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Review: ASUS Extreme EN5900/TVD (PCX5900) PCI-Express 128MB and ASUS Extreme AX600XT/HTVD PCI-Express 128MB Graphics Cards

by Tarinder Sandhu on 26 September 2004, 00:00

Tags: Asus Extreme EN5900/TVD, ASUSTeK (TPE:2357)

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Call of Duty

Call of Duty

Vendor: Activision - (Website)
API: OpenGL
Pixel Shader Version Supported: PS1.1 class

Call of Duty


Our Call of Duty benchmark uses the highest in-game visual settings available. 1280x1024 is smooth on both midrange cards, an there's little slowdown in the action-packed sections of the benchmark. Fillrate and bandwidth limitations make 1600x1200 a little 'sticky'.

Call of Duty Quality


Applying 4X AA/8X AF provides what I'd term as acceptable framerates at 1024x768. 1280x1024 isn't smooth at all, and 1600x1200 is a resolution too far. Both cards' 128MB frame buffer is simply not enough. Here's where cards with 256MB of onboard memory usually do well. Just look at the GT's results. Makes you want to save for a fundamentally better (and expensive) card, doesn't it?.