ATI's Radeon 9800, 9600 & 9200: Still Fighting Strong

Unreal Tournament 2003 Performance AA/Aniso Disabled 1024x768x32 Radeon 9800 Pro Radeon 9700 Pro GeForce FX 5800 Ultra 213.4 205.4 204 | 0 | 43 | 85 | 128 | 171 | 213 | 256

At 1024x768 the performance of all three of these cards is significantly limited by the combination of the test CPU, platform and drivers, which is why they all end up performing quite similarly.

Unreal Tournament 2003 Performance AA/Aniso Disabled 1280x960x32 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra Radeon 9800 Pro Radeon 9700 Pro 181.2 175.7 160.2 | 0 | 36 | 72 | 109 | 145 | 181 | 217

As we up the resolution, the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra begins to separate, in this case outperforming the Radeon 9800 Pro by around 3%.

Unreal Tournament 2003 Performance AA/Aniso Disabled 1600x1024x32 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra Radeon 9800 Pro Radeon 9700 Pro 132.5 120.8 108.6 | 0 | 27 | 53 | 80 | 106 | 133 | 159

The GeForce FX's lead extends to just over 9% at 1600x1200, but let's see how the picture changes once we enable AA and Anisotropic filtering...