NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Review

Author: Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig
Date: March 25, 2010
Product Name: Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig
 
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BattleField: Bad Company 2 (DX11)


To benchmark BF: BC2 we used a five minute stretch of gameplay starting from the second checkpoint (after the helicopter takes off) of the second single player mission up until your battle with the tank commences. Framerates are recorded with FRAPS.


1680 x 1050





1920 x 1200





2560 x 1600




Once again we see the GTX 480 staying ahead of the HD 5870, particularly when AA is enabled but it still can’t compete with the raw power of the $700 HD 5970. Interestingly enough, we see that the GTX 480 and HD 5870 are neck and neck at 2560 x 1600 while NVIDIA clearly wins in the minimum framerate department yet again.

According to our conversations with NVIDIA, their current beta driver (and the one which will be launched with the card) exhibits an issue in this game (and DiRT 2) where framerates take a massive plunge at 2560 x 1600 resolution. They expect a fix to be forthcoming sometime in the weeks following launch.
 
 
 

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