3DMark 11 and Aliens vs. Predator
3DMark 11 is the latest version of this hugely popular synthetic benchmark. Making use of DX11 features such as tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading, it provides modern-day results and is available as a free download.
The salient comparison here is the GTX 560 Ti GPU, and XFX enjoys a very slight lead over the NVIDIA competition.
Aliens vs. Predator
The standalone Aliens vs. Predator benchmark uses DX11 features such as hardware tessellation and advanced shadow sampling to draw and animate everyone's favourite xenomorph.
Notoriously difficult to run via the DX11 path, a Radeon HD 6870 has enough oomph to deliver a smooth-ish games-playing experience.
