ROME: TOTAL WAR DEMO
This is a massive real-time strategy game with it's predecessors being:
Medieval: Total War and Shogun: Total War. Details about it are still a bit
sketchy as the demo just came out the last week of August. However, DirectX 9.0b
is a minimum system requirement but shader model 2.0 does not seem to be
utilized in the demo. Geometric instancing seems like a perfect fit for this
game but at the time of this writing I was unable to verify whether that is
taken advantage of or not by capable hardware.
Rome: Total War Demo
Rome: Total War Demo - 1024x768 - NVCP
AA/AF percentage value indicates
performance hit from the 6800 Ultra
Nothing really surprising from the results above. We're seeing a
classic CPU bottleneck at play as both cards are dead even. So, let's move on
the 1600x1200.
Rome: Total War Demo - 1600x1200 - NVCP
AA/AF percentage value indicates
performance hit from the 6800 Ultra
The higher resolution helps to move stress back onto the video
card (even though R:TW is reportedly a more CPU/RAM intensive game). Even at the
highest settings, however, the Inno3D 6800 still manages to be in the 30fps
neighborhood which is very acceptable to most RTS gamers.
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COLIN MCRAE RALLY 2005 DEMO Fifth in a highly popular and long-running series, Colin McRae Rally 2005
required DirectX 9.0c.
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Demo
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Demo - 1024x768 -
NVCP AA/AF percentage value indicates
performance hit from the 6800 Ultra
The Inno3D 6800 fares pretty well here staying at or
below the 20% performance hit that most consider to be the point it becomes
substantial. The percentage hit matters more at lower FPS (20~40). Anything
higher and the differences become less noticeable to most gamers.
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Demo - 1600x1200 -
NVCP AA/AF percentage value indicates
performance hit from the 6800 Ultra
At 1600x1200 the game really was much less responsive (not choppy, just slower
to react) if AA was enabled. Of course, at 1600x1200 on a 19" or smaller monitor
the jaggies are far less noticeable anyway.
