Quake 4

Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark!

Quake 4 Custom Demo:
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	67.85
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	67.36
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	67.34
ATi Radeon X800 XL	66.69
PowerColor X700 Pro	48.96
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	75.43
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	75.02
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	75.48
MSI NX6800-TD128E	73.39
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	73.22
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	73.45
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	51.6
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	75.16
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	75.28
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single OC'd 463/1248)	76.69
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode OC'd 449/1246)	76.96
HQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	53.73
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	50.97
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	51.24
ATi Radeon X800 XL	42.5
PowerColor X700 Pro	25.82
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	73.97
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	74.86
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	60.68
MSI NX6800-TD128E	45.49
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	44.86
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	45.41
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	25.66
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	72.81
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	74.41
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single OC'd 463/1248)	75.33
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode OC'd 449/1246)	78.44
UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	66.56
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	65.62
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	65.48
ATi Radeon X800 XL	61.64
PowerColor X700 Pro	35.44
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	74.57
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	74.72
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	74.22
MSI NX6800-TD128E	67.75
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	65.33
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	69.29
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	45.85
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	74.4
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	74.24
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single OC'd 463/1248)	74.65
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode OC'd 449/1246)	74.85
UQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	49.96
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	42.31
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	40.1
ATi Radeon X800 XL	36.2
PowerColor X700 Pro	20.72
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	73.19
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	73.14
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	55.82
MSI NX6800-TD128E	41.91
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	39.34
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	40.75
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	24.29
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	70.43
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	69.7
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single OC'd 463/1248)	73.26
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode OC'd 449/1246)	75.63

At resolutions of 1024x768 with Ultra quality settings turned on, all videocards perform very close to each other. When the resolution is boosted to 1600x1200, the results become much clearer. SLI does not work with Quake 4 yet and enabling it lowers framerates ever so slightly.