ASUS EAH3870 512MB Graphics Card Review

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig     |     April 13, 2008

Crysis

Crysis is one of those games that comes along every now and then and totally humbles every graphics card on the market. While some people have pointed towards shoddy programming, it is undeniable that this game looks ridiculously good when played at higher settings.

For this test we recorded a custom timedemo on the Harbor level equaling about 15 minutes of game time. All results were recorded with FRAPS over the course of the timedemo. All settings were set at High and DX9 mode was used.



Unfortunately, even with an overclocked card Crysis eats the RV670 core in for breakfast. The only resolution which is remotely playable with the ASUS HD3870 TOP is 1280x1024 without AA turned on and even then it is just barely above 30fps. We can however appreciate the fact that the ASUS card is overclocked sufficiently that it provides a noticeably smoother gameplay experience than the stock HD3870.

You will also notice that the higher resolution tests with AA turned on did not run properly on either HD3870 card and resulted in driver crashes again and again.
 
 
 

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