Splinter Cell and overclocking
Splinter Cell- Author: UbiSoft
- DirectX Class 8.1
- Pixel and Vertex Shaders: Yes (PS1.1)
- No FSAA. AF set via control panel
- Beyond3D Caspian Demo
Splinter Cell's origin as an X-Box game probably helps NVIDIA's cards here. Another impressive showcase of FX 5900 XT power.
Overclocking
A simple, quiet cooler and bare RAM modules, on the face of it, don't seem to be the perfect partners for overclocking. However, we were more than gratified at the rock-solid, overclocked speeds gained by the AOpen Aeolus card. Of course, each sample will behave differently, and one cannot infer that all samples will replicate the results of our test card, which topped out at 435MHz core and 770MHz memory; almost a 10% overclock on both counts.
AquaMark3 and UT2003 were re-run at 1024x768 4x AA and 8x AF.
Almost 30FPS average but still comfortably behind the ATI 9800 Pro 256MB.
A similar story here. What's more important, we feel, is the 50% performance gap between a stock FX 5700 Ultra and the overclocked AOpen Aeolus FX5900XT. £150 buys you an awful lot of performance these days.
