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Jun. 8, 2006
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory



Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is a little different than the rest of our benchmarks. The game supports SM 1.1, SM2.0 and SM 3.0. With SM 2.0 and 3.0 you have the choice to enable some new visual effects, perhaps most notably, HDR (High Dynamic Range) lighting. Of course, turning these effects on will greatly impact your performance. Whereas in the past we had to alternate between using SM 2.0 and SM 3.0 for the ATI and NVIDIA cards respectively, we can now run SM3.0 with both companies' cards. As you will see below, we have tested each of the cards with and without all of the extra features available with SM3.0. I will refer to SM 3.0 with the extras turned on as SM 3.0+.

The timedemo we used was the one included with the game, and we used a batch file to run the timedemo three times at each setting. Patch 1.05 was used.

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (SM 3.0) @ 1024 x 768
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
126
118
115
115
102
95
83
81
72
50
0
FPS
160
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
109
103
80
68
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
FPS
160
 
 

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (SM 3.0) @ 1600 x 1200
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
87
81
72
67
57
54
46
45
39
27
0
FPS
160
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
69
59
44
37
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
FPS
160
 
 

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (SM 3.0) @ 2048 x 1536
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
60
58
48
47
40
36
32
29
22
17
0
FPS
160
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
47
39
29
24
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
FPS
160
 
 

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (SM 3.0+) @ 1024 x 768
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
107
99
90
83
72
69
58
58
48
38
0
FPS
120
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
103
87
67
56
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
FPS
120
 
 

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (SM 3.0+) @ 1600 x 1200
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
64
53
48
44
37
36
29
29
24
19
0
FPS
120
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
60
46
35
28
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
FPS
120
 
 

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (SM 3.0+) @ 2048 x 1536
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
42
35
31
29
25
23
20
19
14
12
0
FPS
120
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
40
30
22
18
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
FPS
120
 
 


We'd like to thank Directron.com for donating the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 Motherboard which we used for testing.


 
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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: The Card & Bundle
Page 3: The HDR+AA Fiasco
Page 4: Test Setup
Page 5: Benchmarks: Half-Life 2
Page 6: Benchmarks: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Page 7: Benchmarks: Quake 4
Page 8: Benchmarks: X3 Reunion Demo
Page 9: Benchmarks: Chronicles of Riddick
Page 10: Benchmarks: F.E.A.R.
Page 11: Benchmarks: Need for Speed Most Wanted
Page 12: Benchmarks: Black & White 2
Page 13: Benchmarks: 3DMark '06
Page 14: Overclocking... and Underclocking?
Page 15: Performance Summary
Page 16: Conclusion


1 User Comment
1 - Posted by Kurtis on June 8, 2006 - 3:48 pm

I've updated this review. (See conclusion)

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