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ASUS M3A78-T AMD Motherboard
Half Life 2 Episode 2
About Half Life 2 Episode Two:
Half Life 2 Episode 2 is the sequel to valves original Half Life 2. With the ending of episode one of Gordon Freedman leaving City 17, we find the ourselves in the country side with a vast surrounding environment. Once escaped from City 17, Gordon finds himself carrying important information that contains the location of the combine home world and information on how to stop the combine from opening the super portal and receiving a greater combine invasion.
Playing in such a lush environment we find the need for a higher performing hardware.
Benchmarking Half Life 2 Episode Two:
For benchmarking Half Life 2 Episode Two we will be using a combination of FRAPS and the built in timedemo. Similar to Doom 3, to run the timedemo you must first open the console and tell the game to run the time demo. Unfortunately Half Life 2 Episode Two doesn't include a built in timedemo as Doom 3 did, so we decided make a recording where we felt the game stressed the graphics card the most. To open the console you simply press "~" and type "timedemo <Demo_Name>" to run the timedemo.
Benchmark Results:
Half Life 2: Episode Two |
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High Settings, with Anti-Aliasing Off : 1920x1200 |
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Min FPS |
Max FPS |
Avg. FPS |
Model Detail: High |
7 |
20 |
12.359 |
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Built-in Benchmark: Time Demo Results 2289 Frames rendered in 185210 Seconds 12 FPS |
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Half Life 2: Episode Two |
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High Settings, with Anti-Aliasing Off : 1280x1024 |
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Min FPS |
Max FPS |
Avg. FPS |
Model Detail: High |
14 |
32 |
21.336 |
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Built-in Benchmark: Time Demo Results 2289 Frames rendered in116889 Seconds 21.336 FPS |
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Half Life Two Episode Two isn't a very demanding game, so we first tried to set the game on High settings with no AA and a resolution of 1920x1200. With these settings we received 12.359 frames per seconds, some would say not playable. Knowing this, we decided to lower the settings to High with no AA and a resolution of 1280x1024. From looking at the data in the charts above, we received 21.336 frames per second, which is just in the middle of what is and is not considered playable. Remember this is with the ASUS M3A78-T on-board video of ATI's 3300. This is pretty impressive to say the least. Take into consideration that you can go out and get any ATI CrossfireX capable card and up these scores considerably.