Counter-Strike: Source Benchmark Results @ Gamespot

No_Style · Aug 23, 2004, 04:47 PM

Out of all the PC game genres, the first-person shooter, the multiplayer FPS in particular, places the most emphasis on frame rate performance. Twenty-five frames per second might be considered playable for a real-time strategy game or even a single-player FPS game, but that same frame rate will be a huge liability in a multiplayer FPS game like Counter-Strike. Frame rates always seem to matter more when you introduce multiplayer into the equation. When's the last time you spent $300 just to beat the computer?

It's arguable that Counter-Strike: Source may be more relevant to PC upgraders than Doom 3. There's no question that Doom 3 is a technological triumph, but it's also, primarily, a single-player game. The multiplayer mods will come in time, but id Software chose to concentrate on the single-player experience. Counter-Strike, on the other hand, is a franchise first built for the multiplayer experience. In fact, Counter-Strike: Source, the upgraded version of Counter-Strike built on the Half-Life 2 engine, will be the only multiplayer game type included with Half-Life 2.

Valve released the Counter-Strike: Source beta to cybercafes and to Counter-Strike: Condition Zero owners this past week, and we've put together a set of benchmark numbers that will give potential upgraders an idea of how the game will perform on the latest Radeon X800 and GeForce 6800 graphics cards as well as popular cards from previous video card generations, including the Radeon 9800 Pro and the GeForce4 MX440.
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Aug 23, 2004, 04:47 PM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Counter-Strike: Source Benchmark Results @ Gamespot Out of all the PC game genres, the first-person shooter, the multiplayer FPS in particular, places the most emphasis on frame rate performance. Twenty-five frames per second might be considered playable for a real-time strategy game or even a single-player FPS game, but that same frame rate will be a huge liability in a multiplayer FPS game like Counter-Strike. Frame rates always seem to matter more when you introduce multiplayer into the equation. When's the last time you spent $300 just to beat the computer? It's arguable that Counter-Strike: Source may be more relevant to PC upgraders than Doom 3. There's no question that Doom 3 is a technological triumph, but it's also, primarily, a single-player game. The multiplayer mods will come in time, but id Software chose to concentrate on the single-player experience. Counter-Strike, on the other hand, is a franchise first built for the multiplayer experience. In fact, Counter-Strike: Source, the upgraded version of Counter-Strike built on the Half-Life 2 engine, will be the only multiplayer game type included with Half-Life 2. Valve released the Counter-Strike: Source beta to cybercafes and to Counter-Strike: Condition Zero owners this past week, and we've put together a set of benchmark numbers that will give potential upgraders an idea of how the game will perform on the latest Radeon X800 and GeForce 6800 graphics cards as well as popular cards from previous video card generations, including the Radeon 9800 Pro and the GeForce4 MX440. _______________ Read More/Source: Gamespot __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here