DX10: Resident Evil 5

Built upon an advanced version of Capcom's proprietary MT Framework game engine to deliver DirectX-10 graphic detail, Resident Evil 5 offers gamers non-stop action similar to Devil May Cry 4, Lost Planet, and Dead Rising. The MT Framework is an exclusive seventh generation game engine built to be used with games developed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and PC ports. MT stands for "Multi-Thread", "Meta Tools" and "Multi-Target". Games using the MT Framework are originally developed on the PC and then ported to the other two console platforms.

On the PC version of Resident Evil 5, both DirectX 9 and DirectX-10 modes are available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista Operating Systems. Microsoft Windows 7 will play Resident Evil with backwards compatible Direct3D APIs. Resident Evil 5 is branded with the NVIDIA The Way It's Meant to be Played (TWIMTBP) logo, and receives NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision functionality enhancements.

NVIDIA and Capcom offer the Resident Evil 5 benchmark demo for free download from their website, and Benchmark Reviews encourages visitors to compare their own results to ours. Because the Capcom MT Framework game engine is very well optimized and produces high frame rates, Benchmark Reviews uses the DirectX-10 version of the test at 1920x1080 resolution. High quality settings are configured, with 8x MSAA post processing effects for high demand on the GPU. Test scenes from Area #3 and Area #4 require the most graphics processing power, and the results are collected for the chart illustrated below.

Cost Analysis: Resident Evil 5 (Area 4)

• $115 GeForce GTS 250 512MB (9800GTX+) = $3.13 per FPS
• $140 GeForce GTS 450 1GB (MSI Cyclone) = $3.20 per FPS
• $145 Radeon HD 5770 1GB (PowerColor 1GBD5-PPVG2) = $3.74 per FPS
• $260 GeForce GTX 285 1GB = $3.70 per FPS

Test Summary: The Resident Evil 5 benchmark, though also a CAPCOM title, appears to be a little tougher on the GPUs than the Street Fighter IV benchmark. Areas #3 and #4 are the most graphically demanding in this benchmark, so we have charted those two scenes. Area #3 gives us similary results to many of the other DX10 titles, but the less demanding area #4 shows the Radeon HD 5770 with the advantage, and by a sizeable margin of nearly 11%. The Resident Evil 5 tests looks a lot like the 3DMark Vantage test in that the more graphically challenging area is harder on the Radeon card while the less demanding area is harder on the MSI N450GTS Cyclone. Even with the advantage, however, the slightly lower price of the MSI GTS 450 gives it a better price per FPS. Let's take a look at some DX11 titles before we make a final decision on the matter.

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