Far Cry 2 and H.A.W.X
Far Cry 2| Far Cry 2 - 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK | Inno3D Geforce GTX 260 OC | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 |
| 57.57 | 58.51 | 56.61 |
| Far Cry 2 - 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK | Inno3D Geforce GTX 260 OC | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 |
| 50.06 | 52.42 | 49.76 |
| Far Cry 2 - 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK | Inno3D Geforce GTX 260 OC | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 |
| 33.36 | 38.15 | 33.17 |
Very similar performance in Far Cry from these £125-£155 cards. Inno3D's GeForce GTX 260 OC's memory-bandwidth advantage finally comes into play at the highest resolution, making the game eminently playable.
H.A.W.X
| H.A.W.X - 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK | Inno3D Geforce GTX 260 OC | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 |
| 56.5 | 60 | 55 |
| H.A.W.X - 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK | Inno3D Geforce GTX 260 OC | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 |
| 49 | 53.5 | 47.5 |
| H.A.W.X - 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF | ||
|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK | Inno3D Geforce GTX 260 OC | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 |
| 34.5 | 36.5 | 34 |
The Radeons use the DX10.1 path and the GTX 260 falls back to DX10. The HAWK keeps a slight advantage over the default card, obviously, but just gives way to a pre-overclocked GTX 260,
Looking back at our results, the sweetspot resolution appears to be 1,920x1,200 with the eye-candy turned on. Considering that most folks' monitors will top out at that setting the trio of GPUs are a good fit for a mid-range system.
