Eve Online

This game appeals to sci-fi fans because, unlike the majority of MMORPGs, it is set in deep space. Instead of wielding a sword, battleaxe or bow and arrows, the player controls spaceships from tiny frigates to huge flagships and colossal titans. There is no similar game as yet, so Eve Online is unique. It also features a well-developed economical model, which is unique among MMORPGs as well. This model can even serve as a kind of a testbed for economical experimentation.

The game engine does not show any miracles of 3D graphics but that’s hardly a drawback. Although deep space can be beautiful, its beauty is rather uniform and does not load the GPU much. The engine copes well with rendering epic starry sceneries, spacecraft and space battles. Again, Eve Online has modest system requirements and your playing comfort is determined by other factors such as the server’s response time which in its turn depends on the population of the particular star system. The game does not natively support FSAA. Here are the results of our test:

In fact, even a Radeon HD 4670 is good enough for playing at popular resolutions including 1920x1200, but we can see that Nvidia’s solutions are somewhat more confident in Eve Online than their AMD’s opponents. The winner is the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 but its performance is redundant here. There is no point in spending $200 if you can get along with only half that money and have the same playing comfort. Considering the total of consumer properties such as power consumption, energy efficiency and noise, we can recommend you the ATI Radeon HD 4770 as the optimal choice for space adventures. The GeForce GTS 250 can be recommended for those who base their shopping choice on price and performance only.