Tomb
Raider: Anniversary - FPS

| |
Min
|
Max
|
Avg
|
| HIS
Radeon HD 2600 Pro IceQ 512MB |
26
|
126
|
86.275
|
| MSI
NX8600GT OC Edition 256MB |
86
|
136
|
116.95
|
Tomb
Raider: Anniversary offers some great visuals but you really do
need a card that can give you anti-aliasing to get the best from
the game. The MSI card easily does that, and much like stalker,
isn't that far off offering 4x anisotropic filtering.
Tomb
Raider: Anniversary - Image Quality
HIS
Radeon HD 2600 Pro left, Nvidia 8600GT right
One
of my favourite levels in the first Tomb Raider and again in Anniversary
is the section under St Folly's. The MSI card displays it very
well indeed.
Need
For Speed: Carbon - FPS

| |
Min
|
Max
|
Avg
|
| HIS
Radeon HD 2600 Pro IceQ 512MB |
22
|
34
|
28.9
|
| MSI
NX8600GT OC Edition 256MB |
9
|
34
|
26.4
|
Despite
the minimum of 9 in the graph, and the fact that the MSI card
appears at first glance to sit just behind the ATI card here,
you have to take into consideration the fact that for Need For
Speed: Carbon is dsiplayed with 2xAA with the MSI card. I have
to admit that at the high speeds the game runs at, it doesn't
make a huge difference to the image, at least not as you are playing,
but for our testing purposes, that is the settings the MSI card
is just about capable of.
Need
For Speed: Carbon - Image Quality
HIS
Radeon HD 2600 Pro left, Nvidia 8600GT right
There
is very little difference between the two images above and you
certainly wouldn't notice any as playing.
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