1680x1050 - Gaming Performance

At 1680x1050 nosotros found that the Radeon HD 5770 was able to average 61fps with a minimum of 41fps, which we considered playable. Below that there were half a dozen slower graphics cards - the GeForce GTS 450, for example, delivered playable frame rates but sudden drops in functioning were occasionally noticeable.

Surprisingly, the onetime Radeon Hard disk 4890 performed poorly. Averaging only 50fps, information technology was 2fps faster than the Radeon Hd 4850 merely both cards occasionally dropped to simply 30fps and the lag was quite noticeable. The GeForce 9800 GT averaged 42fps and really struggled with intense scenes, while the current-gen Radeon HD 5670 was equally e'er a disappointment.

Looking across the Radeon Hd 5770 it was all shine sailing. The old GeForce GTX 260 managed an boilerplate of 70fps and a minimum of 52fps, while the GeForce GTX 275 was significantly faster with an average of 84fps. The Radeon Hard disk drive 5850 also performed well averaging 89fps, though it occasionally dipped downward to a minimum of but 52fps.

At the top of the scale we have the brand new GeForce GTX 580 with an boilerplate of 123fps, where we suspect at this resolution it found the limits of our overclocked Core i7 processor. The GeForce GTX 480 was on average just 2fps slower, though the minimum recorded frame rate was 17fps slower. The dual-GPU Radeon Hard disk 5970 is rarely seen performing well at lower resolutions but with an average of 117fps nosotros have nil to complain about this time.