CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Videocards' features
3. Testbed configurations, test tools
4. Test results: Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
5. Test results: Return To Castle Wolfenstein
6. Test results: Code Creatures DEMO
7. Test results: Unreal Tournament 2003
8. Test results: Unreal II: The Awakening
9. Test results: RightMark 3D
10. Test results: TRAOD
11. Test results: FarCry
12. Test results: Call Of Duty
13. Test results: HALO: Combat Evolved
14. Test results: Half-Life2(beta)
15. Test results: Splinter Cell
16. Test results: Painkiller
17. Conclusions

Unreal II: The Awakening

The lightest mode (no AA or anisotropy): GeForce 6800 wins a very conclusive victory and 6800 Ultra has a slight advantage.

The heaviest mode (AA and anisotropy): 6800 is equal to 9800 XT but is still much better than 5950 Ultra. 6800 Ultra has a parity with its rival.

Total:

• Leadtek GeForce 6800 Ultra vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT roughly, a parity
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. ATI RADEON 9800 XT: a slight advantage or a parity
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: a victory.

RightMark 3D

Total:

• Leadtek GeForce 6800 Ultra vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT: a victory
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. ATI RADEON 9800 XT: a victory
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: a victory.

TR:AoD, Paris5_4 DEMO

Total:

• Leadtek GeForce 6800 Ultra vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT: a total loss
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. ATI RADEON 9800 XT: vice versa, a total victory
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: a threefold advantage due to an excellent correction of mistakes concerning shaders 2.0.

FarCry, demo01

The lightest mode (no AA or anisotropy) in the most popular of actual benchmarks: 6800 Ultra has an approximate parity with its rival, while 6800 loses to 9800XT though exceeding its predecessor.

The heaviest mode (AA and anisotropy): 6800 wins a magnificent victory and 6800 Ultra has a slight advantage. Total:

• Leadtek GeForce 6800 Ultra vs. ATI RADEON X800 XT: a slim advantage
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. ATI RADEON 9800 XT: difficult to say, each has both wins and losses
• Leadtek GeForce 6800 vs. NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: a victory.

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