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MSI
NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC Video Card:
MSI's latest mainstream product is priced as such, but packs
a punch that will floor you. |
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| Date: |
November
7, 2007 |
| Manufacturer: |
MSI |
| Written
By: |
Hubert
Wong |
| Price: |
~$249
USD |
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Crysis
SP Demo
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Min
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Max
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Avg
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| MSI NX8800 GT |
10
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50
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30.942
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| MSI
NX8800 GTX |
11
|
41
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29.108
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Crysis
can be run in either DX10 or DX9 mode in the Games Explorer in
Vista. We selected DX10 for the first run and collected the results.
What is interesting here is the MSI NX8600GT is keeping pace with
the much more expensive 8800GTX. Despite the higher max on the
8800GT, both cards "felt" the same during the actual
gameplay. The MSI NX8800GT handled Crysis very well at 1680x1050
resolution and looks especially impressive in the very high settings.
Crysis
DX10 vs DX9 on MSI NX8800 GT
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Min
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Max
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Avg
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| DX10 |
10
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50
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30.942
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| DX9 |
5
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64
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31.983
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Crysis was tested in both DX10 and DX9 in this second
test. Executing the game in DX10 mode, we configured the the settings
to very high quality. DX9 was set to high quality. From a performance
standpoint, the gameplay experience in terms of framerate felt
very similar. The DX10 quality settings are quite a bit better
though as shown below.
Crysis
- Image Quality
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DX10
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DX9
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The
main differences in DX10 and DX9 as applied to Crysis is the
level of detail in some of the world objects. There are some
documented issues with AA though where AA can only be enabled
at high settings and up. Naturally this is going to be very
hard on the video card, especially at high resolutions. We did
have to drop down to 1280 to smooth out the performance when
we enabled the motion blur. Also, some of the sequences when
you're getting peppered with gun fire and the fish bowl effect
in the game caused some of the dips shown in the graphs above,
but those drops were only momentary.
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