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 video cards 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 UQ 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests 8x AA: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 140.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 101.3 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.5 Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 134.1 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 103.1 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 8 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 151.6 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 130.7 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 131.3 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 128 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 123.4 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 152.5 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 130.7 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 124.3 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 134.4 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 71.8 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 74.9 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.8 4x AA / 4x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 140.7 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 115 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 105.1 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 132 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 36.3 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 156.5 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 138 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 137.5 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 137 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 130.9 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 153.9 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 131.4 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 125.3 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 108.7 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 82.3 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 86.3 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 88.8 8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 142.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 105 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.8 Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 133.6 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 123.9 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 26.7 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 137.3 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 106.2 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 105.2 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 105.2 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 98.2 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 121.5 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 99.8 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 91.8 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 87.6 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 51.7 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 53.2 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.7

We found a strange discrepancy when running at 8xAA on our Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 while using our catalyst 8.3 drivers - other combinations of AA and AF worked normally, so this particular error was fairly easy to work around.

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest video cards run at a crawl.

Sierra FEAR SS Disabled 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests 8x AA: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 145 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 69 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 38 Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 126 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 37 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 26.7 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 120 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 65 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 69 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 69 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 63 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 65 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 39 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 36 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 131 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 63 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 25 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 25 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 21 4x AA / 4x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 203 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 117 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 110 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 81 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 77 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 12 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 133 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 71 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 76 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 77 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 71 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 79 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 48 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 45 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 74 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 72 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 24 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 25 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 38 8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 144 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 68 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 39 Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 125 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 59 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 8 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 82 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 43 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 46 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 46 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 42 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 64 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 29 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 27 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 40 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 44 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 13 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 13 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 20

Like many low-end video cards, the Diamond Radeon HD 3650 simply can't run FEAR with anti-aliasing turned on and get acceptable frame rates.