Jedi Knight 2 @ 1024x768

Jedi Knight II is a little more CPU limited than video card limited (we'll see in a few moments), but make no mistake. A fast video card is required if you still want good framerates at high resolutions and all the effects turned on.

It's obvious here that at 1024, you're going to be CPU limited more than video.

Jedi Knight 2 @ 1280x1024

Looks like the same case for 1280 (CPU limited). If you squint though, the 9800 Pro holds a slight 1FPS lead once we turn on the AA and AF.

Jedi Knight 2 @ 1600x1200

At 1600, the work moves over to the video card, in which case the 9800 Pro easily wins this round over the FX5900. Look at the 27FPS difference at 4xAA/8xAF.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein @ 1024x768

Powered by the Quake 3 Engine, like Jedi Knight 2, it is heavily modified. We used the Checkpoint demo, which is loaded with explosions and multiplayer action.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein @ 1280x1024

Return to Castle Wolfenstein @ 1600x1200

We've seen these numbers in our FX5900 review. For whatever reason we haven't been able to nail down, the ATI based cards crush the nVidia cards at Wolfenstein. What makes this benchmark puzzling is it is the very same 3D engine as Jedi Knight 2.