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With bots and physics in play, we can see that performance levels between the three transparency antialiasing is very small on both cards. So, it looks like Battlefield 2 is a perfect match for 4x transparency SSAA, at least up to 1024 x 768. In 1280 x 960, we're already seeing frame rates going to around 45 fps on the GeForce 7800GTX and 35 fps on the GeForce 7800GT. From experience, that means around 30 fps on the GTX and 20 fps on the GT in heavy duty gameplay.

	GeForce 7800GT
	Default	4x AA 16x AF	Alpha MSAA	Alpha SSAA
<30 fps	0	0	0	0
30-45 fps	0	0	0	2
45-60 fps	0	13	17	40
60-90 fps	48	34	46	23
90-120 fps	18	2	2	1

	GeForce 7800GTX
	Default	4x AA 16x AF	Alpha MSAA	Alpha SSAA
<30 fps	0	0	0	0
30-45 fps	0	0	0	0
45-60 fps	0	1	1	13
60-90 fps	50	57	59	51
90-120 fps	16	9	7	3

We used a different Battle Record for this graph, shorter but it's more focused for AA and AF testing. Looks like we've made the right choice. While there are transparent textures in the game, they are not in heavy use, but you can still notice them (grass, palm trees, ferns). Our recommendation to choose the GeForce 7800GTX is on the mark. You can see it loses less performance than the GeForce 7800GT, never even touching the 45 fps mark.

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