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So, since there will be/are folks floating around wondering how their AMD 7XXX cards are stacking up these days, I decided to torture my son's PC and see if it can provide some lower end reference for some of the longer holdouts.
Test card 7870/2GB @ 1175/1200,
I don't have all the current games for benchmarking (since I only buy what I'll actually play) but I'll also toss in some older test games and ports to show how the card has aged over the last few years.
To get it out of the way...SteamVR test came back with laughably bad .1 score.
61% of the frames were rendered too slow. Firestrike 1080p returned a graphics score of 6,465 for the card.
To get some somewhat recent A2A testing for the game I do have (Witcher 3), I used the 960 4GB settings found in the January 25th 380 review here on [H]. Older games will be quick snapshots/averages of short runs I used in the past to benchmark (Tomb Raider, Dragon Age: Inq) and a couple console ports (NFS: Most Wanted, Mass Effect 3). If nothing else, it illustrates how low the requirements for some console ports are. Without further ado...
Witcher 3 (A2A 960 results from January)
Settings:
1920x1080 AA on, 16xAF
Graphics: High
Postprocessing: Medium
Hairworks Off
AO: SSAO
Min: 27 (36)
Max: 39 (64)
Avg: 33 (48)
TR - As resolution moves up, presets drop back to keep min >= 30 fps (using included benchmark)
Reso Preset Min/Avg/Max
900p Ultimate 42 / 56 / 66
1080p Ultimate 34 / 44 / 56
1440p Ultra 38 / 45 / 52 <-- Turned off TressFX here
2160p Normal 30 / 35 / 42 (High had a minimum of 27)
Dragon Age: Inq (This is my jogging lap around Haven towards the beginning of the game. Lots of lighting changes, many moving npcs, etc)
Reso Preset Min/Avg/Max
900p Ultra 31 / 48 / 61
1080p High 51 / 58 / 70 (Ultra had a minimum of 25)
1440p High 36 / 41 / 48
2160p Medium 33 / 37 / 43
NFS: Most Wanted (All settings maxed, no super sampling, no vsync option)
Reso Preset Min/Avg/Max
900p Maxed 60 / 60 / 60
1080p Maxed 58 / 60 / 60
1440p Maxed 44 / 55 / 60
2160p See note 31 / 37 / 40 All settings reduced to medium, all on/off options set to off, shadows at medium
Mass Effect 3 (Priority: Thessia, dynamic lighting on, AA on)
Reso Min/Avg/Max
900p 108 / 125 / 173
1080p 83 / 110 / 170
1440p 71 / 85 / 112
2160p 32 / 41 / 50
Test card 7870/2GB @ 1175/1200,
I don't have all the current games for benchmarking (since I only buy what I'll actually play) but I'll also toss in some older test games and ports to show how the card has aged over the last few years.
To get it out of the way...SteamVR test came back with laughably bad .1 score.
61% of the frames were rendered too slow. Firestrike 1080p returned a graphics score of 6,465 for the card.To get some somewhat recent A2A testing for the game I do have (Witcher 3), I used the 960 4GB settings found in the January 25th 380 review here on [H]. Older games will be quick snapshots/averages of short runs I used in the past to benchmark (Tomb Raider, Dragon Age: Inq) and a couple console ports (NFS: Most Wanted, Mass Effect 3). If nothing else, it illustrates how low the requirements for some console ports are. Without further ado...
Witcher 3 (A2A 960 results from January)
Settings:
1920x1080 AA on, 16xAF
Graphics: High
Postprocessing: Medium
Hairworks Off
AO: SSAO
Min: 27 (36)
Max: 39 (64)
Avg: 33 (48)
TR - As resolution moves up, presets drop back to keep min >= 30 fps (using included benchmark)
Reso Preset Min/Avg/Max
900p Ultimate 42 / 56 / 66
1080p Ultimate 34 / 44 / 56
1440p Ultra 38 / 45 / 52 <-- Turned off TressFX here
2160p Normal 30 / 35 / 42 (High had a minimum of 27)
Dragon Age: Inq (This is my jogging lap around Haven towards the beginning of the game. Lots of lighting changes, many moving npcs, etc)
Reso Preset Min/Avg/Max
900p Ultra 31 / 48 / 61
1080p High 51 / 58 / 70 (Ultra had a minimum of 25)
1440p High 36 / 41 / 48
2160p Medium 33 / 37 / 43
NFS: Most Wanted (All settings maxed, no super sampling, no vsync option)
Reso Preset Min/Avg/Max
900p Maxed 60 / 60 / 60
1080p Maxed 58 / 60 / 60
1440p Maxed 44 / 55 / 60
2160p See note 31 / 37 / 40 All settings reduced to medium, all on/off options set to off, shadows at medium
Mass Effect 3 (Priority: Thessia, dynamic lighting on, AA on)
Reso Min/Avg/Max
900p 108 / 125 / 173
1080p 83 / 110 / 170
1440p 71 / 85 / 112
2160p 32 / 41 / 50