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Follow-up on the previous part - this time with DX8 and DX9 hardware. If you are instered in this era of GPUs, you are in the right place. Radeon 9700 Pro, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra and many others, everything thoroughly tested.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted


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Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 800×600 noAA, noAF [fps]


◄ 1% low fps | average fps ►
GeForce 7800 GS
66.9
93.3
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
65.6
93.1
GeForce 6800 Ultra
66.1
92.5
GeForce 7800 GT
67.1
92.1
Radeon X800 XT PE
62.1
92.0
Radeon X1800 XL
57.8
89.4
Radeon X850 Pro
54.3
88.7
Radeon 9800 XT
45.0
77.8
GeForce 6700 XL
34.5
69.5
GeForce 6800
34.3
68.3
Radeon X1600 XT
34.7
66.6
Radeon X800 GT
34.6
65.2
GeForce 9300 GE
45.6
64.3
Radeon 9700 Pro
35.1
61.6
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
28.3
58.8
GeForce GT 610 PCI
34.4
55.5
Chrome S25
26.0
54.4
GeForce 6800 LE
27.8
53.3
Radeon X700 Pro
27.4
52.6
Radeon 9600 TX
28.2
47.6
Radeon 9600 XT
25.0
45.9
Radeon X1300 Pro
23.3
42.7
GeForce4 Ti4600
23.5
41.2
GeForce 6600
30.6
40.6
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
29.3
38.5
Quadro FX 1100
17.5
34.0
GeForce4 Ti4200
18.4
32.4
Radeon 9100
17.6
30.5
Radeon 8500
18.9
30.4
Radeon 9500
14.3
29.5
GeForce 7300 GS
17.6
28.5
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
14.8
28.1
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
16.2
27.8
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
21.0
27.5
GeForce3 Ti500
12.4
25.1
Radeon 9000 Pro
14.6
24.2
GeForce FX 5600
13.0
23.5
GeForce FX 5900 XT
14.2
22.8
Radeon 9000
13.5
21.6
GeForce FX 5200
10.3
18.6
GeForce3 Ti200
10.1
18.4
Radeon 9200 SE
8.2
15.4
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
8.5
14.1
P650
0.0
Parhelia AGP 8×
0.0



Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 800×600 2×AA, 4×AF [fps]


◄ 1% low fps | average fps ►
GeForce 7800 GT
66.0
91.3
Radeon X800 XT PE
61.8
91.1
GeForce 7800 GS
61.8
89.5
Radeon X1800 XL
57.2
89.1
GeForce 6800 Ultra
57.2
84.9
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
54.6
84.0
Radeon X850 Pro
47.4
81.1
Radeon 9800 XT
38.8
68.6
GeForce 6700 XL
32.7
59.0
Radeon X800 GT
29.9
58.1
Radeon X1600 XT
29.2
56.7
GeForce 6800
29.3
56.3
GeForce GT 610 PCI
34.5
55.1
Radeon 9700 Pro
31.6
54.6
GeForce 9300 GE
38.4
53.4
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
26.2
51.0
Radeon X700 Pro
24.6
45.6
GeForce 6800 LE
24.7
44.2
Radeon 9600 XT
22.3
39.7
Radeon X1300 Pro
20.9
37.5
GeForce 6600
25.7
34.4
Chrome S25
13.5
31.5
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
23.4
31.2
Quadro FX 1100
15.6
30.8
GeForce4 Ti4600
15.0
27.9
Radeon 9500
12.9
26.1
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
13.8
24.7
GeForce 7300 GS
14.2
22.1
GeForce4 Ti4200
9.5
21.9
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
9.5
21.6
GeForce FX 5600
11.8
21.5
Radeon 9100
12.7
19.7
GeForce3 Ti500
10.7
19.3
GeForce FX 5200
10.6
16.9
Radeon 9000 Pro
10.4
16.1
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
6.8
15.5
Radeon 9000
6.8
14.7
GeForce FX 5900 XT
9.1
14.5
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
6.8
11.3
P650
0.0
Parhelia AGP 8×
0.0
Radeon 9200 SE
0.0
Radeon 8500
0.0
GeForce3 Ti200
0.0
Radeon 9600 TX
0.0



Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 800×600 4×AA, 8×AF [fps]


◄ 1% low fps | average fps ►
GeForce 7800 GT
64.9
90.7
Radeon X800 XT PE
59.0
89.4
Radeon X1800 XL
56.1
88.3
GeForce 7800 GS
56.4
83.3
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
49.9
76.8
GeForce 6800 Ultra
50.3
76.4
Radeon X850 Pro
42.8
74.6
Radeon 9800 XT
35.2
61.5
GeForce 6700 XL
27.0
54.2
Radeon X800 GT
28.2
52.7
GeForce 9300 GE
37.5
50.8
GeForce 6800
27.7
50.5
Radeon X1600 XT
26.7
50.3
Radeon 9700 Pro
29.3
48.9
GeForce GT 610 PCI
29.9
48.8
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
21.9
44.4
Radeon X700 Pro
22.3
40.9
GeForce 6800 LE
22.5
39.6
Radeon 9600 XT
19.6
34.5
Radeon X1300 Pro
18.4
34.1
GeForce 6600
21.4
29.1
Quadro FX 1100
13.8
28.5
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
17.4
23.8
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
14.4
23.2
Radeon 9500
10.7
22.8
GeForce4 Ti4600
13.5
22.3
Chrome S25
7.1
17.3
GeForce 7300 GS
9.9
16.4
P650
0.0
Parhelia AGP 8×
0.0
Radeon 9200 SE
0.0
Radeon 8500
0.0
Radeon 9100
0.0
Radeon 9000
0.0
Radeon 9000 Pro
0.0
GeForce3 Ti200
0.0
GeForce3 Ti500
0.0
GeForce4 Ti4200
0.0
Radeon 9600 TX
0.0
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
0.0
GeForce FX 5200
0.0
GeForce FX 5600
0.0
GeForce FX 5900 XT
0.0
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
0.0
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
0.0



Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 1024×768 noAA, noAF [fps]


◄ 1% low fps | average fps ►
GeForce 7800 GT
60.2
88.7
Radeon X1800 XL
50.1
81.9
Radeon X800 XT PE
45.1
79.0
GeForce 7800 GS
55.8
78.8
GeForce 6800 Ultra
51.4
75.1
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
49.4
72.9
Radeon X850 Pro
34.8
62.6
Radeon 9800 XT
31.4
53.6
GeForce 6700 XL
26.0
49.7
GeForce 6800
28.1
48.8
GeForce GT 610 PCI
24.6
45.4
Radeon X1600 XT
25.7
45.4
Radeon X800 GT
24.4
43.5
GeForce 9300 GE
27.0
42.8
Radeon 9700 Pro
25.4
42.3
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
19.6
39.7
GeForce 6800 LE
21.6
37.5
Radeon X700 Pro
19.8
34.9
Radeon 9600 TX
19.2
32.7
Chrome S25
15.1
32.5
Radeon 9600 XT
17.4
30.4
GeForce 6600
20.5
28.3
Radeon X1300 Pro
16.2
28.1
GeForce4 Ti4600
17.1
27.9
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
20.2
26.9
GeForce4 Ti4200
14.0
22.5
Quadro FX 1100
13.2
22.5
Radeon 8500
13.5
20.8
Radeon 9100
12.1
20.1
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
12.0
19.8
GeForce 7300 GS
12.5
19.6
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
10.6
19.6
Radeon 9500
9.2
19.5
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
13.6
18.4
GeForce3 Ti500
11.2
18.3
Radeon 9000 Pro
10.3
16.3
GeForce FX 5900 XT
10.1
16.2
GeForce FX 5600
9.7
16.1
Radeon 9000
9.6
14.3
GeForce3 Ti200
7.9
13.2
GeForce FX 5200
7.8
12.9
Radeon 9200 SE
6.4
10.0
P650
0.0
Parhelia AGP 8×
0.0
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
0.0



Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 1024×768 2×AA, 4×AF [fps]


◄ 1% low fps | average fps ►
GeForce 7800 GT
52.5
79.7
Radeon X1800 XL
41.0
74.0
Radeon X800 XT PE
38.6
70.7
GeForce 7800 GS
42.3
66.1
GeForce 6800 Ultra
43.7
63.4
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
39.7
60.8
Radeon X850 Pro
30.9
56.1
Radeon 9800 XT
28.4
47.6
GeForce GT 610 PCI
29.0
44.0
GeForce 6700 XL
22.1
41.7
GeForce 6800
23.1
41.2
Radeon X800 GT
22.0
39.2
Radeon X1600 XT
21.5
39.1
Radeon 9700 Pro
23.1
37.7
GeForce 9300 GE
24.0
35.2
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
17.7
34.6
GeForce 6800 LE
17.9
31.0
Radeon X700 Pro
17.7
30.7
Radeon 9600 XT
16.2
26.6
Radeon X1300 Pro
14.4
25.0
GeForce 6600
17.1
23.7
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
13.1
21.3
Quadro FX 1100
11.6
20.4
Chrome S25
8.2
20.0
GeForce4 Ti4600
10.4
18.5
Radeon 9500
8.7
17.6
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
10.6
17.6
GeForce 7300 GS
10.1
15.0
P650
0.0
Parhelia AGP 8×
0.0
Radeon 9200 SE
0.0
Radeon 8500
0.0
Radeon 9100
0.0
Radeon 9000
0.0
Radeon 9000 Pro
0.0
GeForce3 Ti200
0.0
GeForce3 Ti500
0.0
GeForce4 Ti4200
0.0
Radeon 9600 TX
0.0
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
0.0
GeForce FX 5200
0.0
GeForce FX 5600
0.0
GeForce FX 5900 XT
0.0
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
0.0
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
0.0



Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 1024×768 4×AA, 8×AF [fps]


◄ 1% low fps | average fps ►
GeForce 7800 GT
47.8
72.6
Radeon X1800 XL
36.6
69.1
Radeon X800 XT PE
36.9
66.2
GeForce 7800 GS
39.4
59.2
GeForce 6800 Ultra
37.2
55.5
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
36.9
54.5
Radeon X850 Pro
30.0
51.8
Radeon 9800 XT
25.3
42.9
GeForce 6700 XL
20.4
38.0
GeForce GT 610 PCI
25.0
37.6
GeForce 6800
21.0
36.3
Radeon X800 GT
20.1
35.6
Radeon X1600 XT
19.6
35.2
Radeon 9700 Pro
20.3
34.0
GeForce 9300 GE
24.1
34.0
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
15.1
30.3
Radeon X700 Pro
16.0
28.0
GeForce 6800 LE