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Review: ATI Radeon 9600XT (/w NV36)

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 15 October 2003, 00:00

Tags: ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

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Serious Sam 2

  • Author: Croteam
  • DirectX Class: 8.1
  • Pixel and Vertex Shaders: No
  • Other: Uses OpenGL, supports quad pass multitexture and game applied aniso


At the target resolution, 1024x768 with IQ applied, the 9600XT walks away the victor. The rival card gets performance back at 1600x1200, but neither card plays it sufficiently well to recommend that resolution for gameplay.

Notes

No apparent rendering issues on any card. The same mip stage banding is present on all cards when no IQ is applied, the aniso filter on both drivers clears that up when applied. Anisotropic filtering on all cards looked excellent on other tested maps, I played SS2 properly for the first time in ages, just to see how good it looked on 9600XT.

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