HL2 Benchmarks Revisited

Posted by NoToRiOuS at 19:10 18/11/2004.

After ATI's own HL2 benchmarks earlier in the week, Anandtech have released their own independent results. These benchmarks are comprehensive and even compare the relative gfx cards from ATI against Nvidia (eg the top end XT vs Ultra and Pro vs GT etc).

X800 XT > 6800 Ultra - XT Dominates Ultra by around 20%
GT > Pro - GT just edges in front of the Pro
X700 XT > 6600 GT (budget cards) - 700XT wins by around 5% in total
6800 ~ 6600GT results

Its a shame there was no X800 XT PE included however they are some interesting results nonetheless. ATI seems to have the crown in the top end even without the XT PE in the frame. Check out the full article by clicking on this hyperlink.

*Update*

A few more benchmarks carried out by XBit labs, independently this time. What is intriguing is that the X800 PRO keeps up with the 6800 Ultra in 1024 x 768 resolutions (even with eye candy turned on). Check it out here.

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	Fox ClanNEW 22:06 18/11/2004	think the conclusion really is that HL2 is very CPU dependant. The 6600 GT is an amazing card though for the price. Available in AGP as well for the 99.9% of people without PCI Xpress slots [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MonkH 22:11 18/11/2004	biased imo cus i seen benchmarks were nvidia 6800 beat x800 on few exactly same tests [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Magic^ 22:17 18/11/2004	i doubt its biased these are the expected benchmark results considering the huge problems valve had with nvidia while making the game [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	grav 22:17 18/11/2004	NoToRiOuS the ati fan ? :x Theres only realy a 20% performance advantage 1600x1200 with AA enabled [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 22:18 18/11/2004	For people lookin to get a new card for HL2 etc and don't want to spend 300 quid on a new one. If you have pci xpress mobo, get 6600 GT and then get another when you need to and SLI Them, option you dont have with ATI. If you don't have PCI Xpress, get a 6600 GT anyway as its the only mid range card with AGP option. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MonkH 22:20 18/11/2004	how come on the ATI Radeon X800 Pro vs. NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT they missed out 1600 x 1200 - 4X AA [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	siLki 22:23 18/11/2004	my quadro 4 runs it well so f*** all these expensive cards [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	RuLe\| 22:25 18/11/2004	im acturley looking to buy a GFX card so anyone wanna recommend one would be gratefull, looking to spend bout £200 maybe a tiny bit more =[ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	grav 22:29 18/11/2004	GeForce 6800 its only card in that price range [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 22:29 18/11/2004	noto, your news post is wrong * 6800 ~ 6800GT results should read * 6800 ~ 6600GT results makes it a bit less impressive that the 6800 is almost keeping up [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Danneth 22:40 18/11/2004	ATI all the way ne way [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:29 18/11/2004	... Fox ur 2 things look exactly the same? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:30 18/11/2004	dual ati is coming , saw some details about it not long ago. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 23:36 18/11/2004	lol noto i dunno how else to put it 6 8(eight) 00 GT is different to 6 6(six) 00 GT [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:41 18/11/2004	ROFL omg i read ur comment like 10 times and then the post... going blind.. im too tired from work i tell thee And yes i am an ATI fan nower days, after Nvidia let downs.. Drivers were their strong point then they take months to make a WHQL (?) verified driver, and the dodgy tweaked drivers that gave (cheated them) higher 3dmark scores. Plus Gainward RMA hell.. will be a long long time before i go back to nvidia, if ever [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:45 18/11/2004	just to put my point accross more.. just looked up the 6600gt 150-175 quid not bad but SLI would mean 300-350? and they are so proud they have verfying drivers now they even put it in their features list - GeForce 6800 features at midrange prices! - Shader Model 3.0 - UltraShadow II - Consumer Electronics Video - SLI Multi-GPU Support (PX6600 GT only) - PCI-E–SIG certified - Drivers that pass WHQL *** well done nvidia only took u a few months ps. i ordered an X800 XT PE for 330 inc vat and 2.50 delivery. not bad ^_^ [Edited by NoToRiOuS at 23:43 18/11/2004] [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	emfive 23:46 18/11/2004	I agree with that Fox guy, he seems to know what hes chatting about. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 00:13 19/11/2004	yeh but if you get a 150 card now, then some new game comes out, its only about a 50-60 quid upgrade (by the time you upgrade) to get 180% extra performance on what you already got [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sunman^ 00:29 19/11/2004	Can't wait to get my hand on my ati x800 XT pe going to go with the asus one. FOX ait will more than likly go the route of sli as well though. