EVGA GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked

While some popular game franchises are struggling to keep themselves healthy, Call of Duty doesn’t have much to worry about. This is Treyarch’s third go at a game in the series, and a first for one that’s featured on the PC. All worries leading up to this title were all for naught, though, as Treyarch delivered on all promises.

To help keep things fresh, CoD: World at War focuses on battles not exhaustively explored in previous WWII-inspired games. These include battles which take place in the Pacific region, Russia and Berlin, and variety is definitely something this game pulls off well, so it’s unlikely you’ll be off your toes until the end of the game.

For our testing, we use a level called “Relentless”, as it’s easily one of the most intensive levels in the game. It features tanks, a large forest environment and even a few explosions. This level depicts the Battle of Peleliu, where American soldiers advance to capture an airstrip from the Japanese. It’s a level that’s both exciting to play and one that can bring even high-end systems to their knees.

It’s not much of a surprise, but the GTS 250 ranked right alongside the 9800 GTX+. Oddly enough though, despite having less GDDR3 on hand, the 9800 GTX+ performed a bit better in each configuration. This isn’t necessarily fact though, as different runs may yield slightly different results.

Although we saw ample performance in our above graphs, in order to remain fully playable at 2560×1600, we had to remove all traces of anti-aliasing. With that configuration, the game ran quite well, on both the GTS 250 and 9800 GTX+.