Prey

Prey is the recently released game from 3D Realms based on the id Software Doom 3 engine; We used the demo version to evaluate the performance in this portal ridden game, auto save game point ?downward spiral? where the main character swaps a wrench for a gun and runs through the portals for the first time.



At 1280x1024 with 4xAA performance is phenomenal for all cards!



In a game with a graphics engine once dominated by NVIDIA hardware we see the X1900 GT take a noticeable performance lead, average FPS is high and keeps the game fluently playable.


FEAR

We used the in-game performance benchmark in combination with FRAPS to record min/max/avg FPS, different AA levels at 1280x1024 can be tested quickly:



The Average frame rate of the X1900 GT is again noticeably higher than the 7900 GT even with 4xAA it remains over 40.



The minimum FPS tell a slightly different story, here the two mid-range cards are on par, you can also see that the impact using 2xAA is minimal, but using 4xAA with FEAR sees a larger drop, even with the X1900 XTX.

Let?s check out overclocking/noise/cooling performance of the Powercolor X1900 GT ->