Performance in RPG

Gothic 3

The current version of the game doesn’t support FSAA, so we performed the test with anisotropic filtering only.

Judging by the results, the current generation of inexpensive mainstream graphics cards can’t provide a playable speed in Gothic 3. The MSI RX2600XT Diamond 512 is the closest to doing this, but the real comfort can only be achieved with an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB or better graphics card.

Neverwinter Nights 2

The game offers FSAA starting with version 1.04, but its support for HDR is still deficient, so we are benchmarking the cards in the eye candy mode only.

What we’ve said about the previous test is also true for Neverwinter Nights 2. Only two out of the six cards, except for the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, can deliver 15fps or something at 1280x1024, and their performance bottoms out to below this minimum playable level in the most complex scenes. As for the GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, this graphics card makes the game playable at the highest graphics quality settings at 1600x1200 with 4x FSAA.