Doom 3 Benchmarks at [H]

[Cat]

Flame suit on.
http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQy

 

[FluxCap]

Holy GT.

 

[FFactory0x]

wow
looks like it will play nice on a 9700pro oc'ed but how about with 512mb ram

 

[Cat]

The 9700 Pro has an inferior Hierarchical-Z to the 9800 Pro; don't expect to extrapolate on these benchmarks alone.

 

[Avalon]

Meh, they didn't even benchmark with an AMD 64 rig. Framerate may be noticeably better on an AMD sytem.

 

[ponyo]

Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[GeneralGrievous]

The GT is looking good. The 5xxx cards are not. ATI really needs that opengl rewrite soon.

It's great to see that lastgen cards can push 50 fps in this game.

 

[MangoTBG]

Very nice read. Makes me that much more glad that I got in on the $280 6800GT! :-D

 

[CRXican]

Woo hoo!!!!!!!!! I love you BFG 6800GT OC. Take that ATI!!!!

 

[FluxCap]

The 9800 XT numbers on 1024x768 using 4AA and 8AF shows why I am upgrading. :Q

 

[apoppin]

Isn't Hard OCP ATI fanboys? :Q

if so, EXPLAIN THIS from their conclusion:

Looking at the cream of the crop in video cards, it is painfully obvious that ATI is going to have to make some changes in their product line to stay competitive, at least with DOOM 3 gamers. There is no way for a $500 X800XT-PE to compete with a $400 6800GT when the GT is simply going to outperform the more expensive card by a good margin. I am sure ATI is trying their best to figure out their next move and it will certainly be interesting to see if their driver teams pull a rabbit out of their hat or not.

Wrong move to get an X800 pro for Doom III

:roll:[/quote]



OTOH, my budget 9800XT will do fine @ 1024x768 HIGH Quality 2xAA/4xAF MUCH (much) better than even i expected.

 

[HaloEighty8]

Woo hoo!!!!!!!!! I love you BFG 6800GT OC. Take that ATI!!!

hehehe!

 

[BenSkywalker]

The 9700 Pro has an inferior Hierarchical-Z to the 9800 Pro; don't expect to extrapolate on these benchmarks alone.

That will be of lesser concern then the 128MB v 256MB factor. The texture load in D3 is huge, overdraw will be quite low as it always is with Carmack's engines. The removal of the NV3x codepath seems to indicate that ATi is doing much better in the game then we would have thought based on available data back during the 5950 launch timeframe, although conversely nVidia's FP shader performance is significantly higher then what many stated numerous times.

 

[Megatomic]

It sure would have been nice to see numbers on a low end machine, like say mine.

Barton/NF2/1GB PC3200/9800P

How long before the other sites get to bench with D3?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
It sure would have been nice to see numbers on a low end machine, like say mine.

Barton/NF2/1GB PC3200/9800P

How long before the other sites get to bench with D3?

you can be sure they have them . . . Hardocp was just 1st.

expect LOTS more - with ALL kinds of systems - within a few days
(my prediction)

The A64 w/a 6800U should KICK @ss on serious demon-pixel butt.
(even more so than the p4 systems)

:roll:

 

[PowderBB3D]

Wow, seeing the GT outperform the XT-PE like that is pretty amazing.

ATI != OpenGL.

Glad I went nVidia this round =)

 

[Ackmed]

Using an apples to apples comparison, for once.

First off, HardOCP uses apples vs. apples all the time, in ever recent review in fact. Secondly, HardOCP didnt do the tests, they just got the numbers from id.

 

[gururu]

Hurrah for hardocp! going through the benchmarks brought shivers through my spine. the gt is measuring up quite well. nvidia, by all that is the evil of Doom3, owns ATI. i'm just hoping my 9700pro will scrape me by until the next generations.

 

[FluxCap]

I just want the GT to work well in HL2 also then I will be completely happy.

 

[Cat]

Ackmed, your statement is orthogonal to mine, sadly.

 

[Killrose]

I still refuse to buy a $500 video card to play a $59 game. Actuall game play numbers using average framerates will be interesting. Also I wonder if this particular bench favors nvidia hardware? perhaps a different benchmark based on another map might show some improved numbers for the Ati hardware.

Of course, this benchmark might actually be "kind" to Ati :shocked:

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Killrose
I still refuse to buy a $500 video card to play a $59 game. Actuall game play numbers using average framerates will be interesting. Also I wonder if this particular bench favors nvidia hardware? perhaps a different benchmark based on another map might show some improved numbers for the Ati hardware.

Of course, this benchmark might actually be "kind" to Ati :shocked:

it's id's bench

The Doom III engine has ALWAYS been higher performing with nVidia's GPUs . .. HL2 will (probably) 'shine' on the Radeons.

And NO ONE upgrades for ONE game (almost no 1); think of ALL the games shortly to be released based on the Doom III engines . . .

FarCry's engine is a hog and so can Unreal's be.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Just ordered a bfg 6800 gt and now that I'm reading this I'm glad : )

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Killrose
I still refuse to buy a $500 video card to play a $59 game. Actuall game play numbers using average framerates will be interesting. Also I wonder if this particular bench favors nvidia hardware? perhaps a different benchmark based on another map might show some improved numbers for the Ati hardware.

Of course, this benchmark might actually be "kind" to Ati :shocked:

This game is suppose to kick start pc game industry for months to come. I doubt you'll be buying a video card for just one game this season. But great job by HardOCP in doing this. HL2 would be cool, but I doubt the game is even near completion.

. The version of the game used to test is the same version you will be loading onto your own computer.

Talking to John briefly about his overclocking comments made some things clear to us that many enthusiasts will need to be aware of. When he speaks of "new usage patterns" he is literally talking about transistors on some of new GPUs that are going to be used for the first time when you play DOOM 3 on your video card. So be aware that pushing your GPU MHz may get you different results in DOOM 3 than with other games.

Even a subtle jump to an AMD 2500+ with a GeForce 3 video card that is two years old will deliver a solid gaming experience that will let you enjoy the game the way id Software designed it to be. That fact alone should let many of you know that you will not be left behind in experiencing DOOM 3.

Looks like Ill be able to push 1600x1200 8XAF after all! MUhhaha

 

[Mermaidman]

Interesting . . .
I wonder if ATi will lower the price of the x800xt in order to remain attractive. Gives me more options in case Doom3 is unsatisfactory with my Ti4200

(I wish [ H ] provided numbers for all the other video cards that were alluded to in the intro)