Doom 3

Doom 3 benchmarking performance gets a major shot in the arm with the R580 core here. Performance over the X1800 is about 8% at 1280x1024, but almost 20% at 1600x1200. The X1900 almost catches up to the 7800 GTX (it does fall short), and surpasses the 7800 GT.

ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 PCIe Image Quality, 1280x1024 No AA/AF and 4AA/8AF

Doom 3 played very nicely on all of the cards, and although we're not fans of AA and AF for this game (it's just too dark to appreciate it), the game is pretty nice at HQ settings. There are some subtle differences though if you examine the weapon closely, but the majority of the environments don't seem to show this as much.

Unreal Tournament 2004

Any mainstream card nowadays should handle this older title without many problems. The CPU is likely to be the limiting factor here as all the cards finish within a couple frames of one another.

ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 PCIe Image Quality, 1280x1024 No AA/AF and 4AA/8AF

Unreal Tournament can certainly benefit from turning AA and AF on, particularly in the outdoor environments. All four cards handled this title without any problems and without anyone telling us (not an easy feat since we're the ones installing these cards into the test bed), we'd be hard pressed to tell you which card was which.

Far Cry

Another close one here with the All-In-Wonder X1900 finishing on top, just barely, at 16x12, and just behind the 7800 GTX at 12x10.

ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 PCIe Image Quality, 1280x1024 No AA/AF and 4AA/8AF

All the cards handled Far Cry with aplomb and in terms of gameplay and image quality, it was tough to tell them apart. Like UT2004, outdoor environments benefit from turning on AA/AF.

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