World in Conflict DX9

This is one stunning game. World in Conflict has provided us with some of my most memorable gaming experiences since the first Homeworld game was released and it has not stopped wowing me. In its DX9 form it provides eye-popping visuals and pushes most modern GPUs to their limits. However, in DX10 mode this game will cause nearly every graphics card to beg for mercy.

For this test we used the in-game benchmarking tool.

1280 x 1024



1600 x 1200




2560 x 1600



World in Conflict has always been a game which benefits Nvidia cards but the HD3870 TOP is able to provide perfectly playable framerates right up to 1600x1200 resolution without AA turned on. Once again the ASUS card is about 10% faster than the stock card when it comes to average frames per second but the all-important minimum FPS stays dead even between the two cards.