Comanche 4
Flight simulators rarely make good graphics benchmarks as they
are mostly CPU/platform limited, but in order to make this review complete
with included one in the test suite. We used the publicly available Comanche
4 demo and ran its internal benchmark to see if it could harness the power
of the R300:
Comanche
4
Benchmark Demo @ 1024x768 |
ATI
Radeon 9700 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
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0 |
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10 |
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21 |
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31 |
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42 |
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52 |
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62 |
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This should come as a bit of a surprise, but the Radeon 9700
Pro actually falls behind the Ti 4600 in this test. The explanation is simple;
at most resolutions Comanche 4, like most flight simulators, is CPU and driver
bound allowing the lesser equipped GeForce4 to inch its way ahead.
Comanche
4
Benchmark Demo @ 1280x1024 |
ATI
Radeon 9700 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
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0 |
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10 |
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20 |
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30 |
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40 |
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50 |
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60 |
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The two are effectively tied at 1280x1024.
Comanche
4
Benchmark Demo @ 1600x1200 |
ATI
Radeon 9700 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
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0 |
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9 |
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19 |
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28 |
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38 |
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47 |
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6 |
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Finally at 1600x1200 we begin to see the Radeon 9700 Pro pull
away, but not by much; it's clear that both of these cards are overkill for
this game.
49.7
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SlyNine - Sunday, March 28, 2010 - link
Long live the 9700pro lol.joeh4384 - Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - link
I remember having a P4 and the all in wonder version of this back in 03.Thatguy97 - Thursday, May 7, 2015 - link
Best card of all time hands downastrophysicsblackguy - Sunday, May 21, 2017 - link
Amazing graphics card, plays battlefield 1 flawlessly.Mitty - Friday, April 13, 2018 - link
Mine was watercooled. ;) God I feel old.EliteRetard - Monday, February 3, 2020 - link
Continuing the trend of looking back at the good ol' days.Considering inflation (vs 2020), this card launched at something like $550.
I still have one running on an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe w/ a Barton @ 2.6GHz
bswalt - Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - link
That Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe was a legendary motherboard!! Sweet classic build there!!bswalt - Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - link
So many great memories from my first PC build. What a great video card! Looks so pedestrian in 2020.