Fallout 3 is based on the same engine used by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and it is a DirectX 9.0c (Shader 3.0) game. We configured the game with “ultra” image quality settings, 4x anti-aliasing and 15x anisotropic filtering. To measure performance, we used the FRAPS running an outdoor scene at God mode, running through enemy fire, triggering post processing effects, and ending with a big explosion in front of Dupont Circle.

Unfortunately we had already returned to the manufacturer several of the video cards included in the previous comparisons and that is why you are seeing less video cards being included on this bechmarking.

Fallout 3 - 1680x1050 - Ultra	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	76.2	3.53%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	74.1	0.68%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	73.6
Radeon HD 4850 X2	73.5	0.11%
Radeon HD 4870	69.5	5.84%
Radeon HD 4850	61.1	20.42%

Fallout 3 - 1920x1200 - Ultra	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	76.1	3.82%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	73.3
Radeon HD 4850 X2	72.4	1.26%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	71.7	2.20%
Radeon HD 4870	64.6	13.56%
Radeon HD 4850	53.0	38.30%

Fallout 3 - 2560x1600 - Ultra	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	68.1	11.46%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	61.6	0.77%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	61.1
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	60.9	0.41%
Radeon HD 4870	47.4	28.96%
Radeon HD 4850	35.6	71.58%