Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 and 980 reference review - DX11: Thief

DX11: Thief 2014

Thief is a series of stealth video games in which the player takes the role of Garrett, a master thief in a fantasy/steampunk world resembling a cross between the Late Middle Ages and the Victorian era, with more advanced technologies interspersed. Thief is the fourth title in the Thief series, developed by Eidos Montreal anda published by Square Enix. The story is set several hundreds of years after the events of the original series in the same universe (clues to the backstory are hidden among documents, plaques, and letters). The original master thief Garrett's (known as the legendary master Sneak Thief) iconic Mechanical Eye is one of the hidden Unique Loots in the game (and can be found inside of a prison complex he apparently failed to escape). Other iconic factions such as the Keepers and Hammerites and other old gods have been outlawed, and now lie in ruins throughout the city and beneath.

Image Quality Settings:

• DX11 / Mantle
• Very High Image Quality
• 8x Anisotropic Filtering
• Screenspace reflection on
• Parallax Occlusion mapping on
• FXAA on
• Contact Hardening Shadows on
• Tesselation on

 

WHQD is a resolution of 2560x1440. It is by far the most popular monitor resolution for high-end gaming. Here again you will notice that the two Gigabyte cards are included in the charts as well. I needed to save a little time hence some charts will be shared across a number of articles. Focus on the reference GTX 970 and 980 please. You will notice that the 970 is battling the R9 290X and the GTX 980 is fighting Nvidia's own Titan Black.