Can it game?
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Enemy Territory: QW - 1,280x1,024 0xAA 0xAF |
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Inno3D GeForce GT 220 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 IGP | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 | Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 |
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131.95 | 25.95 | 128.4 | 112.65 |
Enemy Territory: QW - 1,680x1,050 0xAA 0xAF |
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Inno3D GeForce GT 220 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 IGP | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 | Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 |
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110.45 | 19.7 | 122.2 | 89.35 |
Most users might not rush out
to purchase low-end GPUs primarily for gaming purposes, but it's worth
knowing if a card is at all capable.
Our OpenGL test - run at low
quality with no anti-aliasing and no anisotropic filtering - produces
decent numbers on the trio of discrete cards. The Radeon HD 4200 IGP,
meanwhile, delivers an unplayable experience at 1,680x1,050.
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 1,280x1,024 0xAA 0xAF |
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Inno3D GeForce GT 220 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 IGP | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 | Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 |
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35.04 | 7.89 | 55.97 | 33.76 |
Far Cry 2 1,680x1,050 0xAA 0xAF |
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Inno3D GeForce GT 220 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 IGP | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 | Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 |
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29.54 | 6.44 | 45.94 | 28.26 |
Our most intensive gaming
benchmark, Far Cry 2, shows that the Inno3D GeForce GT 220 is roughly
on par with the Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 - both delivering just enough
power to provide acceptable frame rates. The Radeon HD 4670 is
significantly faster, though, and the IGP, clearly, isn't up to
the task.
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
H.A.W.X - 1,280x1,024 0xAA 0xAF |
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Inno3D GeForce GT 220 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 IGP | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 | Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 |
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92 | 22 | 114.5 | 80 |
H.A.W.X - 1,680x1,050 0xAA 0xAF |
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Inno3D GeForce GT 220 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 IGP | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 | Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 |
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72.5 | 17 | 95.5 | 62.5 |
It's a similar story in Tom
Clancy's H.A.W.X. The GeForce GT 220 offers up to 16 per
cent better performance than the slightly-cheaper Radeon HD 4650, but
is taken to task by the same-priced Radeon HD 4670.
As far as no-frills 3D gaming
is concerned, the GeForce GT 220 is a useful step up from integrated
graphics, but it's not competitive with a price-comparable rival
offering
from AMD.