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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