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, since we can not record a time demo. In the 1st level of the game we play the game for roughly one minute and follow a set/repeated path. In fact the first level is very stringent on the GPU, harsh even, making it a great level to test in.
For all our graphics performance tests we apply the internal Ultra Quality mode. DX11 is activated. The twenty-three graphics cards used are:
| Radeon HD 6850 |
| Radeon HD 7770 |
| Radeon HD 6870 |
| Radeon HD 6950 |
| Radeon HD 6970 |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
| Radeon HD 7870 |
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
| Radeon HD 7970 |
| Radeon HD 6990 |
| Radeon HD 7970 Boost |
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti |
| GeForce GTX 560 |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
| GeForce GTX 470 |
| GeForce GTX 480 |
| GeForce GTX 570 |
| GeForce GTX 660 |
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti |
| GeForce GTX 670 |
| GeForce GTX 680 |
| GeForce GTX 590 |
| GeForce GTX 690 |
Each card runs on the same PC with the same operating system clone. GeForce cards use the latest 310.33 Beta driver and for AMD Radeon graphics cards we used the latest 12.11 Beta build 4 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.
Let's head onwards to the next page where we'll look at the 1280x768 and 1600x1200 resolution performance first.
