Date:
Tuesday , August 28, 2007
Author:
Brent Justice
Editor:
Kyle Bennett
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Call of Juarez DX10 Performance and Image Quality

Call of Juarez enjoys a very large and noticeable visual difference in DirectX 10 versus DirectX 9. This is the first game to make us say “Wow!” at the visual quality improvements using DX10. We will explore GPU performance scaling and image quality comparisons using the 8800 Ultra, GTS, & 2900 XT.

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System Test Setup

For evaluation we are using an EVGA NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI motherboard. We are using an Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 2.93 GHz processor and 2GB of Corsair XMS2 Dominator CM2X1024-8888C4D at 4-4-4-12 1T. We are using the latest chipset drivers available and the latest BIOS at time of evaluation.

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Video Card Comparison Setup

For this comparison we are using stock, default clock speeds on all video cards. So keep in mind that factory overclocked video cards may show slightly higher performance than what you see here. This was done to give everyone a "fair" showing and see how the GPUs will scale. With the 320 MB and 640 MB 8800 GTS having the same clock speeds we can see how RAM capacity affects this game as well. We are using Windows Vista Ultimate x64 throughout for both DX9 and DX10 evaluation.