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-Textures popping is caused by running out of VRAM, try to lower the resolution, use compression or lower texture quality, there are many users who don't suffer this problem, including me.
-You can force FXAA and eliminate most aliasing through NV control panel
-With NV cards...
Still, with all of this improvements, 290X alone is not enough to take 780Ti, even with Mantle. even the other cards are barely faster (4-5fps).
The real benefit here for Mantle is the Crossfire configuration. The rest are Meh. Also testing with a high end CPU is crucial, since no body in their...
Not that many actually, Only 4, two of them have passed already. What remains is SniperElite 3 and StarCitizen, there were many possible FrostBite games planned at the Dice presentation , but that was scrapped (for example Plant Vs Zombies) we never heard from them again...
Mantle is becoming irrelevant fast. DX and OGL are gearing up to reduce driver/CPU overhead :
http://techreport.com/news/26090/mantle-no-more-gdc-sessions-point-to-the-next-directx
It's OK, I just wanted HOCP to test all triple A titles out there, especially the demanding ones .. but If you guys are truly busy who can blame you?
Good luck with your future benchmarks, I hope you guys are ready for Watch Dogs and Witcher 3! :)
Ghosts had Tessellation and Global Illumination, Direct Compute Fur, even PhysX. the game is really heavy and can't be maxed out (1080p @60fps) even on a Titan class GPU.
You found out Assassin's Creed 4 not worth your time? I mean I can relate with your assessment regarding Batman and NFS, but AC4? that's a little strange don't you think?
What about Ghosts then? an incredibly popular and graphically intense game? you pick Thief above all of these triple A...
Are you guys reviewing only AMD sponsored titles these recent times or what? No offense but you ignored Call Of Duty Ghosts, Assassin's Creed 4, Batman Origins and Need For Speed Rivals. All very important and famous titles, they are advanced in their graphics and technology too! Heck, you paid...
I don't think the price is high , you get a faster card , less noise , heat and power .. 3 games bundle and all the NVIDIA exclusive stuff " GeForce Experience, ShadowPlay and G-Sync" .
This is a video for BF4 graphics and performance :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb_SqgDl91c
what do you guys think ? I hope HOCP staff find it useful .
I guess when you are pushing multi-GPU you are going to be memory bound at some point , I have my doubts he will see the same result with single GPUs.
one more thing he is obviously using Win7 , that's why he has stuttering , the situation could turn out differently if he used Win 8.