geforce2 was replaced was for the dual-heads of the Radeon 9000
but as an enthusiast, any leaps make me excited :p
can't want to see ATIs new cards
Lonyo - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Not as impressive as other sites made it look in many circumstances.But still quite boost in performance.
NYHoustonman - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Jesus... Ya, looks like I'll be upgrading before college...gordon151 - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Damn, two independant cable lines and a 480W PSU. Good thing it kills in performance, but still too pricey for me. Bring on the 6800XT for us broke people :P.KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Impressive green one.Hope it doesnt cost $500.
Kristopher