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Since Homeworld 2 is an RTS, you'll most likely won't encounter those minimum fps that often (thankfully). The lowest minimum fps you can get away and still not notice any lag in this game is fairly high - something like 40 fps. All four GeForce 7600GT cards barely pass that mark at 1024 x 768 with AA and AF. Without AA and AF, we do have some leeway available, all the way to 1600 x 1200. Differences between the three referenced clocked cards is likely nothing more than normal variations between runs. Once again, the Leadtek PX7600GT Extreme offers slightly higher frame rates overall, but minimum frame rates are similar if not the same as any other GeForce 7600GT cards. 

The Leadtek PX7600GT Extreme does have a slightly higher average fps, most notably at 1600 x 1200 without AA and AF. No doubt, the slightly higher clocked core and memory enables it to better cope with the burden of high resolution. What about with AA and AF? Enabling AA and AF really turns this benchmark into a graphics limited benchmark (at least with these cards). We can already see slightly higher minimum and average fps at 1024 x 768 from the Leadtek PX7600GT Extreme. However, the differences we're seeing are only about 6 to 15 fps or 10 percent faster, which is about right if we look back to the Call of Duty results.  You might notice that in actual gameplay, then again you may not.

On a side note, the GeForce 7600GS is not really looking that good here. It barely manage to hit the minimum 30 fps mark at 1024 x 768 with AA and AF. If you want higher frame rates, you have to disable AA, it's just too much of a burden for the card. From the looks of it, without AA and AF, the GeForce 7600GS may be fast enough to play at 1280 x 960, though no such luck at an even higher resolution.

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