Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Performance Analysis

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I like the nvidia shadows more makes it less bland look imo a more definitive look which i like.

I was wonding why no 4870 like above.

SSAO on :) reminds me of ripping dvd's and messing with sharpness, debanding etc the telephone wire atleast.
 
The first screen shot comparison is quite tricky :) on the first look you might think the geforce does not render the red car at all.
 
Nice article so far. I'm still reading the article, but I just wanted to point out that on page 7 of this review, I think the author somehow confused (a couple times) the 4830 with the 4850, and also the GTS 250 with the GTX 260 cards.

With the resolution increased to 1920x1200, only the Radeon HD 4830 and GeForce GTS 250 barely pass the playable standard with over 30 FPS minimum frame rates.
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Clearly, he meant the other cards here.
 
[citation][nom]SpadeM[/nom]The first screen shot comparison is quite tricky on the first look you might think the geforce does not render the red car at all.[/citation]
A roll over png or jpg would have probably done better then the color restrivie .gif that was used, Shame that IE8 doesn't support APNG like opera and ff does, it would def make the format much more popular.
 
I really like the additional benchmark that imitates different number of cores and clocks. It gives us an idea of performance we would get on similar specs with our system.
 
Somehow i missed benches from hd4770 or 4870/4890 and gtx275. but maybe it's because this game doesn't require good GPU to be playable.
 
I think that, if you want to play this game with 8x MSAA, 8x AA, and High settings, a GTX 275 SLI will work. This game must be amazing at those settings! I like Race Games too, but NSF also lost me on Pro Street. I hope Burnout delivers what EA couldn't...
 
Phenom 940 @ 3400 [no need to amp voltage]
HD4870 core@790 GRAM512Mb@4400Mhz
2x2GB 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
this all on 22"@1680x1050 all fx crankt up...
50~100fps
 
It's a nice game alright, but it has one drawback that offsets how easy it is to run it. It has no LAN only gaming options, so how little hardware is required becomes irrelevant as you're forced to have internet access to play with your own family.
 
... tha 100fps iz rear in the hills... just turned v-sync off and turn up tha AMD fusion tool... it's rear, that it drops below 50fps...
 
[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... tha 100fps iz rear in the hills... just turned v-sync off and turn up tha AMD fusion tool... it's rear, that it drops below 50fps...[/citation]


That's funny. I guess Don was lying to us when he wrote the following...

"While EA was nice enough to provide us with testing materials, it wasn't able to give us access to the developers to see if there was a way around the vsync limitation for our benchmarks. Regardless, we will benchmark with a 60 frame per second (FPS) limit cap, and this will reflect exactly the kind of experience that you, the user, will have."
 
Well the 60Hz V-sync limit is only the limit if that is what your monitor refreshed at. If someone has a good quality CRT still its very possible to have them with refresh rates in the 75-85Hz range. I haven't see any with 100Hz refresh yet. (I happen to be using a 21" CRT still that does 75Hz at 1600x1200. I've got a 26" LCD in the mail though, we'll see how they compare)
 
"Up front, we have to say that there is no way to turn off vsync in this game. Forcing vsync off with the Radeon or GeForce drivers had no effect."

"It looks like every card we tested is bumping up against the 60 FPS vsync limit"

"hitting the 60 FPS vsync barrier"

"still hitting the vsync barrier, suggesting it has more to give"

Everyone claiming they reached higher fps rates please post how you did it and show screenshots for proof.
 
Liked the article but when they do game reviews or tests like this article why don't they use the Nvidia Performance to crank up the settings to 16xQ in the control panel to see if there is a difference, especially with the new Antialiasing SLI mode.
 
From my point of view, the result in the benchmarks are more than enough for us to know what we need to play Burnout P. It gives hope to mid-to-low end PC owner to be able to play this gorgeous game.

I heard Chris is planning on a story on WoW. You guys with integrated GPUs and sub$250 PC owners should look forward to it :)
 
"Finally, at the ultra-high 2560x1600 resolution, our Radeon HD 4650 DDR2 is rendered unplayable."
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I would not see why you'd call this performance unplayable when the minimum fps is above 22fps, and avg fps is 26fps!
As long as your fps don't go below 20fps during gameplay it is very playable!
 
[citation][nom]ProDigit80[/nom]I would not see why you'd call this performance unplayable when the minimum fps is above 22fps, and avg fps is 26fps!As long as your fps don't go below 20fps during gameplay it is very playable![/citation]
Have you tested your claim? It's a very fast paced game, and I believe that is a too low frame rate for such game. Can't say for sure though, cause I've got no system with a directx level high enough but performance poor enough.
 
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