ASUS EN8800GT TOP 512MB Graphics Card Review

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig     |     April 7, 2008

Half Life II: Episode 2

Half Life 2: Episode 2 is the newest instalment in Valve’s long running Half Life series and this is without a doubt the best looking game in the series. For this benchmark a typical 10 minute exterior gameplay sequence was prerecorded and then played back using the in-game timedemo feature. The results were recorded with FRAPS.

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As we have seen in the past, it seems like Source engine games benefit quite a bit from overclocking your graphics card and here we see this borne out once again. While some tests have the telltale signs of CPU limitation (even with a quad core at 3.5Ghz) but in other tests the ASUS 8800GT TOP pulls ahead of the 8800GTS 512MB once again.
 
 
 

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