PowerColor ATI Radeon X1550 Review

Testing:

Benchmark Most Wanted:

Most Wanted, like other Need for Speed games, is essentially a driving and racing game where the player selects one car to reach a destination or race. Police chases have once again been integrated into certain racing sessions, where the police employ vehicles and tactics to either slow down or halt the player's car. As players take control of faster cars and increasingly rely on nitrous oxide speed boosts (the oxide meter now reloads automatically, for the first time since its introduction in Underground), driving sequences become fast-pace and intense, similar to the Burnout series. We will be recording average FPS. 

Settings:

• Track: Diamond and Union
• All basic video settings set to 3/4 on scroll bar
• All geometric features: High
• Vsync: Off

I couldn't even move my mouse properly in the menu at the higher resolutions. It has been a long time since I had that problem. This card is really straining in this test.