ATI Radeon Xpress 200: Performance, PCI Express & DX9 for Athlon 64

Integrated Graphics Performance Comparison (continued)

Far Cry 1.2 Performance

Offering twice the performance of the GMA 900, the Radeon Xpress 200 actually makes Far Cry playable. If you turn the quality settings down even further the game becomes even more playable, but at the expense of making it look like one big aliased blur.

The Sims 2 Performance

In our GeForce 6200 review we found that Intel's GMA 900 actually performed pretty well under The Sims 2, which is the type of title where good performance really matters for an integrated graphics solution.

To our surprise, ATI's Radeon Xpress 200 wasn't able to outperform the GMA 900 at all. The Radeon Xpress 200 can run at slightly better image quality settings than the best the GMA 900 can do, but overall the advantage isn't too impressive.

Battlefield Vietnam Performance

The Radeon Xpress 200 is quite playable under Battlefield Vietnam, especially at lower resolutions. The GMA 900 numbers are good for comparison, but keep in mind that the Radeon Xpress 200 is running here at better image quality settings.

Warcraft III Performance

Surprisingly enough, in Warcraft III we actually saw higher performance from the Radeon Xpress 200 than the bandwidth limited Radeon X300 SE.