ASRock Vision 3D 137B HTPC with NVIDIA 3DTV Play

Name: ASRock Vision 3D 137B HTPC with NVIDIA 3DTV Play - Page 5
Brand: ASRock

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, May 09, 2011, 01:00 PM EDT

For our next set of tests, we moved on to some in-game benchmarking with Left 4 Dead 2 and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. When testing low-power platforms with L4D2 or ET:QW, we dialed the image quality settings down to medium quality settings and tested at various resolutions. Since these are more entry-level game tests on highly mobile platforms or platforms equipped with mobile parts, we left anti-aliasing turned off and image quality settings set from moderate to high levels where possible.

3D Gaming: ET: Quake Wars and Left 4 Dead 2

Testing Zacate's GPU

When tested using the same settings used on the other low-power platforms, the ASRock Vision 3D HTPC offered significantly higher framerates in both games, regardless of the resolution used.

Although the NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M isn't a terribly high-end GPU, it does offer enough performance for some moderate gaming. In the absence of comparable reference data, we didn't put these numbers in the graphs, but we also tested the Vision 3D HTPC at 1080P resolutions in both games. In ET:QW (using the same settings as above) the machine put up 51.2 FPS and in L4D2 in managed 40.51 FPS. So, with the right settings, true HD 1080P gaming is possible with this HTPC.

Tags: Nvidia, SFF, 3D Vision, HTPC, 3D, 3DTV Play, ASRock

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