Crysis 3 is built into CryEngine 3 engine which has been updated with improved dynamic cloth and vegetation, better lighting and shadows, and plenty more. PC gamers had to wait for a high-resolution textures pack for Crysis 2 last year but Crysis 3 launched with high-resolution textures, DX11 support and plenty of customization options that set it apart from the diluted consoles builds.
The test was conducted by techspot. They used 18 DirectX 11 graphics card configurations from AMD and Nvidia. The latest drivers will be used, and every card will be paired with an Intel Core i7-3960X to remove CPU bottlenecks that could influence high-end GPU scores.
Hardware Specifications Of The Test Machine
- Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.30GHz)
- x4 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 (CAS 8-8-8-20)
- Gigabyte G1.Assassin2 (Intel X79)
- OCZ ZX Series 1250w
- Crucial m4 512GB (SATA 6Gb/s)
- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
- Nvidia Forceware 314.07
- AMD Catalyst 13.2 (Beta 6)
GPU Tested
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (3072MB)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 (3072MB)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 Boost (3072MB)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 (3072MB)
- AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB)
- AMD Radeon HD 7850 (2048MB)
- HIS Radeon HD 7770 (1024MB)
- HIS Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 (4096MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 (2048MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 (2048MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 Ti (2048MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 (2048MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti (2048MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024MB)
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 (1536MB)
Medium Quality Performance
High Quality Performance
