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GeForce GTX 280 Video Card Review
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: June 16, 2008
Page: 9 of 11
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BFG Technologies BFG GeForce GTX 280 Video Card - OverClocked Ed. 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Ready Dual Link Dual DVI HDTV HDMI Support VGA Support BFGEGTX2801024OCE
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Half-Life 2 is a popular franchise and we benchmark the video cards using Episode Two with the aid of HOC Half-Life 2 Episode Two benchmarking utility using the “HOC Demo 1” provided by this program. We ran the game in three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600, under two scenarios. First with quality set to maximum, bilinear filtering and anti-aliasing set to x0. This configuration we are calling “low” on the charts and tables below. Then we maxed out image quality settings, enabling x16 anisotropic filtering and 16xQCS anti-aliasing. This configuration we are calling “high” on our charts and tables. We updated the game up to the June 9th 2008 patch.

GeForce GTX 280

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1680x1050 – LowScoreDifference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2160.42.62%
GeForce GTX 280156.3 
GeForce 9800 GTX153.81.63%
Radeon HD 3870145.77.28%
GeForce 9800 GX2136.814.25%

GeForce GTX 280

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1920x1200 – LowScoreDifference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2156.70.26%
GeForce GTX 280156.3 
GeForce 9800 GTX146.96.40%
GeForce 9800 GX2135.215.61%
Radeon HD 3870120.130.14%

GeForce GTX 280

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 2560x1600 – LowScoreDifference
GeForce GTX 280145.1 
GeForce 9800 GX2130.611.10%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2129.711.87%
GeForce 9800 GTX107.934.48%
Radeon HD 387072.899.31%

GeForce GTX 280

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1680x1050 – HighScoreDifference
GeForce 9800 GTX137.954.42%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2126.141.21%
GeForce 9800 GX2125.440.43%
GeForce GTX 28089.3 
Radeon HD 387068.330.7%

GeForce GTX 280

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1920x1200 – HighScoreDifference
GeForce 9800 GTX116.365.43%
GeForce 9800 GX2111.158.04%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2106.551.49%
GeForce GTX 28070.3 
Radeon HD 387056.823.77%

GeForce GTX 280

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 2560x1600 – HighScoreDifference
GeForce 9800 GTX71.3100.85%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X250.642.54%
GeForce 9800 GX237.55.63%
GeForce GTX 28035.5 
Radeon HD 387034.91.72%

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