Anandtech Oblivion Benches

[Stoneburner]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2746&p=8


WHy does every website dismiss the x1800xt? It's at the same price point as the 7900gt but it's not even considered in the mid range test. THe 7900gt beats it in max FPS though they are basically tied (in the high range tests) but anandtech provided no flexibility in settings to determine which rounded out better.

It's hard to find good reviews these days.

 

[Cooler]

I wanted to see AA + HDR with chuck patch.

 

[Stoneburner]

Seems like they decided NO AA at all is best.

 

[Munky]

It would be nice to have HDR+AA benches, but then it would just be the x1k card by themselves anyway. But Damn... :Q - What would Rollo say about these benches ?

 

[MedicalEntropy]

I'd like to see a CPU benchmark.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: munky
It would be nice to have HDR+AA benches, but then it would just be the x1k card by themselves anyway. But Damn... :Q - What would Rollo say about these benches ?

He would probably say something along the lines of "the ATi cards cant run it at over 15fps anyway".

I would agree, then be called AEG, until i said something that favors ATi

 

[Nanobaud]

I don't usually play the 'games', but I get higher-end video cards because I enjoy writing programs where I can run some of the number-crunching through the video card. Nonetheless, I couldn't resist getting Oblivion just to see what it really looked like running on my machine. I usually die pretty quickly once I get very far from a city and am attacked by anything with any fighting skill. I just though it was because I didn't read the instruction manual and I don't play video games worth a $h!t, but now I see it is because I am hardware-limited.

 

[the Chase]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2746&p=8


WHy does every website dismiss the x1800xt? It's at the same price point as the 7900gt but it's not even considered in the mid range test. THe 7900gt beats it in max FPS though they are basically tied (in the high range tests) but anandtech provided no flexibility in settings to determine which rounded out better.

It's hard to find good reviews these days.

But they choose the X1800XT as the mid-range winner.

 

[moonboy403]

Originally posted by: MedicalEntropy
I'd like to see a CPU benchmark.

they're up at firingsquad

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: moonboy403

Originally posted by: MedicalEntropy
I'd like to see a CPU benchmark.

they're up at firingsquad

And it's mentioned in like the 3rd freakin paragraph">http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2746</a> of the article.

Just as we've done in our previous articles on Doom 3 and Half Life 2, we're splitting our Oblivion performance coverage into multiple parts. This first part will focus on high-end and mid-range PCIe GPU performance and future articles will look at CPU performance as well as low-end GPU and AGP platform performance if there is enough demand for the latter two. Where we take this series of articles in the future will depend on many of your demands and requests, so please make them heard.

 

[Ackmed]

Lots of things I do not agree with. Such as, no AA at all? WTH is that about?

For now, those of you hoping to run Oblivion at 1920x1200 with all the detail settings at maximum will need to wait for future GPU generations. But how do the current generation of cards fare?

No you dont. Its plenty playable to me at 1920x1200.

The performance offered by a pair of X1900 XTs simply can't be matched by any single card, but as good of a game as Oblivion is you'd have to have a pretty serious computer budget to accommodate the $1200 that a pair of X1900 CrossFire GPUs will set you back.

Do they only buy from CompUSA? You can get a X1900 CF setup for well under $1000. Newegg has a CF Edition X1900 for $480, and a XT for $420. Both retail. Do they just try and mislead people, or do they only go by MSRP prices?

Moving to an X1800 XT will set you back more than $300

More than $300? Um, its less than $300.

AT reviews have been going downhill for a long time now.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: MedicalEntropy
I'd like to see a CPU benchmark.

Firingsquad has you covered.

 

[Drayvn]

My 7800GTX 256Mb doesnt feel like im running it at 20fps average like they say....

And thats at 1280x1024. Im running mine at 1680x1050! And im still getting above 20FPS for sure!

I seem to get around 30FPS at the moment with the 84.37 drivers. Im gonna try the 84.43's i think they are and see what improvements i get.

Reading the Anadtech review i have to agree with Ackmed, they are getting worse and worse with many flaws and inconsistencis in it. And for the fact as what Ackmed quoted they totally dont know what they are talking about.

 

[crazylegs]

cool...

glad to see this game is not at all CPU bottled after 1280x1024...

so my OCed AMD64 3000 @ 2.4 should be fine as soon as my damn 7900GT arrives

 

[Munky]

I guess the only thing left to bench is whether or not a P4 will run the game slower than an A64 at 1280 resolutions.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I don't know what my FPS are, but I play with a 6800GS (490/1.1) at 1440 x 900 res. My details are set pretty high and I use HDR. I find it to be perfectly playable. Once in a while it skips a bit when a lot is going on, but overall I think it's perfectly playable.

 

[coldpower27]

The problem is what's "playable" is subjective.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Lots of things I do not agree with. Such as, no AA at all? WTH is that about?

For now, those of you hoping to run Oblivion at 1920x1200 with all the detail settings at maximum will need to wait for future GPU generations. But how do the current generation of cards fare?

No you dont. Its plenty playable to me at 1920x1200.

The performance offered by a pair of X1900 XTs simply can't be matched by any single card, but as good of a game as Oblivion is you'd have to have a pretty serious computer budget to accommodate the $1200 that a pair of X1900 CrossFire GPUs will set you back.

Do they only buy from CompUSA? You can get a X1900 CF setup for well under $1000. Newegg has a CF Edition X1900 for $480, and a XT for $420. Both retail. Do they just try and mislead people, or do they only go by MSRP prices?

Moving to an X1800 XT will set you back more than $300

More than $300? Um, its less than $300.

AT reviews have been going downhill for a long time now.

With every slider all the way up at 1920x1200 with HDR on you get playable fps? You are claiming this?

 

[Stoneburner]

THey changed it! HAHAHAH

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: coldpower27
The problem is what's "playable" is subjective.

Agreed.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: Acanthus


With every slider all the way up at 1920x1200 with HDR on you get playable fps? You are claiming this?

Yes, yes I am. In fact, I have changed the .ini to get even better graphics.

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

I really wish they would still benchmark the 6800gt. More direct comparison for people like me considering upgrades.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Then theres the tweaks you can do to increase performance AND retain the visuals at a high level.

However why did they turn on self shadowing? Its bugged especially on ATi cards (not much on NV cards though). Not only bugged but it decreases performance to boot.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

less than 50fps at 12x10 not even on full settings? with x1900 CF thats insane

 

[Compddd]

I'm in the same boat as Ackmed. I run it at 1920x1200 on my 2405 with all settings maxed and the .ini eye candy boosters turned on. It really only gets chunky at a Oblivion gate portal but other then thats its playable to me.