Hitman Absolution VGA Graphics performance review - VGA performance Recording Level and IQ settings

Graphics (VGA) performance Recording Level and IQ settings

Before we begin with the graphics performance tests a little explanation. We use a time based measurement based upon the internal benchmark mode. The test is a representative yet stringent on the GPU, a great little benchmark to test in. Our settings:

For all our graphics performance tests we apply the Quality settigns as discussed at 2xMSAA / FXAA with all graphics quality settings set at HIGH. We confirmed that DX11 is activated. 

The 20 graphics cards used are: 

Each card runs on the same PC with the same operating system clone. GeForce cards use the latest 310.61 Beta driver and for AMD Radeon graphics cards we used the latest 12.11 Beta build 8 driver with the latest available CAP for multi-GPU support.

Our test setup is based on Intel X58 (MSI Big bang XPower) with 6 GB of DDR3 ( Corsair 1600 MHz) memory. The processor is a Core i7 965 clocked at 3750 MHz.  This system is an equivalent to a Core i7 2600 K processor, to the frame precisely actually. We use Windows 7 64-bit SP1 all patched up.

Let's head onwards to the next page where we'll look at the 1280x768 and 1600x1200 monitor resolution performance first.