9800GTX Review thread

[malik22]

SKYMTL from your experience with these cards is the 3870X2 faster then the 9800gtx ingame ofcourse.

[SKYMTL]

SKYMTL from your experience with these cards is the 3870X2 faster then the 9800gtx ingame ofcourse.

Some of the games I benched were in-game timedemos. One of the larger improvements I saw in playability was with the X2 in CoH: OF. In the next few weeks I will be TOTALLY redoing the methodology for CoH because that is one benchmark that really does not show the actual playability of the game itself.

In my initial testing for the new methodology using about 20 minutes of actual gameplay + FRAPS I get an AVERAGE of 52fps @ 1600x1200 4xAA in DX9 with the 8800GT 512MB. This compares to an average of about 103fps with the built-in benchmark. This is due to the fact that I have found that when you are zoomed out as far as the camera will go, you put MORE stress on your GPU then when the camera is zoomed in close (a la benchmark).

Anyways, the one game which I find the X2 to provide the most improvement in is actually World in Conflict. When I am gaming at 1600x1200 on my 20" monitor, it really improves the gameplay experience.