Doom 3
takes advantage of the latest videocard technology and pushes the processing
power of the CPU to its absolute limit. At its highest setting, Ultra quality,
texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will
have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are
locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three
times with the third run being recorded.
Doom3 |
LQ 640x480: |
FPS |
Ranking |
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) |
148.4 |
|
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) |
144.5 |
|
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) |
144.3 |
|
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) |
141.1 |
|
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840) |
104.3 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840) |
144.3 |
|
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840) |
96.6 |
|
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) |
205.7 |
|
Doom 3 framerates with the Biostar TForce P965
motherboard is decent with the Pentium D 840 and is outstanding when using the
Core 2 Duo processor.
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! Each test is run three times and with the third run being
recorded.
Quake 4 |
LQ 640x480 |
FPS |
Ranking |
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) |
154.4 |
|
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) |
152.9 |
|
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) |
150.5 |
|
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) |
146.4 |
|
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840) |
127.3 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840) |
150.5 |
|
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840) |
113.8 |
|
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) |
202.8 |
|
The Quake 4 framerates closely mirror those of Doom 3
and it says the Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe motherboard is pretty darn quick when
equipped with the right processor.