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Bean funky monkey dealer 06:00 19/11/2004	ATi going SLI is all well and good, but to say NVIDIA own what was 3DFx they have a considerable technology advantage on said counter-part. They could of in my mind brought it out much earlier but now with NForce 4 and the arrival of SATA2 etc, its a much more worth while buy. On a side note the Asus SLI capable NF4 motherboard is just shy of £200. But saying that my budget is going to get spent on the Asus board, Athlon 64 3500+ and the 6800 GT with water cooling, another GT and ram too follow. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	trousers 09:47 19/11/2004	Apparently the nvidia sli driver took 1.5 years to make, so don't expect the ati one anytime soon. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	adren 11:39 19/11/2004	maybe ati started working on SLI 1.5 years ago :o [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 13:17 19/11/2004	Last time there was SLI it wasn't really that sensible unless you were moneybags, by the time just one Voodoo 2 was getting too slow, it was a better option to buy a new TNT2 Ultra than buy a second Voodoo 2. Nowadays it may be different with the exorbitant costs of next gen cards, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happens again. As for ATI, I'm still suspicious as I remember what their cards and drivers were like before the Radeon 9x cards came out - shocking. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MonkH 20:19 19/11/2004	wot u talkin about the x800 keeping up with them the 9800 beats all the cards on a couple of tests ! :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 16:18 20/11/2004	9800 XT not the Pro [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BrorJace Online Multiplayer Gaming 16:26 20/11/2004	these benchmarks are confusing me somewhat... I'm just looking at upgrading and can work out whether the 6800GT PCI Express is anywhere near as good as the X800 XT AGP or whether its the AGP version of the 6800GT they are testing? any clarification would be much appreciated :o) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 19:51 20/11/2004	its the same, AGP / PCI-Express are same cards with HSI bridge on the AGP to make it work (whatever that is) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BrorJace Online Multiplayer Gaming 20:33 20/11/2004	so if i get the one saying PCI-Express it will have the same performance as the AGP version even if i dont put it in the AGP slot? :S [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Rigante 21:55 20/11/2004	the PCI-express versions of the cards are minutely slower than the AGP ones... this review of the latest cards gets a bit anal about all the technical aspects but seems as fair as any I've found: http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/geforce-6600gtagp/index.x?pg=1 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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	Fox ClanNEW 22:06 18/11/2004	think the conclusion really is that HL2 is very CPU dependant. The 6600 GT is an amazing card though for the price. Available in AGP as well for the 99.9% of people without PCI Xpress slots [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MonkH 22:11 18/11/2004	biased imo cus i seen benchmarks were nvidia 6800 beat x800 on few exactly same tests [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Magic^ 22:17 18/11/2004	i doubt its biased these are the expected benchmark results considering the huge problems valve had with nvidia while making the game [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	grav 22:17 18/11/2004	NoToRiOuS the ati fan ? :x Theres only realy a 20% performance advantage 1600x1200 with AA enabled [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 22:18 18/11/2004	For people lookin to get a new card for HL2 etc and don't want to spend 300 quid on a new one. If you have pci xpress mobo, get 6600 GT and then get another when you need to and SLI Them, option you dont have with ATI. If you don't have PCI Xpress, get a 6600 GT anyway as its the only mid range card with AGP option. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MonkH 22:20 18/11/2004	how come on the ATI Radeon X800 Pro vs. NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT they missed out 1600 x 1200 - 4X AA [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	siLki 22:23 18/11/2004	my quadro 4 runs it well so f*** all these expensive cards [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	RuLe\| 22:25 18/11/2004	im acturley looking to buy a GFX card so anyone wanna recommend one would be gratefull, looking to spend bout £200 maybe a tiny bit more =[ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	grav 22:29 18/11/2004	GeForce 6800 its only card in that price range [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 22:29 18/11/2004	noto, your news post is wrong * 6800 ~ 6800GT results should read * 6800 ~ 6600GT results makes it a bit less impressive that the 6800 is almost keeping up [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Danneth 22:40 18/11/2004	ATI all the way ne way [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:29 18/11/2004	... Fox ur 2 things look exactly the same? