2560×1600 Performance Investigation (updated)
2xAA & 4xAA
These settings are a more realistic representation of what I would use in actual gaming.
We see the GTX285 provides an overall performance advantage of 29.12% over the GTX260+, which is a significant amount.
In particular, Stalker and Bioshock are over 30% faster and much more playable. I’m actually quite impressed with Stalker’s result as I remember the game absolutely crawling on my 8800 GTS at 1600×1200 with no AA when it was first released. Replaying the game at 2560×1600 with 2xAA and transparency super-sampling is going to be a real treat.
hi, BFG10k, great artical to read.
can you test these games below?
Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2
Empire: Total War
Stalker: Clear Sky
ArmA 2
Supreme Commander (8×2000 units)
thank you
Hi kiss4luna, thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my article.
In response to feedback, I’ve added a 0xAA section which has nine newer titles benchmarked, including Stalker Clear Sky.
Unfortunately I don’t have the rest of the games you asked for.
Thanks for the good writeup. Have been thinking about moving to 30″ from my 23″.
A 30″ display is sweet, no doubt about it.
If you decide to upgrade I’m sure you’ll love it.