Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2 is a popular franchise and we benchmark the video cards using Episode Two with the aid of HOC Half-Life 2 Episode Two benchmarking utility using the “HOC Demo 1” provided by this program. We ran the game in three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, with quality set to maximum, x16 anisotropic filtering and 16xQCS anti-aliasing. The results below are the average number of frames per second (FPS) achieved by each card.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two – 1680×1050 – High Score Difference
Radeon HD 4850 X2
158.0
26.40%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
157.0
25.60%
Radeon HD 4870
144.0
15.20%
GeForce 9800 GTX
137.9
10.32%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
126.1
0.88%
GeForce 9800 GX2
125.4
0.32%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.) 125.0
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
121.0
3.31%
Radeon HD 4850
116.2
7.57%
Radeon HD 4830
101.0
23.76%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
94.0
32.98%
GeForce GTX 280
89.3
39.98%
GeForce 9800 GT
80.0
56.25%
Radeon HD 3870
68.3
83.02%
Half-Life 2: Episode Two – 1920×1200 – High Score Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
157.0
49.52%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
152.0
44.76%
Radeon HD 4870
124.0
18.10%
GeForce 9800 GTX
116.3
10.76%
GeForce 9800 GX2
111.1
5.81%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
106.5
1.43%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.) 105.0
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
101.0
3.96%
Radeon HD 4850
97.2
8.02%
Radeon HD 4830
85.0
23.53%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
74.0
41.89%
GeForce GTX 280
70.3
49.36%
GeForce 9800 GT
63.0
66.67%
Radeon HD 3870
56.8
84.86%
Half-Life 2: Episode Two – 2560×1600 – High Score Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
130.0
103.13%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
108.0
68.75%
Radeon HD 4870
75.0
17.19%
GeForce 9800 GTX
71.3
11.41%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.) 64.0
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
61.0
4.92%
Radeon HD 4850
58.4
9.59%
Radeon HD 4830
51.0
25.49%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
50.6
26.48%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
39.0
64.10%
GeForce 9800 GX2
37.5
70.67%
GeForce 9800 GT
36.0
77.78%
GeForce GTX 280
35.5
80.28%
Radeon HD 3870
34.9
83.38%
