XFX 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition 740M 512mb

Oblivion

Oblivion is a game that really taxed all of the cards at the time of it’s release. Well over a year on and the current generation of cards simply fly through it. However, with advanced HDR, excellent draw distances, detailed grass and scenery as well as fantastic water/magic effects it’s a good game to gauge performance for those who love RPG’s.

 

 

Oblivion doesn’t show a very big gap between the 9600 cards, although I felt gameplay was slightly smoother.

 

 

Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes is a WWII-based RTS game that has an enormous amount of world detail. I played a DirectX patched version of the game that gives modern GPU’s a bit of a workout.

 

 

Interestingly CoH showed a very small drop in minimum FPS, but again the, maximum and average frames were that little bit higher than the stock card.