FCAT Frame Time Experience Analysis - Hitman Absolution

Hitman Absolution Frame Experience Analysis

Above a percentile chart of the 30 seconds @ 2560x1440. Here we plot FPS and place it in relation to percentiles. This methodology could be used to determine average FPS as well.

Check the 50% marker:

• R7-260X does roughly 25 FPS on average in this scene sequence
• GTX 780 Ti SLI does roughly 67 FPS on average in this scene sequence
• R9-295x2 does roughly 85 FPS on average in this scene sequence

But now lets look at frame latency.

On this 30 second run all graphics cards manages to remain at a very constant rendering flow with fairly low latency for the two fastest cards. We cannot detect any noticeable anomalies like glitches and stutters.

You can see that overall Nvidia has a better frame-pacing methodology as they are more smooth, the AMD implementation more than good enough.

For those that do not understand what you are looking at, the above is a scene rendered, the first 30 seconds of the Hitman integrated benchmark. With this chart, lower = better. Huge spikes above 40 ms - 50 ms can be considered a problem like a stutter or indicate a low framerate. For all three cards this is a perfect result.
 

And here the FPS plot for today's tested card, recorded for 28 seconds in the timedemo. We are way above 75 FPS on average, nice. There are no anomalies detected.