Powercolour X1950Pro
6. F.E.A.R
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The story begins as an unidentified paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound. The government responds by sending in Special Forces, but loses contact as an eerie signal interrupts radio communications. When the interference subsides moments later, the team has been literally torn apart. As part of a classified strike team created to deal with threats no one else can handle, your mission is simple: Eliminate the intruders at any cost. Determine the origin of the signal. And contain this crisis before it spirals out of control.
For all tests, we used the latest available patch that updates the game engine to v1.08. The game offers 1280x1024 resolution, which was used for all tests. We maxed all details for CPU and VGA card, except for Soft Shadows and AA/AF. We used the card's 3D Control panel to enable AA/AF as indicated in each graph.
Below are the results after using the built-in benchmark test:
The PowerColor X1950Pro performed very well, surpassing Foxconn's 7900GS but is still behind the Nvidia 7950GT cards. It will be interesting to see which card suffers the least performance impact after enabling AA/AF:
Enabling AA/AF naturally hits on the performance of all tested cards. The PowerColor X1950Pro showed a linear drop in framerate after enabling AA/AF. At 16xAF/4xAA, its performance is almost equal to that of the XFX 7950GT Silent and eVGA 7950GT KO, which remains the fastest card. At 16xAF/6xAA, the X1950Pro card produced 17/37 (lowest/average), which can be considered as very good.
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