HIS HD7870 Fan GHz Edition (H787F2G2M)
Jun 6th, 2012 | By JaredGames are a big factor in many consumers’ purchasing decisions and particularly so when looking at the HD 68xx series video cards.
First up on the block is Crysis. Crysis obviously needs no introduction as a system killer even after all of these years when it comes to performance. All settings were set to Very High with 2x anti-aliasing and the built in GPU benchmark was used.
The 7870 Fan easily tames Crysis nearly hitting 50 FPS at 1920×1200 when overclocked. Even at stock settings it hits close to 43 FPS.
Next up is Far Cry 2 that utilizes a new game engine designed specifically for this game called Dunia. The Dunia engine is DirectX 10 and should stress the cards pretty good. Tests were run with settings at Ultra High and 8x anti-aliasing.
Interesting to note that while the 7870 ultimately comes out on top the gap here is much narrower than what we have seen in the previous benchmarks.
Metro 2033 is another first person shooter that was released in 2010 and focuses on survival in a post-apocalyptic Russia. With DirectX 11 support, Metro 2033 boasts some stunning visuals. The built in benchmarking tool was used with the following settings: DX11, Very High, AAA and 16x AF.
Solid and easily playable results here as well though at the highest level and at stock settings we are sitting down close to what is often considered the lowest playable framerate, 32 FPS.
The last game benchmark on the agenda today is Batman: Arkham City, the follow up to 2009′s Batman: Arkham Asylum. Using the Unreal 3 engine I turned PhysX off and global settings were set to Very High.
Results across the board here are playable but at 1920×1200 there was absolutely no gains from overclocking, which was quite interesting. Despite this the numbers are solid even at stock clocks.