While Call of Juarez pulls off all the classic FPS mechanisms with aplomb, it also features interesting variations that give it the air and feel of a true Western movie. The player has the genuine impression of being a pistol-packing hero in an age when armed confrontation was the daily grind for many adventurers. The Developers have incorporated a classic shooting system as well as two extra game modes.

Call of Juarez - DirectX10 1024x768 Low Settings: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 79.6 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 90.9 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 90.3 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 125.1 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 56.8 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 57.9 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 70.8 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 44.3 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 86.6 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 65.4 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 64.4 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 65.4 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 60.3 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 61.5 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 54.3 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 53.6 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 64.4 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 57.1 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 58.3 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 57.6 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 46.3 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 48.1 Albatron 8600GT-256 40.3 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 44.3 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 23.4 1024x768 High Settings: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 87.6 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 38.1 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 37.9 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 39.2 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 34.1 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 39.9 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 37.4 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 10.5 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 45.1 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 27.8 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 27.3 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 27.7 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 25.6 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 28 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 20.4 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 20.2 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 30.1 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 25.7 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 26.1 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 18.4 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 12.8 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 13.1 Albatron 8600GT-256 10.8 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 11.6 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 6.6 1600x1200 Low Settings: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 121.1 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 38 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 71.9 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 23.3 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 43.1 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 54.7 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 59.2 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 11.4 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 60.1 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 40.3 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 39.3 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 40.4 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 36.4 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 40.5 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 28.7 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 28.5 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 39.8 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 35.6 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 36.2 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 29.3 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 14.4 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 14.5 Albatron 8600GT-256 10.9 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 12.3 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 7.3 1600x1200 High Settings: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 70 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 20.9 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 39.5 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 14.4 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 18.5 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 32.3 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 30.3 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 3.6 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 29.5 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 18.2 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 17.8 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 18.2 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 16.6 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 19.4 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 10.2 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 10 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 19 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 16.7 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 17.3 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 7.6 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 4.2 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 4.3 Albatron 8600GT-256 2.6 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 3.2 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 1

PCSTATS saw some, shall we say… odd results in this benchmark. While the MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC performed very well and was consistently the second best card in the list next to the HD 4870 X2, the crossfire results were… varied. While crossfire seemed to provide a boost at low res and detail settings, it seemed to be a positive hindrance at the more demanding levels. We’ll strike it up to a rendering engine oddity. Obviously the MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC is not going to disappoint as a gaming card though.