Benchmarks - Batman: Arkham City
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Review: HEXUS.net/qa7so | Where2buy: amazon.co.uk |
Homepage: batmanarkhamcity.com/ | Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Developer: Rocksteady Studios |
Utterly compelling allied to gorgeous DX11 visuals, this is a must-have title for 2011.
| Normalised 5760 performance | HD 7970 | HD 6970 | HD 5870 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 85.7% | 19.0% |
| 5760 vs. 1080 performance | HD 7970 | HD 6970 | HD 5870 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39.6% | 37.5% | 19.0% |
Analysis
The HD 6970 does well here, too, almost matching the HD 7970 in both resolutions. Again, the HD 5870's framebuffer limitations are evident at the higher setting. What's also clear here is that the extra tessellation and general-architecture muscle of the HD 6- and 7-series GPUs comes to the fore in this title - both newer cards are significantly faster than the HD 5870.
Powerful as the HD 7970 doubtless is, three-screen gaming and ultra-high image-quality settings are too much for this card. You'd have to knock down the settings to get a 30FPS-plus frame-rate.
