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MSI GeForce 8500 GT Review
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: May 28, 2007
Page: 10 of 11
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Battlefield 2142

Battlefield 2142 is the latest member of the Battlefield franchise. We updated this game to version 1.01. We created our own demo based on Sidi Power Plant map (click here to download the demo we created for this test), which provided a very consistent number of frames per second. We ran it and measured performance with FRAPS. Click here to read in details how we benchmarked using Battlefield 2142.

Since we are comparing mid-range cards, we decided to run this program in two resolutions, 1024x768 (simulating a low resolution) and 1600x1200 (simulating a high resolution). First we ran our demo with image quality set at “low” (with texture manually set at its minimum level) and then with image quality set at “high” (with anti-aliasing manually set at 4x). Below you can see the results, given in frames per second. All video cards listed below were running with the default clock rates defined by the chip manufacturer except the cards marked with “OC”, which are cards that are factory-overclocked.

GeForce 8 Mid-Range

Battlefield 2142 1.01 - 1024x768 - Low Score Difference
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) OC 350.51 175.56%
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 335.30 163.60%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) OC 292.06 129.61%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 262.63 106.47%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 254.29 99.91%
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 230.79 81.44%
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 171.15 34.55%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 164.71 29.49%
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 152.17 19.63%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 142.72 12.20%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 127.20  
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 124.62 2.07%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 87.63 45.16%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 62.96 102.03%

GeForce 8 Mid-Range

Battlefield 2142 1.01 - 1600x1200 - Low Score Difference
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) OC 176.40 173.62%
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 171.89 166.62%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) OC 147.40 128.63%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 132.60 105.68%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 131.81 104.45%
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 117.01 81.50%
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 82.04 27.25%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 78.45 21.68%
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 75.60 17.26%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 68.07 5.58%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 64.47  
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 59.96 7.52%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 42.81 50.60%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 28.47 126.45%

GeForce 8 Mid-Range

Battlefield 2142 1.01 - 1024x768 - High Score Difference
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) OC 89.59 159.53%
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 86.49 150.55%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) OC 77.27 123.84%
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 70.57 104.43%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 69.90 102.49%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 63.95 85.25%
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 46.82 35.63%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 38.99 12.95%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 38.71 12.14%
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 36.30 5.16%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 34.52  
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 30.55 13.00%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 20.32 69.88%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 13.96 147.28%

GeForce 8 Mid-Range

Battlefield 2142 1.01 - 1600x1200 - High Score Difference
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 43.22 154.99%
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) OC 42.49 150.68%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) OC 39.17 131.09%
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 35.05 106.78%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 33.63 98.41%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 31.16 83.83%
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 19.85 17.11%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 17.94 5.84%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 16.95  
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 16.67 1.68%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 16.47 2.91%
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 13.98 21.24%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 9.38 80.70%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 6.49 161.17%

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