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Chaintech Apogee 5700 Ultra Video Card Review

Author: Dennis Garcia

Painkiller is an nVidia-supported game that is not only amazing to look at but puts a lot of emphasis on sound effects and sound positioning. Game physics are amazing and directly translate into what you would expect to happen. For instance if you hit a zombie in the head with your stake gun they will spin and fall backwards though if you hit them in the leg a different reaction takes place.

For the longest time I have never been convinced that 7.1 channel sound belongs on the desktop, after playing Painkiller my position on the subject has changed dramatically.

Chaintech 5700 Ultra (Left) -- ATI Radeon 9600XT (Right)
Full Sized (1024x768): 5700u [Shot 1] [Shot 2]
Full Sized (1024x768): 9600xt [Shot 1] [Shot 2]