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Review: Sapphire HD 7970 in three-screen Eyefinity

by Tarinder Sandhu on 9 January 2012, 13:14 4.0

Tags: Sapphire

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Benchmarks - Total War: Shogun 2

Where2buy: amazon.co.uk
Homepage: totalwar.com/shogun2 | Publisher: Sega | Developer: The Creative Assembly

Strategy and great graphics: a win-win situation.

Normalised 5760 performance HD 7970 HD 6970 HD 5870
100% 69.1% NA

5760 vs. 1080 performance HD 7970 HD 6970 HD 5870
33.0% 32.8% NA

Analysis

No percentage numbers for the HD 5870 as it can't run the test at 5,760x1,080; the framebuffer is too small.

Three screens provide about one-third of the performance when compared with gaming on one screen, but both Eyefinity3 numbers are too low for proper gameplay.