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:30 18/11/2004	dual ati is coming , saw some details about it not long ago. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 23:36 18/11/2004	lol noto i dunno how else to put it 6 8(eight) 00 GT is different to 6 6(six) 00 GT [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:41 18/11/2004	ROFL omg i read ur comment like 10 times and then the post... going blind.. im too tired from work i tell thee And yes i am an ATI fan nower days, after Nvidia let downs.. Drivers were their strong point then they take months to make a WHQL (?) verified driver, and the dodgy tweaked drivers that gave (cheated them) higher 3dmark scores. Plus Gainward RMA hell.. will be a long long time before i go back to nvidia, if ever [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	NoToRiOuS 2 COOL 4 SKOOL UKTerrorist 23:45 18/11/2004	just to put my point accross more.. just looked up the 6600gt 150-175 quid not bad but SLI would mean 300-350? and they are so proud they have verfying drivers now they even put it in their features list - GeForce 6800 features at midrange prices! - Shader Model 3.0 - UltraShadow II - Consumer Electronics Video - SLI Multi-GPU Support (PX6600 GT only) - PCI-E–SIG certified - Drivers that pass WHQL *** well done nvidia only took u a few months ps. i ordered an X800 XT PE for 330 inc vat and 2.50 delivery. not bad ^_^ [Edited by NoToRiOuS at 23:43 18/11/2004] [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	emfive 23:46 18/11/2004	I agree with that Fox guy, he seems to know what hes chatting about. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 00:13 19/11/2004	yeh but if you get a 150 card now, then some new game comes out, its only about a 50-60 quid upgrade (by the time you upgrade) to get 180% extra performance on what you already got [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sunman^ 00:29 19/11/2004	Can't wait to get my hand on my ati x800 XT pe going to go with the asus one. FOX ait will more than likly go the route of sli as well though. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Bean funky monkey dealer 06:00 19/11/2004	ATi going SLI is all well and good, but to say NVIDIA own what was 3DFx they have a considerable technology advantage on said counter-part. They could of in my mind brought it out much earlier but now with NForce 4 and the arrival of SATA2 etc, its a much more worth while buy. On a side note the Asus SLI capable NF4 motherboard is just shy of £200. But saying that my budget is going to get spent on the Asus board, Athlon 64 3500+ and the 6800 GT with water cooling, another GT and ram too follow. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	trousers 09:47 19/11/2004	Apparently the nvidia sli driver took 1.5 years to make, so don't expect the ati one anytime soon. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	adren 11:39 19/11/2004	maybe ati started working on SLI 1.5 years ago :o [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 13:17 19/11/2004	Last time there was SLI it wasn't really that sensible unless you were moneybags, by the time just one Voodoo 2 was getting too slow, it was a better option to buy a new TNT2 Ultra than buy a second Voodoo 2. Nowadays it may be different with the exorbitant costs of next gen cards, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happens again. As for ATI, I'm still suspicious as I remember what their cards and drivers were like before the Radeon 9x cards came out - shocking. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MonkH 20:19 19/11/2004	wot u talkin about the x800 keeping up with them the 9800 beats all the cards on a couple of tests ! :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 16:18 20/11/2004	9800 XT not the Pro [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BrorJace Online Multiplayer Gaming 16:26 20/11/2004	these benchmarks are confusing me somewhat... I'm just looking at upgrading and can work out whether the 6800GT PCI Express is anywhere near as good as the X800 XT AGP or whether its the AGP version of the 6800GT they are testing? any clarification would be much appreciated :o) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fox ClanNEW 19:51 20/11/2004	its the same, AGP / PCI-Express are same cards with HSI bridge on the AGP to make it work (whatever that is) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	BrorJace Online Multiplayer Gaming 20:33 20/11/2004	so if i get the one saying PCI-Express it will have the same performance as the AGP version even if i dont put it in the AGP slot? :S [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Rigante 21:55 20/11/2004	the PCI-express versions of the cards are minutely slower than the AGP ones... this review of the latest cards gets a bit anal about all the technical aspects but seems as fair as any I've found: http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/geforce-6600gtagp/index.x?pg=1 [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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