Far Cry

Dam @ 1280x1024

	Min	Max	Ave
No AA/AF	30	78	49.28
4xAA/8xAF	24	63	43.17

AA/AF disabled netted us the best performance as expected, averaging six frames per second better performance. It also rarely dipped into the 30s, unlike the AA/AF enabled results which spent half the time in that range.

Volcano @ 1600x1200

	Min	Max	Ave
No AA/AF	17	90	39.12
4xAA/8xAF	12	75	28.62

If you're considering 1600x1200, again, you're best to leave AA/AF disabled as it couldn't even average into the 30s at that detail setting.

Image Quality

There were no image quality issues in Far Cry and the game looked fantastic with and without AA/AF.

Unreal Tournament 2004

Compressed @ 1280x1024

	Min	Max	Ave
No AA/AF	21	74	46.8
4xAA/8xAF	25	88	46.1

AA/AF doesn't seem to cause much of a problem in UT2004, as at 1280x1024 gameplay was very similar.

Curse4 @ 1600x1200

	Min	Max	Ave
No AA/AF	28	120	56.8
4xAA/8xAF	30	93	51.5

Bumping up to 1600x1200, things didn't change too much, and the MSI RX800XT-VTD256 seems to handle UT2004 deathmatch quite easily.

Image Quality

The 1600x1200 screenshots above show no rendering issues that we were able to spot during gameplay. The shock rifle and link gun in particular had some very nice effects, and the game itself looked great on the card.

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