Performance - Return to Castle Wolfenstein
RTCW
Last year we added in our line of benchmarks was RTCW. Powered with a highly optimized Quake III engine, high detail settings and of course a heavy time-demo to get test results will will now use this software.
Powered by the Quake III Arena engine, the Wolfenstein universe explodes with the kind of epic environments, A.I., firepower and cinematic effects that only a game created by true masters can deliver. The dark reich's closing in. The time to act is now. Evil prevails when good men do nothing.
a highly decorated Army Ranger recruited into the Office of Secret Actions (OSA) tasked with escaping and then returning to Castle Wolfenstein in an attempt to thwart Heinrich Himmler's occult and genetic experiments. Himmler believes himself to be a reincarnation of a 10th century dark prince, Henry the Fowler, also known as Heinrich. Through genetic engineering and the harnessing of occult powers, Himmler hopes to raise an unstoppable army to level the Allies once and for all.
That being said, RTCW boasts amazing textures, impressive effects and fantastic character models. At this point not many videocards have been included in this specific comparison, there will be when time passes of course.
RTCW |
1024x768 |
1280x1024 |
1600x1200 |
Raeon 9500 Pro |
82 |
81 |
77 |
Radeon 9700 |
82 |
81 |
80 |
Radeon 9700 Pro |
82 |
82 |
82 |
Radeon 9700 Pro 4xAA/8xAF |
82 |
79 |
68 |
GeForce FX 5800 ultra |
86 |
82 |
68 |
GeForce FX 5800 ultra 4xAA + 8xAF |
83 |
70 |
45 |
I admit, nothing much to look at. Very few results here and this is likely the last time we have been using RTCW. It has shown abnormalities in the past with one or two other reviews already and is now doing the exact same thing again. It completely beats me why 16x12 is acting the way it is. Let's look at AF:
RTCW |
1024x768 |
1280x1024 |
1600x1200 |
GeForce FX 5800 ultra |
86 |
82 |
68 |
Anisotropic 2x |
86 |
81 |
68 |
Anisotropic 4x |
86 |
81 |
67 |
Anisotropic 8x |
86 |
80 |
66 |
Followed by Anti Aliasing:
RTCW |
1024x768 |
1280x1024 |
1600x1200 |
2x AA |
84 |
80 |
68 |
Quincunx |
84 |
80 |
66 |
4x AA |
83 |
72 |
53 |
4xAA + 8xAF |
83 |
70 |
45 |