Powercolor X1950XTX
Quake 4 and Oblivion
Published: 7th September 2006 | Source: Powercolor | Price: |
Author: Matthew Kemp (kempez)
Hardware Acquired: Powercolor
Quake 4
Quake 4 is a game built on the Doom 3 engine. This uses many DX 9.0c features and is a game that has not always ran so well on ATI hardware, being an OpenGL game. Once again I did three two minute runs on Quake 4 on each card and took the average of all my readings from these. I played a fast and furious part of the game that required both internal and external scenes.
Here are the settings that were found to be optimal for Quake 4 on a Dell 2405FPW display:
And the FPS the game was played at:
Quake is not usually the domain of the ATI cards but the X1950XT-X did very well in this test. I enjoyed the ultra-high res experience and gaming was an awesome experience.
Oblivion
Oblivion is an awesome RPG with a simply huge immersive environment, great graphics and incredibly realistic scenery. This game is currently one of the most testing games that you can buy and it is certainly a test of the high-end nVidia cards here. I chose to do a run-through of the Arena part of the game. I spoke to a character, did some magic whilst in a fight and fought in the arena that is pretty huge. Also as well as doing this test I took a wander around to make sure that the benchmark resembled the general gameplay with each card. This benchmark really tests todays cards and ATI cards seem to do very well in this game.
Also note that I used the "Chuck" patch to enable AA and HDR - this improved the gaming experience immensely.
Oblivion
Oblivion is an awesome RPG with a simply huge immersive environment, great graphics and incredibly realistic scenery. This game is currently one of the most testing games that you can buy and it is certainly a test of the high-end nVidia cards here. I chose to do a run-through of the Arena part of the game. I spoke to a character, did some magic whilst in a fight and fought in the arena that is pretty huge. Also as well as doing this test I took a wander around to make sure that the benchmark resembled the general gameplay with each card. This benchmark really tests todays cards and ATI cards seem to do very well in this game.
Also note that I used the "Chuck" patch to enable AA and HDR - this improved the gaming experience immensely.
And the FPS that this was playable at:
And the in-game settings for Oblivion:
I ran this benchmark though 6 times in the end as I just didn't know why it blipped like that up to such a high FPS. This offshoots the Max and Average FPS. All 6 benchmarks came out the same so I am including these scores.
It is fair to say that gaming using this card, the "Chuck" patch and Oblivion is simply an amazing experience. Oblivion has such a rich and diverse environment that the game looks nothing short of stunning on the X1950XT-X. While I have my doubts about the numbers above, the card played the game incredibly smoothly and it was a pleasure to play.
It is fair to say that gaming using this card, the "Chuck" patch and Oblivion is simply an amazing experience. Oblivion has such a rich and diverse environment that the game looks nothing short of stunning on the X1950XT-X. While I have my doubts about the numbers above, the card played the game incredibly smoothly and it was a pleasure to play.
Most Recent Comments
Nice review. Good pix & benches too, Kempez 
Very thorough. You should use that card, hehe..your GTX get's smacked around by both cards lol, it's depressing (for you at least).
Very thorough. You should use that card, hehe..your GTX get's smacked around by both cards lol, it's depressing (for you at least).Nah not depressed.
3 reasons:
1: nVidia's drivers are better
2: My GTX doesn't sound like its about to take off
3: I know I'll change my card when DX10 cards come out
Nice card tho
3 reasons:
1: nVidia's drivers are better
2: My GTX doesn't sound like its about to take off
3: I know I'll change my card when DX10 cards come out
Nice card tho
LOL good point. The X1K is quite loud, but christ ever stick your hand back there? Pushes at least 60 CFM at 100% if not more.
Nick
Nick
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Originally Posted by NickS
LOL good point. The X1K is quite loud, but christ ever stick your hand back there? Pushes at least 60 CFM at 100% if not more.
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sweet reveiw mate and agreed nvidia's cooling solution is very capable sound-performance wise .
cheers.
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