[H]ard|OCP reviews BFGTech 9600 GT OC in SLi form and compares it to a single GeForce 8800 GTX
Will two BFGTech GeForce 9600 GT OC video cards SLI'd offer a better gaming experience than a GeForce 8800 GTX? NVIDIA thinks so. Let's see what the real-world differences are with 9600 GT SLI and an 8800 GTX in Crysis, COD 4 & UT3.
We are using the full version of Crysis. Crysis is a first person shooter that is set in 2019. What makes Crysis unique is the amazing destructible environment and the on the fly customizability of your character and your weapons. Then there is always the graphics quality that will bring even the top end video cards to their knees. We will be playing Crysis in the default APIs for our system, which launches automatically in DX10 mode with the 64-bit executable. We have applied the latest Patch version 1.2 for Crysis which was just released last week.
As you progress through Crysis the game becomes more graphically demanding; first the scenic vistas, then the weather effects, and finally the final boss all lead your optimized playable settings of the first few levels to become unplayable. Our run-through in the graphs below involves 10 minutes of gameplay in "Assault_Crysis" the Harbor map. This map includes the transition from night to day, tons of explosions, particles, physics, AI interaction and water...
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