Abit Fatal1ty Radeon X800 XL

Name: Abit Fatal1ty Radeon X800 XL - Page 8
Brand: Abit

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, November 03, 2005, 12:00 PM EDT

Performance Comparisons with Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay

Details: http://www.riddickgame.com/

Chronicles of Riddick

Starbreeze Studios is responsible for creating the surprisingly good game, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. Those familiar with the movie will recall Butcher Bay was one of the prison options on tap for the main character. While the movie never actually made it to Butcher Bay, we find the main character right at home in this first person shooter that's powered by the proprietary Starbreeze Engine. Not only does The Chronicles of Riddick - Escape From Butcher Bay boast excellent game play with impressive visuals and a mature story line, but the Chronicles of Riddick also proves to be a tough challenge and a game actually worth buying, which makes it an excellent addition to our suite of custom benchmarks.

The Fatal1ty X800 XL 512MB's performance in our custom Chronicles of Riddick benchmark essentially mirror what we saw with Doom 3. The card's higher-than-stock clock speeds and 512MB frame buffer help push it about 10% ahead of a "normal" X800 XL, but the X850 and both GeForce cards have no trouble outpacing the Fatal1ty X800 XL 512MB in every test configuration, regardless of resolution or whether anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering are used.

Tags: Radeon, Fatal1ty, Abit, TAL, X8

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com