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ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra Video Card Review
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: August 13, 2008
Page: 10 of 11
Real-time pricing for EVGA 512-P3-N874-AR.
EVGA e-GeForce 9800 GTX PCI Express 2.0 Display Card 512-P3-N874-AR EVGA e-GeForce 9800 GTX PCI Express 2.0 Display Card
B&H Photo Video: $233.50

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. The results below are the average number of frames per second (FPS) achieved by each card.

ECS Hydra GeForce 9800 GTX+

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1680x1050 - LowScoreDifference
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870170.012.58%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850164.99.21%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2160.46.23%
Radeon HD 4870 X2160.05.96%
GeForce 9800 GTX+160.05.96%
GeForce GTX 260157.03.97%
GeForce GTX 280156.33.51%
GeForce 9800 GT156.03.31%
GeForce 9800 GTX153.81.85%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI151.0 
Radeon HD 3870145.73.64%
GeForce 9800 GX2136.810.38%

ECS Hydra GeForce 9800 GTX+

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1920x1200 - LowScoreDifference
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870165.010.74%
Radeon HD 4870 X2158.06.04%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2156.75.17%
GeForce GTX 280156.34.90%
GeForce 9800 GTX+155.04.03%
GeForce GTX 260153.02.68%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850149.80.54%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI149.0 
GeForce 9800 GTX146.91.43%
GeForce 9800 GT143.04.20%
GeForce 9800 GX2135.210.21%
Radeon HD 3870120.124.06%

ECS Hydra GeForce 9800 GTX+

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 2560x1600 - LowScoreDifference
Radeon HD 4870 X2156.06.12%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI147.0 
GeForce GTX 280145.11.31%
GeForce 9800 GX2130.612.56%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2129.713.34%
GeForce GTX 260124.018.55%
GeForce 9800 GTX+119.023.53%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870117.025.64%
GeForce 9800 GTX107.936.24%
GeForce 9800 GT96.053.13%
Sapphire Radeon HD 485093.956.55%
Radeon HD 387072.8101.92%

ECS Hydra GeForce 9800 GTX+

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1680x1050 - HighScoreDifference
Radeon HD 4870 X2157.08.28%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI145.0 
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870144.00.69%
GeForce 9800 GTX137.95.15%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2126.114.99%
GeForce 9800 GX2125.415.63%
GeForce GTX 260121.019.83%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850116.224.78%
GeForce 9800 GTX+94.054.26%
GeForce GTX 28089.362.37%
GeForce 9800 GT80.081.25%
Radeon HD 387068.3112.30%

ECS Hydra GeForce 9800 GTX+

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 1920x1200 - HighScoreDifference
Radeon HD 4870 X2157.019.85%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI131.0 
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870124.05.65%
GeForce 9800 GTX116.312.64%
GeForce 9800 GX2111.117.91%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2106.523.00%
GeForce GTX 260101.029.70%
Sapphire Radeon HD 485097.234.77%
GeForce 9800 GTX+74.077.03%
GeForce GTX 28070.386.34%
GeForce 9800 GT63.0107.94%
Radeon HD 387056.8130.63%

ECS Hydra GeForce 9800 GTX+

Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 2560x1600 - HighScoreDifference
Radeon HD 4870 X2130.0182.61%
Sapphire Radeon HD 487075.063.04%
GeForce 9800 GTX71.355.00%
GeForce GTX 26061.032.61%
Sapphire Radeon HD 485058.426.96%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X250.610.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI46.0 
GeForce 9800 GTX+39.017.95%
GeForce 9800 GX237.522.67%
GeForce 9800 GT36.027.78%
GeForce GTX 28035.529.58%
Radeon HD 387034.931.81%

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