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, under two scenarios. First with quality set to maximum, bilinear filtering and anti-aliasing set to x0. This configuration we are calling “low” on the charts and tables below. Then we maxed out image quality settings, enabling x16 anisotropic filtering and 16xQCS anti-aliasing. This configuration we are calling “high” on our charts and tables. We updated the game up to the June 9th 2008 patch. The results below are the average number of frames per second (FPS) achieved by each card.
Let’s test the Seagate Wireless Plus 1 TB external HDD, which has both Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 interfaces, accessible by PCs, tablets, and smartphones. Check it out!
We benchmarked the forthcoming SiS 771, a socket AM2 chipset with integrated graphics. Take a look to have a clue on the performance of motherboards based on this new chipset.
GeForce 7950 GX2 M570 1GB DDR3 XXX (PV-T71U-ZDD9) review, a factory-overclocked GeForce 7950 GX2 from XFX. GeForce 7950 GX2 is today the most high-end NVIDIA-based VGA, using two GeForce 7950 chips.
