Call of Duty 4 is a DirectX 9 game implementing high-dynamic range (HDR) and its own physics engine, which is used to calculate how objects interact. For example, if you shoot, what exactly will happen to the object when the bullet hits it? Will it break? Will it move? Will the bullet bounce back? It gives a more realistic experience to the user.
We ran this program at three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, maxing out all image quality controls (i.e., everything was put on the maximum values on the Graphics and Texture menus). We used the game internal benchmarking feature, running a demo provided by NVIDIA called “wetwork.” We are putting this demo for downloading here if you want to run your own benchmarks. The game was updated to version 1.6. The results below are the average number of frames per second (FPS) achieved by each card.
Today AMD is releasing their latest GPU, the Radeon HD 6790, a direct competitor to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Let’s check the performance of the reference model.
Our review of Core 2 Extreme QX6700, the first Intel quad-core CPU running at 2.66 GHz and compatible with socket 775 platform. Does quad-core CPUs really improve PC performance? Check it out.
