The year is 2142, and the dawn of a new Ice age has thrown the world into a panic. The math is simple and brutal: The soil not covered by ice can only feed a fraction of the Earth's population. Some will live, most will die. In Battlefield 2142, players will choose to fight for one of two military superpowers in an epic battle for survival, the European Union or the newly formed Pan Asian Coalition.

Armed with a devastating arsenal of hi-tech assault rifles, cloaking devices and sentry guns, players will also do battle using some of the most imposing vehicles known to man. Massive battle Mechs wage fierce combat on the ground, while futuristic aircraft rule the skies. When facing one of these new behemoths, players will need to use their wits and an arsenal of new countermeasures like EMP grenades to level the playing field.

Team play features allow up to 64 players to enter the action on the front lines as part of a formal squad, or work behind the scenes in Commander Mode to direct the strategic assaults of their teammates. With in-game success, players increase their rank and unlock awards, including new weapons, medals and more, delivering the most comprehensive and flexible persistence in the Battlefield universe to date.

In order to benchmark the graphics card, we recorded our own timedemo using the built-in command (demo.recordDemo). We then used the Guru3D BF2 benchmark modified, in order to support BF 2142. We used the quality settings shown in the image below. Anti-aliasing is disabled within the game, so we use Nvidia's 3D Control Panel to enable/disable AA/AF rendering modes:

Note that 1280x1024 resolution is not supported in the game. However, it can be enabled with the command line. All tests performed at that resolution (1280x1024) with the default camera view. Since the game counts all frames, including loading screens, we removed them so that all values represent pure gaming experience. Let's now proceed to the first test results.

Without enabling AA/AF modes, the EVGA 8800GTS 640MB is only two (2) FPS slower than the Gainward 8800GTX.

Enabling AA/AF in Battlefield 2142 enhances visual quality and of course gaming experience. The difference between the Gainward 8800GTX and EVGA8800GTS widens as the effects are piled on, especially after 8xAA.