Fallout 3 4xAA

Fallout 3 Performance 1600x1200x32
Card	Min FPS	Max FPS
GeForce 9800 GTX	47	92
GeForce 9600 GT	41	78
GeForce 9600 GSO	24	57
GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB	39	74
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2	11	27
GeForce 9500 GT GDDR3	15	35
GeForce 8800 GT/9800 GT	38	83
Radeon HD 3850 512MB	29	60
Radeon HD 3870 1GB	31	67
Radeon HD 4830	35	77
Radeon HD 4850 512MB	36	81
Radeon HD 4670	23	53

Notes

The GeForce 9800 GTX and 9800 GT swept our performance tests with 4xAA. Even the 9600 GT put up a surprising showing against the Radeon 4850, running neck-and-neck with the ATI card in our testing. We have a feeling that drivers may be playing a role in the 4850’s performance, as the card should be performing closer to the 9800 GTX rather than the 9600 GT. For instance, the Radeon 4850 runs 19% slower than the 9800 GTX at 1600x1200. Likewise, ATI’s Radeon 4830 performs closer to the 8800 GTS 640MB than the 9800 GT it’s intended to compete against.

At the lower end of the mainstream segment, ATI’s Radeon 4670 finished 4-10% behind the GeForce 9600 GSO.

Over and over again we’ve seen ATI’s 4000 series GPUs put up very strong 8xAA performance. Let’s see if that continues for the cards we tested today.