ID Software Doom 3 1.3	Source: id Software

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 and with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	170.3
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	143.2
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	185.3
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	182.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	180.8
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	172.4
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	174.9
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	165.9
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	134.7
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	118.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	155.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	163.2
HQ1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	116.7
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	81.9
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	175.1
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	153.1
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	154.8
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	162.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	134.5
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	112.7
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	71.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	60.8
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	82.2
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	104.4
UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	164.4
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	134.1
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	184.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	183
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	180.7
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	170.3
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	174.5
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	164.3
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	127.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	115.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	150.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	157.5
UQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	110.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	76.3
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	174.9
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	151.6
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	153.3
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	160.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	130.9
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	109.7
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	68.6
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	59.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	71.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	76.8

Doom 3 framerates are very interesting. The lack of memory bandwidth at high speeds rears its head at high resolutions. At lower resolutions, the MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC impresses us for how well it kept up with higher end videocards.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3	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! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3 Custom Demo
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	151.8
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	145.8
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	186.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	190.1
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	183.3
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	176.3
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	184
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	173.1
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	165.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	141.5
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	180.6
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	183.6
HQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	135.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	118.3
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	185.9
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	180.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	181.5
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	172.7
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	164.1
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	171.6
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	116.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	95.1
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	136.3
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	152.1
UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	150.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	130.6
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	186.6
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	184.6
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	182.9
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	178.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	179.8
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	165.2
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	143.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	137.1
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	177.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	180.3
UQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	130.3
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	108
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	185.7
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	177.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	178.2
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	172.2
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	160.1
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	115.6
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	104.5
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	91.5
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	127
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC (774/2240)	147.8

Quake 4 is not too stressful on the MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC videocard, the card keeps up with the competition just fine. Overclocking boosts framerates nicely!