GeForce FX 5800 Ultra - The review

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Performance - Return to Castle Wolfenstein

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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.

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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

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