Benching the Benchmarks: STALKER – Clear Sky DX10.1 Benchmark

Sun Shafts

This test is perhaps even more demanding as it makes use of heavy shader power to illustrate the effects of brilliant sunshine and “god rays” on a sunny early morning.  It is the most “overdone” of the DX10 effects – compared to the other three tests, in this reviewer’s opinion – but still much better than the early DX10 games.

A brilliant sunrise

Rise and shine, STALKERs

We also test ‘Sun Shafts’ first at 1920×1200, then 1580×1050 and finally at 1440×990 resolutions:

Wow! .. Even 4870-X2 and GTX280 struggle with the minimums – at 1440×990!!