Sub-$200 Video Card Roundup - April 2002
by Anand Lal Shimpi on April 16, 2002 3:51 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
Jedi Knight 2 is the perfect example of why we have continued to use Quake III Arena in our benchmarks for so long. The game is based on the Quake III Arena engine but receives updated graphics, shader programs and a unique gameplay perspective to fit with the Star Wars theme. The game has built in timedemo functionality and comes with a demo, to run the demo you simply bring down the console (by hitting shift and tilde ~ at the same time) and type in the following:
devmap ffa_bespin
timedemo 1
disconnect
demo jk2ffa
After the demo is complete you can use the page up key to scroll up through the console text to find the average frame rate. We tested with the game's High Quality defaults.
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Knight 2: Jedi Outcast 800x600x32 |
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105.4You'll notice that at 800x600 we are clearly CPU limited, almost all of the contenders are performing alike.
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Knight 2: Jedi Outcast 1024x768x32 |
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Even at 1024x768 it takes the Radeon 7500 and the GeForce2 MX 400 to really provide any separation among the cards.
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Knight 2: Jedi Outcast 1280x1024x32 |
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Finally at 1280x1024 things get a little more interesting but it's clear that Jedi Knight 2 is far from GPU limited, let's have a look at the CPU scaling graphs to see exactly what's going on.
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