Civilization V
A new addition to the suite, the fifth installment of one of the world's most popular games can be surprisingly hard on high-end hardware.
We're administering the cards some hurt by running the built-in LateGameView benchmark at high-quality settings. The worst-case-scenario benchmark stresses all parts of the system and is indicative of the game being played past 300 turns.
The engine is strange insofar as high-end cards struggle at lower resolutions. What's clear here is that NVIDIA dominates AMD.
| Comparison at 25x16 | GTX 480 | GTX 470 | HD 5870 |
| Faster/slower (per cent) | -0.9 | +4.3 | +49 |
