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The Witcher 3 Video Card Benchmark - Poor Software Optimization by CDPR
Benchmarking the Witcher 3 proved to be more cumbersome than any game we've ever benchmarked. CD Projekt Red's game doesn't front the tremendously overwhelming assortment of options that GTA V does –...
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The Witcher 3 Texture Quality Comparison – VRAM Usage & FPS Benchmarks
During the GTA V craze, we posted a texture resolution comparison that showcased the drastic change in game visuals from texture settings. The GTA content also revealed VRAM consumption and the...
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review & Benchmark vs. 780 Ti, 980, & Titan X
Following unrelenting rumors pertaining to its pricing and existence, nVidia's GTX 980 Ti is now an officially-announced product and will be available in the immediate future. The GTX 980 Ti was...
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Overclocking NVIDIA's GTX 980 Ti Graphics Card - A 19% Performance Gain
Our initial review of the $650 GTX 980 Ti, published just over twelve hours prior to this post, mentioned an additional posting focusing on the card's overclocking headroom. The GTX 980 Ti runs GM200,...
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EVGA GTX 980 Ti Hybrid Review - Liquid Cooled Overclocking and Thermal...
Working with the GTX 980 Ti ($650) proved that nVidia could supplant its own device for lower cost, limiting the use cases of the Titan X primarily to those with excessive memory requirements. In our...
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AMD Radeon R9 390 & R9 380 Overclocking Benchmark - 1% to 7% Performance Gains
Following our initial review of AMD's new R9 390 ($330) and R9 380 ($220) video cards, we took the final opportunity prior to loaner returns to overclock the devices. Overclocking the AMD 300 series...
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Star Citizen 1.1.3 Updated Graphics Card Benchmark & VRAM Consumption
Regardless of how its mechanics pan-out, Star Citizen is slated to claim the throne as one of the most graphically intense PC games in recent history. This is something we discussed with CIG's Chris...
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AMD R9 Fury X vs. GTX 980 Ti Hybrid Pump Whine Frequency Spectrum Analysis
Our recent Fury X driver comparison took rumors of a disparate relationship between press and launch drivers to task, ultimately finding that no real difference existed. This testing procedure exposed...
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AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Review, Benchmark, & Architecture Drill-Down vs. GTX 980 Ti
The Fury X has been a challenging video card to review. This is AMD's best attempt at competition and, as it so happens, the card includes two items of critical importance: A new GPU architecture and...
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Skyrim Graphics Overhaul 2015 - The Best Performance Optimized Visual Mods
So, you've decided to play Skyrim again. Or perhaps this is the first time. Either way, you've installed the game, played a few minutes, and realized something: wow, this is pretty ugly. Skyrim isn't...
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Star Wars Battlefront PC Benchmark – 1080, 1440, & 4K Tested on 980 Ti, 970,...
The PC version of Star Wars: Battlefront was made available through beta channels yesterday and, somewhat surprisingly, the graphics settings and assets appear to be fairly feature-complete. It's...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III PC Graphics Card Benchmark - FPS, Memory, & Settings
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 arrived on PC at midnight, bringing with it high-fidelity graphics that stress PC components – all the way down to the memory. We set forth on benchmarks for Call of Duty:...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III VRAM Consumption – Up to 10GB on Titan X
We're in the final throes of our Call of Duty: Black Ops III content before moving on to the next game – you know the one. While processing data for our forthcoming graphics optimization guide, we...
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The Complete Black Ops 3 Graphics Optimization Guide – All Settings Benchmarked
Activision's latest in its seemingly undying shooter franchise launched with fairly simplistic graphics settings, but still has a few items that may raise questions – like Order Independent...
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Fallout 4 Texture Quality Comparison: Effectively Zero Difference
In suit of our Fallout 4 GPU benchmark and the follow-up Volumetric Lighting Benchmark, we're now looking toward Bethesda's odd texture quality presentation. Fallout 4 includes with it a Texture...
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Fallout 4 CPU Benchmark: Major Impact on Performance - i3, i5, i7, & FX
Fallout 4 – now an entire day old – is nearing the end of its content lifecycle on our test bench. We'll soon move on to the next major hardware and games, but for now, we've got a few tests left in...
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Star Wars Battlefront Graphics Card PC Benchmark – Ultra, High, & Med
October 9 saw the conclusion of a beta week full of GPU benchmarking, posting initial performance numbers that were agreeable with nearly all modern, $120+ GPUs. Our testing put everything from the 750...
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Star Wars Battlefront CPU Benchmark – When Does the GPU Bottleneck?
Battlefront is one of the best-optimized games right now, strictly looking at the graphics-versus-framerate output across multiple GPUs. The game fronts brilliant shading, lighting, and post-FX,...
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Overwatch Video Card Benchmark – A Scalable Title Tested at 1080, 1440, 4K
Forthcoming team shooter Overwatch is Blizzard's first new IP in years, fusing familiar FPS and team-based elements with MOBA-like playable characters. That, at its core, is what we'd call a “team...
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Just Cause 3 Video Card Benchmark - Anomalous Performance, but Overall...
Rico's back in town. This time, the vigilante who saves the people by blowing up The People's Water Tower comes in high-fidelity graphics with a focus on lighting FX and water tech. Just Cause 3...
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