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.
Corsair HX1000W is a 1,000 W power supply with six 6/8-pin auxiliary cables for video cards, modular cabling system, solid aluminum capacitors, dual-transformer design and labeled at 50º C. Let’s see if this is a good power supply.
The SilverStone TD02 is a sealed liquid cooling system for CPUs, with a full metal block and a 240 mm radiator cooled by two 120 mm fans side by side. Let’s test it.
Review of the HTC Touch Diamond cell phone that Verizon started offering this month in the US and is based on Windows Mobile 6.1 with TouchFLO 3D interface.
