Unreal Tournament 3 Beta Demo: Top to Bottom GPU Analysis
by Derek Wilson on October 18, 2007 4:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Low End GPU Performance
For our low end parts, we will mainly focus on NVIDIA's 8500 and AMD's 2400 parts. This is budget bin hardware that offers the feature set of the latest generation without the price premium (and without the performance necessary for gamers). We've included some older hardware for reference here, as well as he next step up in the current lineup for AMD and NVIDIA.
Looking at 1024x768, it is clear that if the final game is any more taxing than these flyby benchmarks we would want to run at a lower resolution with the 8500 GT or the 2400 XT. The 2600 Pro and the 8600 GT are a very clear step up from this category. The 7600 GT and the X1650 XT serve to fill in the gap between these price points.
The 8500 GT and 2400 XT are well matched in terms of performance here. The 8600 GT leads the 2600 Pro (which essentially ties the x1650 xt in performance).
For our low end parts, we will mainly focus on NVIDIA's 8500 and AMD's 2400 parts. This is budget bin hardware that offers the feature set of the latest generation without the price premium (and without the performance necessary for gamers). We've included some older hardware for reference here, as well as he next step up in the current lineup for AMD and NVIDIA.
Looking at 1024x768, it is clear that if the final game is any more taxing than these flyby benchmarks we would want to run at a lower resolution with the 8500 GT or the 2400 XT. The 2600 Pro and the 8600 GT are a very clear step up from this category. The 7600 GT and the X1650 XT serve to fill in the gap between these price points.
The 8500 GT and 2400 XT are well matched in terms of performance here. The 8600 GT leads the 2600 Pro (which essentially ties the x1650 xt in performance).
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TSIMonster - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
Looks like UT3 is going to scale well with lower end hardware. Can't wait to see some tests with AA and AF.blckgrffn - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
GDDR3 or 4?Thanks,
Nat
Makaveli - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
"The thing that most suprises me is the 2600XT beating 1950pro"The 2600XT wins by 1 fps at 1280
Then X1950pro wins by 1 fps at 1600
I hardly call that a beating more like a tie. Generally the 1950pro is faster from most other games and benchmarks i've seen.
I want to see how the numbers shape up once the final game is out
ChronoReverse - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
Honestly that's the way it SHOULD be. A midrange card of this generation ought to at LEAST tie a high-mid card from the previous generation.xsilver - Friday, October 19, 2007 - link
Whats odd to note is how the older gen cards are finally starting to struggle compared to mid range new gen cards.What wasnt shown on the recent HL ep2 tests is that the 7900gtx is no longer holding down the 8600gts and 2600xt. In older games - it would be certain that the older gen card would beat the newer mid range card.
It will be interesting to see what the range mid spec'd cards coming out this christmas can do to the 8800gts and 2900pro
poohbear - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
great to see my x1900xt is still kicking as$ and chewing bubble gum. it`d be great to see a DX9 and DX10 comparison in the final release if possible. cheers.ratbert1 - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
The only price/performance advantage I see is the hd2600xt. With the maturation of ATI's drivers, especially for Crossfire, you can get two of these for less than 2 bills. Of course, then you need a Crossfire board, and then its 16x/4x unless you go Asus and you can get 8x/8x.
DerekWilson - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
you can get crossfire boards with 2x x16 slots.Regs - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
High Quality = 8x AF and no AA support?DerekWilson - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - link
high quality = the highest quality available in the beta demo... so you're kind of right. it's also high world geometry. And we used the -compatscale=5 command line option to make sure everything was run with the same options and highest graphical quality.