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Review: £250 - £400 to spend on a graphics card? Read this

by Tarinder Sandhu on 21 January 2009, 09:27 3.9

Tags: GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285 OCX, BFG Technologies, ZOTAC, PC

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Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 1,680x1,050 4xAA MaxAF
BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GBSapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GBZOTAC GeForce GTX 295 1,792MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBInno3D GeForce GTX 280 1GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 SLI
80.2372.5985.2376.8970.0483.46


Far Cry 2 1,920x1,200 4xAA MaxAF
BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GBSapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GBZOTAC GeForce GTX 295 1,792MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBInno3D GeForce GTX 280 1GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 SLI
72.2868.1282.7374.2861.2880.64


Far Cry 2 2,560x1,600 4xAA MaxAF
BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GBSapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GBZOTAC GeForce GTX 295 1,792MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBInno3D GeForce GTX 280 1GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 SLI
50.9147.7666.5156.2942.3863.62


Far Cry 2 scales oddly, no matter which high-end card and CPU are used, and GPU-bound differences are only noticed at a resolution-busting 2,560x1,600. But if you have enough cash to splash out on a £400 graphics setup, another £750 won't hurt, will it? :)