Black and White 2 v.1.2 Performance Update
by Josh Venning on April 5, 2006 3:01 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Black and White 2 v1.1 vs. v1.2 Performance
We were interested to see what kind of performance difference there is between the 1.1 and 1.2 patch, so we tested the highest end cards from both ATI and NVIDIA with both patches. We ran the benchmark at 4 different resolutions, with AA enabled. Here are the results, starting with NVIDIA.
As the graphs show, there isn't a significant difference in framerates between the two patches for this card. This basically means that the 1.2 update doesn't really affect performance for NVIDIA cards.
On the X1900 however, we see that there is a marked improvement in all resolutions with the 1.2 patch, and while the 7900 GTX formerly outperformed the X1900 XTX in the previous patch, it now lags slightly behind the ATI card. While the difference isn't that great between the X1900 XTX and 7900 GTX, ATI's performance gain between patches is good news for any ATI owners with this game.
Now let's look at the general performance tests.
We were interested to see what kind of performance difference there is between the 1.1 and 1.2 patch, so we tested the highest end cards from both ATI and NVIDIA with both patches. We ran the benchmark at 4 different resolutions, with AA enabled. Here are the results, starting with NVIDIA.
As the graphs show, there isn't a significant difference in framerates between the two patches for this card. This basically means that the 1.2 update doesn't really affect performance for NVIDIA cards.
On the X1900 however, we see that there is a marked improvement in all resolutions with the 1.2 patch, and while the 7900 GTX formerly outperformed the X1900 XTX in the previous patch, it now lags slightly behind the ATI card. While the difference isn't that great between the X1900 XTX and 7900 GTX, ATI's performance gain between patches is good news for any ATI owners with this game.
Now let's look at the general performance tests.
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Lifted - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
This appears to be more of an ad for B&W 2 than a serious review of the video cards. Since when does AT publish articles that test the latest video cards on a single 6 month old game that nobody really cares about anyway. The first one was enough, ughh.Cybercat - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
well uh....why the hell not? Not like everyone feels the same way you do about this game. Some people kinda actually....you know....play it.Calin - Thursday, April 6, 2006 - link
I don't know how many people play B&W, but I would be willing to give it a try... I have a try to The Sims, and it was nice... too bad I wasn't able to advance too much in it :(Lonyo - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
Oblivion testing would be much better than bloody B&W2 updates.microAmp - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
Another vote for TES: Oblivion testing.Goi - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
It's a pity no X800 series cards were included in the midrange category. Many AGP systems are still based on these cards as well as the 6800GT/Ultra cards(which were represented by the 6800GS).Brian23 - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
I concur. It was only a few months ago I put together an awesome AMD X2 system with one of those ATI x800 gto^2 cards that overclocks like crazy. I'd like to see how it compares to the most recent stuff.whitelight - Thursday, April 6, 2006 - link
another vote to include an x800/x850 card that has 16 pipes and is clocked around 550/550.Howard - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
I can't access the 2nd page.JarredWalton - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - link
I've tested with both Firefox 1.07 and IE6, and everything seems fine. Are you still having problems?