Crysis 3
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Crysis 3 is a beautiful-looking game that continues to tax high-end systems. We've benchmarked a 60-second section near the start of the game, with lashing rain, numerous reflections and full DX11 pomp on show. 4xMSAA is enabled at 1080p and disabled at 4K.
When discussing shipping frequencies, Asus has told HEXUS that it reckons gamers "would prefer lower noise over potentially 2-3fps extra you may get from a higher boost." During real-world use, we found that Gigabyte's GTX 980 core clock would boost as high as 1,380MHz, compared to 1,291MHz on the Asus card. Sounds a rather-large gulf, yet in Crysis 3 the framerate advantage at 1080p is negligible.
And no matter how much you overclock the GTX 980 core, a single GPU doesn't have what it takes to deliver smooth Crysis 3 gameplay at a lofty 4K resolution.
