Date:
Monday , May 12, 2008
Author:
Mark Warner
Editor:
Brent Justice
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Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Gameplay Performance and IQ

The PC version of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, has finally shipped a month after the console version. We've tested Vegas 2, backed by Unreal Engine 3 on six of today's best video cards. What kind of gameplay experience should you expect on which GPU!

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Test Setup

For this evaluation we are using a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard. We are using an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 processor running at 2.93 GHz, and 2GB of OCZ DDR2-800 memory with 4-4-4-12 timings. We are using the latest chipset drivers available and the latest BIOS at time of evaluation.

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For this comparison we are using default, out-of-box clock speeds on all video cards. We are using Windows Vista Ultimate x64 throughout with Service Pack 1 Installed.

Please be aware we test our video cards a bit differently from what is the norm. We concentrate on examining the real-world gameplay that each video card provides. The Highest Playable section shows the best Image Quality delivered at a playable frame rate. Please refer to this article for an explanation about our evaluation process. This page outlines our exact process for determining “Best Playable” which may quite a bit different than what we see many assume.