Half-Life 2 as a benchmark
Video Cards Performance at Half-Life 2:
While some recent games look just fine at 800x600, you will find that the appearance of Half-Life 2 benefits considerably from higher resolutions.
For very high-end products, you should find playable 60 FPS at 1600x1200, 4xAA, and 8xAF. Let's bring in benchmarking results for some video cards. Set all to the maximum quality, including water reflections, in the Advanced Video Options menu.
Results for ASUS AX800 XT
ASUS AX800 XT
GPU: R423 (0.13 micron low-k)
Memory: 256Mb
Memory type: GDDR3; 256Bit; Samsung 2.0ns
Frequencies: 500MHz/1000MHz DDR
Bus: PCI-Express x16
Category: Hi-End PCI-E
Price: $550 |
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That is a card of the Ultra Hi-End class built on the ATI R423 chip, made by ASUS. It differs from the reference board in the more powerful cooling system with a bluish illumination.
We used our two own timedemos in the benchmarking - canal-3dnews and trainst-3dnews:
The canal-3dnews features in simpler details (there are less skeletons) and in a huge number of visual effects - therefore, it is more bound to the graphics card performance. The trainst-3dnews is the reverse.
Preliminary conclusion: The canal-3dnews timedemo is more a graphic subsystem benchmark, whereas trainst-3dnews can be used as a general system test.
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