Asus AX800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro)

Name: Asus AX800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro) - Page 9
Brand: Asus

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, June 30, 2004, 10:30 PM EDT

Head-to-Head Performance With Tomb Raider: AOD

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Tomb Raider: AOD

Although Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness won't be winning any "Game of the Year" awards, it is one of the more advanced DirectX games currently available. We've recorded a custom demo of Lara jogging through an indoor garden area in the "Prague3" map. When using the Pixel Shader 2.0 code path, this area of the game utilizes a DOF (depth of field) blurring effect to enhance the sense of depth and size. We ran our custom demo at a resolution of 1024x768 and then again at 1600x1200, using both the Pixel Shader 1.4 and 2.0 code paths (with and without 4x anti-aliasing enabled in the PS 2.0 tests).

With our custom Tomb Raider benchmark at 1024x768, the GeForce 6800 GTs and Asus AX800 Pro/TD performed at virtually the same level, but the GTs were a wee bit faster across the board. The trend continued when we bumped the resolution up to 1600x1200, until we enabled anti-aliasing with the PS 2.0 code path. With AA enabled at 1600x1200, the GeForce 6800 GTs pulled ahead by nearly 16%.

Tags: Asus, Radeon, pro, 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