Testing Continued: 

     Half Life 2: Episode 2 

     Half Life has always been one of my favorite games and it seems Half Life 2 has taken on a life all of its own. The Orange Box is one of the few titles I own for both the PC and the Xbox 360 - I like it THAT much. It was only natural that I include some benchmark results from Episode 2.

     All we're going for here is an average frame count with maximum eye candy enabled. Even at the highest tested resolution of 1920x1200, Gigabytes card is able to post frame rates will over 120 frames per second.

     Unreal Tournament 3 

     Unreal Tournament is full of fast paced action. You'll need to know that your video card is able to keep up to your own twitch reflex.

     With help from a 3rd party application from HardwareOC, I was able to benchmark the performance of the 8800GT with Unreal Tournament 3. Results are reported much in the same way the old FEAR benchmark presented scores. You'll get the average frame rate represented in blue on the chart. The red bar shows the percentage of how many frames were above the 30  frames per second target.

     Enemy Territory: Quake Wars 

     Quake Wars is the latest installment in the Quake saga. Enemy Territory is quite a bit different than the other Quake games, moving away from the tiresome death match and capture the flag to a more goal oriented style of combat.

     Quake Wars frame are exceptional until we get to the 1920x1200 resolution. Not that 90 FPS is bad, but obviously 157 FPS is much better. The more common resolution of 1680x1050 is still posting marks well over 100 FPS.

Intro & Specs The 8800GT Up Close The Test System Testing Part 1 Testing Part 2 Testing - 3DMark06 Testing - 3DMark Vantage Overclocking Conclusion