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Unreal Tournament 2003
UT2K3 s a real system killer, and can bring many systems to its knees. We used the , which are excellent tools in testing various resolutions and detail levels. We selected the CPU test, which uses the dm-inferno map.
I was quite impressed with the MEGA 651's performance here, as it performs a full 12FPS faster than the XPC.
Quake 3 Arena, 640x480
It's getting old, I know, but Quake 3 Engine games are still a useful resource to benchmark almost anything. For motherboards and CPUs, we run at the lowest settings and fire away. For Q3, the game was patched to the latest version, and demo four was run.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 640x480
For RtCW, the game was patched to the latest version, and demo checkpoint was run.
Jedi Knight 2, 640x480
We ran into a strange problem where the 1.04 patch didn't like our timedemo, so we ran v1.03. We used the demo ffa for testing.
We're seeing the same trend with the Q3 Engine games here, although in Jedi Knight II, there is a larger gap in performance when compared with Quake 3: Arena, and return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Splinter Cell, 640x480
New to our test bench is UbiSoft's 3rd person action game, Splinter Cell. We used the , and I edited the settings to stress CPU performance more so than video.
Splinter Cell can be pretty tough on video cards, but you're going to want a CPU to back it up. The MEGA 651 holds a 6FPS lead over the XPC at 640x480.
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MSI MEGA 651 PC: The MSI MEGA 651 PC is a full-function multimedia PC that combines information and entertainment to offer hi-fi stereo, DVD/VCD, MP3, TV and high-performing computer functions.
