Now that the game is out lots of benchmarks are popping up showing the performance on various cards and drivers. The difference between high end NVIDIA and ATI cards is smaller than initially expected by some.
Update: Do processors make much of a difference? Read on to find out.)
[H]ard|OCP
Cards:
BFG 6800 Ultra, BFG 6800 GT, NVIDIA 6600 GT, ATI Radeon X800XT-PE, ATI Radeon X800PRO
Drivers
NVIDIA: Beta ForceWare 67.02
ATI: Beta Catalyst 4.12
FiringSquad
Cards:
ATI RADEON X800XT-PE, ATI RADEON X800 XT AGP, ATI RADEON X800 PRO, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT reference card
Drivers:
Nvida: ForeceWare 66.93
ATI: Beta Catalyst 4.12
TheTechLounge
Cards:
AGP: ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB, XFX 6800 GT 256MB, Leadtek FX5950 Ultra 256MB
PCI Express: ATI X800 XT 256MB, PowerColor X600 XT 128MB, Leadtek 6600 GT 128MB
Driver
Nvida: ForeceWare 66.93
ATI: Beta Catalyst 4.11
AnandTech
Cards:
ATI’s Radeon X800 XT, GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800GT, Radeon X800 Pro, Radeon X700 XT, GeForce 6800, GeForce 6600GT, Radeon 9800, Radeon 9700
Drivers
NVIDIA: Beta ForceWare 67.02
ATI: Beta Catalyst 4.12
PC Perspective
Cards:
ATI X800 XT Platinum Edition, ATI X800 XT, ATI X800 Pro, ATI 9800 Pro, NVIDIA 6800 Ultra OC, NVIDIA 6800 Ultra, NVIDIA 6800 GT, NVIDIA 6800 OC, NVIDIA 6600 GT
Drivers
NVIDIA: 67.02 BETA
ATI: Catalyst 4.12 BETA
FiringSquad
Processors used:
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55, AMD Athlon 64 FX-53, AMD Athlon 64 4000+, AMD Athlon 64 3800+, AMD Athlon 64 3500+, AMD Athlon 64 3200+, AMD Athlon 64 3000+, AMD Athlon XP 3200+, AMD Athlon XP 2800+, AMD Athlon XP 2100+, Intel Pentium 4 3.46GHz Extreme Edition, Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz Extreme Edition, Intel Pentium 4 570J 3.8GHz, Intel Pentium 4 560J 3.6GHz, Intel Pentium 4 550J 3.4GHz, Intel Pentium 4 540J 3.2GHz, Intel Pentium 4 520J 2.8GHz
Cards:
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB (AGP), NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB (PCI Express)
Driver
Forceware 66.93