Games Benchmarks - Splinter Cell (DirectX)
Here we'll use our Splinter Cell Oil Refinery demo to assess the performance of the X700's in this DirectX8 title.
| Splinter Cell (FPS) | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 |
| X700 XT | 64.2 | 58.1 | 51.2 | 40.9 | 34.7 |
| X700 PRO | 53.1 | 48.2 | 42.6 | 34.1 | 29.1 |
| X800 XT | 97.1 | 92.0 | 86.3 | 71.1 | 62.9 |
| X600 XT | 44.4 | 39.1 | 33.7 | 26.8 | 21.8 |
| 9800 PRO | 58.3 | 51.8 | 45.9 | 36.7 | 31.8 |
| X700 XT % Faster Than: | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 |
| X700 PRO | 20.8% | 20.6% | 20.1% | 20.2% | 19.3% |
| X800 XT | -33.9% | -36.9% | -40.7% | -42.4% | -44.8% |
| X600 XT | 44.6% | 48.5% | 51.9% | 52.8% | 59.2% |
| 9800 PRO | 10.0% | 12.1% | 11.4% | 11.5% | 9.3% |
| X700 PRO % Faster Than: | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 |
| X800 XT | -45.3% | -47.6% | -50.7% | -52.1% | -53.7% |
| X600 XT | 19.7% | 23.1% | 26.4% | 27.1% | 33.5% |
| 9800 PRO | -8.9% | -7.0% | -7.3% | -7.2% | -8.4% |
At high resolutions the performance differences between the boards appear to correlate to their relative bandwidth differences. The 9800 PRO is the board that bucks this trend, again, as although it has a higher bandwidth than the X700's it ends up between the both of them in final performance.
| Splinter Cell - 8x AF (FPS) | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 |
| X700 XT | 57.5 | 51.4 | 45.0 | 35.6 | 30.3 |
| X700 PRO | 46.1 | 41.8 | 37.3 | 29.5 | 25.4 |
| X800 XT | 93.4 | 88.5 | 77.5 | 62.7 | 56.2 |
| X600 XT | 37.4 | 32.5 | 27.6 | 21.9 | 18.2 |
| 9800 PRO | 50.0 | 43.7 | 38.4 | 29.4 | 25.8 |
| X700 XT % Faster Than: | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 |
| X700 PRO | 24.8% | 23.0% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 19.0% |
| X800 XT | -38.4% | -41.9% | -41.9% | -43.3% | -46.2% |
| X600 XT | 53.6% | 58.3% | 62.8% | 62.4% | 66.3% |
| 9800 PRO | 15.1% | 17.8% | 17.2% | 20.9% | 17.2% |
| X700 PRO % Faster Than: | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 |
| X800 XT | -50.6% | -52.8% | -51.9% | -52.9% | -54.8% |
| X600 XT | 23.1% | 28.7% | 34.9% | 34.7% | 39.7% |
| 9800 PRO | -7.8% | -4.2% | -2.9% | 0.3% | -1.5% |
The performance difference trends with 8x AF are similar to normal rendering, however here the 9800 PRO comes off a little worse, with the performance even closer to the X700 PRO - again, this is highly likely due to the differences in how the boards handle their default texture filtering, which is allowing the X700's to overcome their bandwidth deficit.
