Performance - dGPU Bioshock Infinite | Tomb Raider | 3DMark 2013

Let's grab the GeForce GTX 780 Ti and two games. We test at completely normal Ultra quality settings which is the way you guys game at home with your dedicated graphics card. We could show you higher differences fs we would lower image quality. But if you purchase a high-end system, surely you will not be playing at medium graphics quality right? As such we test in a real-world usage replication.

From top to bottom you are looking at a maximum frame-rate difference of 0 frames in Tomb Raider. For gaming, your money is better spend on the GPU rather than faster system memory !

BioShock is dependent on system memory and processor performance. As such the results will be much higher when using either fast latency memory or highly clocked system memory. We again use Ultra quality settings in-game just like you game at home. Compared to the cheaper 2133 MHz memory the difference in-game is 5 FPS in 720P.  At 1080P performance normalizes again as memory bandwidth at 2133 MHz just isn't a bottleneck.

So above the 3DMark FireStrike results. Fire Strike is the latest showcase DirectX 11 benchmark designed for high-performance gaming PCs. Marginal differences, you'd gain much more in performance with a faster graphics card.