ATI Radeon HD Refresh: The 3650 and 3450 Arrive
Half Life 2: Episode 2
Performance Comparisons with Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Details: www.half-life2.com
 Half Life 2: Episode 2 |
Thanks to the dedication of hardcore PC gamers and a huge mod-community, the original Half-Life became one of the most successful first person shooters of all time. And thanks to an updated game engine, gorgeous visual, and intelligent weapon and level design, Half Life 2 became just as popular. Episode 2 offers a number of visual enhancements including better looking transparent texture anti-aliasing. These tests were run at resolutions of 1,280 x 1,024, 1,600 x 1,200 and 1,920 x 1,200 with 4X anti-aliasing and 16X anisotropic filtering enabled concurrently. Color correction and HDR rendering were also enabled in the game engine as well. We used a custom recorded timedemo file to benchmark all cards in this test. |
Despite what 3DMark06 reported, the new Radeon HD 3650 outpaced the Radeon 2600 XT in our custom Half Life 2: Episode 2 benchmark. It still wasn't quiet powerful enough to catch the higher powered 3850 or 8800 GTS, but the Radeon HD 3650 is no slouch for a sub-$100 graphics card.
