Fallout 3 performance and IQ tested

And so, for this gameplay evaluation, we have chosen a wide array of video cards with which to examine Fallout 3's performance. From NVIDIA, we have a GeForce GTX 280 with 1GB of GDDR3, an original GeForce GTX 260 with 192 shader cores and 896MB of GDDR3, and an updated GeForce GTX 260 with 216 shader cores and also with 896MB of GDDR3.

From AMD, we have the dual-GPU ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory per GPU, a Radeon HD 4870 with 1GB of GDDR5, and a Radeon HD 4870 with 512MB of GDDR5. These six products comprise the performance mainstream and enthusiast classes of video cards from both AMD and NVIDIA and their respective partners.