Comparison of games in performance tests

[Belili]

The performance tests for GPUs always list several games but never the ones I'm interested in playing. I rarely play any high-end graphic games outside of MMORPGs like WoW or the others.

Is there any game I could look for in these charts that would be a fair comparison? I assume Crysis, for example, would not be a fair comparison.

Is there a fair comparison to games like WoW (or WAR[hammer online]) or are games simply too distinct to make that judgment?

 

[romulus47plus1]

?????

 

[ovaltineplease]

Oblivion is used in some benchmarks, its an rpg i guess.

I'd say its safe to assume that if a card can run UT3/CoD4 well, then it can run WoW well

 

[lilblam]

My 5-yr old mb-integrated card plays WoW with silky smooth framerates.

 

[Dalyinx]

When I used to play Guildwars, I noticed that I actually gained more performance by going from 512mb RAM to 1.5gb of RAM than I did by going from an integrated chipset (geforce 4mx) to the Geforce 6600.

 

[linksolo74]

There really isn't a point in benchmarking WOW anymore.

 

[lucuis]

My 5-yr old mb-integrated card plays WoW with silky smooth framerates.

Would that be with the lowest possible settings? Including stock interface?

 

[mactronix]

The performance tests for GPUs always list several games but never the ones I'm interested in playing. I rarely play any high-end graphic games outside of MMORPGs like WoW or the others.

Is there any game I could look for in these charts that would be a fair comparison? I assume Crysis, for example, would not be a fair comparison.

Is there a fair comparison to games like WoW (or WAR[hammer online]) or are games simply too distinct to make that judgment?

The thing is that the whole idea of benchmarking a GPU is to see how it handles currant gaming engines and shader/texture loads. So there really is no point in using something as old as WoW in a benchmarking test. I apreciate that it is a huge game and has a massive fanbase, however just because it is still loved and used by thousands with support for new add ons, dosent make it relative to what a benchmarking test is trying to do.
Mactronix