Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Performance

For Splinter Cell, we used the SM3.0 path this time around since all but one of the cards we tested support it. The X850 XT was sent down the SM1.1 path and we list its score at 1600x1200 in our bar graph, but the numbers are not included in the resolutions scaling chart/table. All the SM3.0 features of SC:CT are enabled for this test as well.

For our first test, the 7800 GTX maintains a consistent advantage over the X1800 XT.

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Performance

With AA, we see the X1800 XT perform exactly on par with the new 7800 GTX 512, while the X1800 XL performs on par with the 7800 GTX. Again the ATI parts seem to be more resilient when it comes to AA, but the NVIDIA parts remain competitive by sheer brute force.

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  • ElFenix - Monday, November 14, 2005 - link

    i've been asking them to hire an editor for a few years now, but i'm pretty sure they haven't taken my advice yet. every once in a while they post an article that is just unreadable due to the run on and compound sentences.
  • yacoub - Monday, November 14, 2005 - link

    It's worse when you have a journalism degree. It drives you up a wall to read so many grammatical and spelling errors. Even so I'd rather they put the money into doing more 'real world' style tests instead of just these Top of the Charts/ GPU with the Biggest Dick contests.
  • phusg - Thursday, November 17, 2005 - link

    It could be worse, at least they updated the article to change this comical spelling mistake. Puts them in line with the rest of the computer industry where the testing phase of the development cycle is outsourced to the consumer ;-)
  • Methusela - Monday, November 14, 2005 - link

    This thing just destroys every other single card, and every other SLI configuration in almost every test! Yikes. I guess it had better do so at $700 apiece, though.

    Maybe this will push the price of the 7800GT and GTX models down in a couple of weeks? Cost-conscious buyers like myself can only hope so.
  • route66 - Monday, November 14, 2005 - link

    Sick!
  • Googer - Monday, November 14, 2005 - link

    Holy Handgranades 54.4 GB/s Memory Bandwith!
  • pol II - Monday, November 14, 2005 - link

    Nice card

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