XFX 8800 GTS 320mb Fatal1ty Edition
DirectX 10 vs DirectX 9 Performance - Bioshock
Published: 30th September 2007 | Source: XFX | Price: ~£250 |
For a little addition to our usual suite of benchmarks I thought I'd throw this test in.
Bioshock is a recent FPS shooter by 2K games. Based on the UT3 engine it follows the DirectX 10 path by default in Vista with DX10 hardware. Noticeable enhancements to the graphical experience are prevalent in the water effects and the smoke effects especially.
To capture this I loaded up Vista on the exact same hardware as the rest of the review had been performed on and played identical parts of the game, keeping as close to the same gameplay in each as possible. I focused on parts of the game that had smoke, lighting and water effects whilst using a wide range of weapons and plasmids to create explosions and mayhem and generally keep the GPU working away.
Note that I played through several parts of the game in both DX9 and DX10 to get a good all-round view of performance.
Results
The results may just surprise you a little they certainly did for me. Whilst the minimum frame rate suffered a little in Vista under DX10, generally performance was almost identical between XP and Vista: DX9 and DX10. The little differences become noticeable the more you play the game and DX10 is showing glimpses of what all the fuss is about.
Results
The results may just surprise you a little they certainly did for me. Whilst the minimum frame rate suffered a little in Vista under DX10, generally performance was almost identical between XP and Vista: DX9 and DX10. The little differences become noticeable the more you play the game and DX10 is showing glimpses of what all the fuss is about.
As I said: the DX10 path doesn't look all that bad at all for performance.
Unfortunately at this time I no longer had the 2900XT for a card to card comparison, but we're working on a DX9 vs DX10 roundup for you :)
Unfortunately at this time I no longer had the 2900XT for a card to card comparison, but we're working on a DX9 vs DX10 roundup for you :)
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Awesome review Kemp and a great card to boot. Loved the inclusion of the DX9 vs DX10 comparison. 
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Originally Posted by name='PV5150'
Awesome review Kemp and a great card to boot. Loved the inclusion of the DX9 vs DX10 comparison.
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I'm seeing what I can do about getting a more thorough analysis of that, keep your eyes peeled folks
Nice review man, im still reading it and thought i should post this.
I just won this card on bjorn3d.com, so i am totally excited for it. Would this 320mb version work with my existing 640mb in SLI?
I just won this card on bjorn3d.com, so i am totally excited for it. Would this 320mb version work with my existing 640mb in SLI?
Not sure mate tbh, worth a try I suppose
Very good review kemp!
I am loving the DX9 and DX10 comparison, was a suprise!
It would work perfect, as long as you have the card with the smallest amount of memory in the primary slot. 
That is what I found to make it work without a BSOD.
Guide
That has some more infomation!
I am loving the DX9 and DX10 comparison, was a suprise!
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Originally Posted by name='darkorb'
Nice review man, im still reading it and thought i should post this.
I just won this card on bjorn3d.com, so i am totally excited for it. Would this 320mb version work with my existing 640mb in SLI? |
That is what I found to make it work without a BSOD.
Guide
That has some more infomation!
I enjoyed reading that mate
I also drooled over the dx10 screenies, and was suprised to see the average dx10 (vista) frame frate higher than dx9 (xp).
I may just get vista soon
I also drooled over the dx10 screenies, and was suprised to see the average dx10 (vista) frame frate higher than dx9 (xp).
I may just get vista soon
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Originally Posted by name='Toxcity'
Very good review kemp!
I am loving the DX9 and DX10 comparison, was a suprise! It would work perfect, as long as you have the card with the smallest amount of memory in the primary slot. That is what I found to make it work without a BSOD. Guide That has some more infomation! |
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Originally Posted by name='Mr. Smith'
I enjoyed reading that mate
I also drooled over the dx10 screenies, and was suprised to see the average dx10 (vista) frame frate higher than dx9 (xp). I may just get vista soon |
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Originally Posted by name='Kempez'
Thankd mate and good work, reps for you
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Only relaying a problem I had with BSODs and SLI with two cards with different memory.
It is amazing what can make cards BSOD.. and what can make them stop.
Not a bad price for such a decent card tbh.
Agree with the missing embossed "XFX Fat" sunken-green-print on the black rear plates. So simple and definately a missed oportunity. XFX should do it tbh, getting a bit tired of the blank black pci-slot feature myself. Looks naff with the shiney silver LL case rears especially.
The less said about the face on the sticker, the better. Be nice to have an OC3D printable sticky label to put over it Easily done with some lazer-label sheets.
Great review Kemp.
Agree with the missing embossed "XFX Fat" sunken-green-print on the black rear plates. So simple and definately a missed oportunity. XFX should do it tbh, getting a bit tired of the blank black pci-slot feature myself. Looks naff with the shiney silver LL case rears especially.
The less said about the face on the sticker, the better. Be nice to have an OC3D printable sticky label to put over it
Easily done with some lazer-label sheets.Great review Kemp.
enabling coolbits will stop BSoD if i get any?
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enabling coolbits will stop BSoD if i get any?
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A bit of a pointless card since the 320MB version is being phased out - the Fatal1ty series are also meant to represent high performance components, not mid range etc. like the 320MB 8800GTS is - it would have made more sense to do either the 640MB GTS or the GTX
well there is a 8600gt fatality card if im not mistaking, and thats not high performance
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A bit of a pointless card since the 320MB version is being phased out - the Fatal1ty series are also meant to represent high performance components, not mid range etc. like the 320MB 8800GTS is - it would have made more sense to do either the 640MB GTS or the GTX
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A bit pointless? In what way? It beats out 640MB versions easily due to massive out of the factory clocks and Ultra fast shader processors. Some games in the future may need the extra memory but look at the figures, most games out now run fine
Think we were implying so many months ago that cards with 1G on them were pretty ambitious.
Meh guess it depends what u`r doing.
Meh guess it depends what u`r doing.
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Does it really live up to the hype?
http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/artic...180202420s.jpg
Check it out!