Battlefield Hardline VGA graphics performance review

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/26/2015 04:43 PM | source: | 48 comment(s)

In this article we benchmark Battlefield Hardline - over twenty graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked. We have a look at DX11 performance with the newest graphics cards and technologies. We'll also look at frametimes, graphics memory and a thing or two more.

Read the article right here.

Note: article updated with additional Ultra HD results and FCAT Frametimes.

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isidore
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#5037078 Posted on: 03/25/2015 04:02 PM

I was hopping to see AMD 290X in 3840x2160 - Ultra - 4xMSAA. Maybe you can add them in the future?

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#5037080 Posted on: 03/25/2015 04:03 PM

I was hopping to see AMD 290X in 3840x2160 - Ultra - 4xMSAA. Maybe you can add them in the future?

Oh buddy, can you just please read the text in articles as well ?

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#5037091 Posted on: 03/25/2015 04:06 PM

I was hopping to see AMD 290X in 3840x2160 - Ultra - 4xMSAA. Maybe you can add them in the future?

He's locked out of the game.

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#5037094 Posted on: 03/25/2015 04:08 PM

My 280X still sits between 770 and 780, not bad. Let's just hope Witcher 3 will be playable on it.

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#5037163 Posted on: 03/25/2015 05:01 PM

I was hopping to see AMD 290X in 3840x2160 - Ultra - 4xMSAA. Maybe you can add them in the future?

So that Hilbert dude is an Nvidia fanboy is the first thing that came to you mind eh ? Yeah, well remember the HardwareID DRM thingy ? I am locked out of the game at this point and have not been able to test the AMD Radeon cards in Ultra HD. And that kind of blows as we even have a Radeon R9 290X with 8 GB of graphics memory in the house that I wanted to pitch in with Ultra HD compared towards the GTX 980 and Titan X. AMD is doing surprisingly well in this game with much cheaper hardware.

BTW look at the performance CRUMBLE in Ultra HD, these cards all will need to drop down from 4xMSAA towards 2xMSAA. But again, I can't show you that due to the lockout. The GTX 780 Ti crumbles, it is a 3GB VRAM card, this resolution versus our settings eat close to 4 GB of graphics memory. We'll show you that on the next page.

Anyway, I'll owe you the Radeon Ultra HD results as well as FCAT frametime results as currently my EA accounts are a dead ship in the water due to the DRM HardwareID lockouts.

Here you go.

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#5037178 Posted on: 03/25/2015 05:17 PM

the irony is you'd better better off benching w/an *evaluation*

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isidore
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#5037216 Posted on: 03/25/2015 05:44 PM

Oh buddy, can you just please read the text in articles as well ?

I did, that's why i said maybe in the future when the EA crap get's fixed you can add them to the review.

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#5037225 Posted on: 03/25/2015 05:55 PM

The 290/290x seem to be getting better with age.

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#5037228 Posted on: 03/25/2015 05:58 PM

Does this game have Mantle compatibility?
Sorry for my english

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#5037236 Posted on: 03/25/2015 06:05 PM

Does this game have Mantle compatibility?
Sorry for my englishYes, Mantle is supported by Hardline.

...Buying a 290X was the best decision I made in 2013!

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#5037305 Posted on: 03/25/2015 06:56 PM

Thanks for the review Hilbert!

*EA stinks like a strip club after Mardi Gras

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#5037316 Posted on: 03/25/2015 07:07 PM

The 290/290x seem to be getting better with age.

Im very happy to see how the 290 did.

Though I only purchased my card late last year, its already proven to be quite strong still.

I wanted to switch around this time. Last two setups were AMD.
I usually switch between both sides every couple of cards.

But no way in hell I was spending $300 for a GTX 780 3GB when I got my R9 290 4GB OC for $242 with shipping.

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#5037341 Posted on: 03/25/2015 07:38 PM

The 290/290x seem to be getting better with age.

As is all AMD GPUs. AMD/ATi has always been at a disadvantage at release date because their drivers always start out very poor. By the time the GPUs perform the way the hardware was intended, they're already obsolete. I would argue that AMD usually releases better hardware than nvidia, but nvidia's drivers are definitely superior. On release date (of either the hardware or the games), drivers are what matters most, and that's why nvidia tends to rank better. I think they just need to re-write their drivers from the ground up.

Anyway, I'll be interested to see Hardline's results if/when they release a Mantle version. I have no intention on getting the game but it still interests me.

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#5037343 Posted on: 03/25/2015 07:40 PM

Thanks for the review Hilbert!

*EA stinks like a strip club after Mardi Gras

I dont know the smell...

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#5037351 Posted on: 03/25/2015 07:44 PM

Thanks for the benchmarks, Hilbert!
Do you think it still makes sense to use MSAA at UHD resolution?

I was expecting better 970 and 980 performance compared to 290(x), and it turns out, that the AMD cards can handle this game nicely.

Also, this DRM sucks. I'm glad I haven't bought this game with preorder. Now I can vote with my wallet.

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