Unreal Tournament 3 – Single GPU
Others may prefer to walk above the entire length of the map on the suspension cables that hold the bridge, and take advantage of the various power ups to be found in the towers mid-way across.  More deviant players may skip the bridge altogether, instead choosing to go below and use the rickety wooden piers and bridges that can also take you across the river to your enemies flag, and offers a chance to take a quick break at the island in the middle … to pick up the Redeemer.

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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Roundup - Gaming on the Cheap - Graphics Cards 130

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Roundup - Gaming on the Cheap - Graphics Cards 131

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Roundup - Gaming on the Cheap - Graphics Cards 132

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Roundup - Gaming on the Cheap - Graphics Cards 133

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Roundup - Gaming on the Cheap - Graphics Cards 134

Our single GPU testing shows the NVIDIA 9600 GT cards beating out the AMD Radeon HD 3870 pretty consistently, even though the NVIDIA lead is greatly diminished in the move from 1600×1200 to 2048×1536 indicating a slightly better design on the part of AMD.  The overclocked 9600 GT cards do see performance increases relative to their clock rate changes though – 15% for the XFX card and 11% for the ASUS card. 

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