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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	180.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	155.9
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	152.4
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	181.1
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	143.3
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	82.2
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	79.4
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	179.9
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	178.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	150.4
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	147.2
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	179.9
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	112.1
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	71.9
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	69.9
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	178.9

In this test we'll have to settle for a tie between the GeForce 8800GTX and SLI'd GeForce 8800GTS videocards. Still, either option provides some pretty amazing frame rates doesn't it?

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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	186.3
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	180.6
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	182.2
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	187.2
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	179.5
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	136.3
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	132.8
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	185.6
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	181.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	177.4
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	172.9
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	183.2
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	171.7
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	127
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
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	125.4
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SLI	184.5

Once again we find that the results for the GeForce 8800GTX and GeForce 8800GTS in SLI are just about on par with one another.