Introducing AMD’s “Turks” – HD 6670 and HD 6570

X3: Terran Conflict

X3:Terran Conflict (X3:TC) is another beautiful stand-alone benchmark that runs multiple tests and will really strain a lot of older video cards. X3:TC is a space trading and combat simulator from Egosoft and is the most recent of their X-series of computer games.

X3:TC is a standalone expansion of X3: Reunion, based in the same universe and on the same engine. It complements the story of previous games in the X-Universe and especially continues the events after the end of X3: Reunion. Compared to Reunion, Terran Conflict features a larger universe, more ships, and of course, new missions. The X-Universe is huge. The Terran faction was added with their own set of technology including powerful ships and stations. Many new weapons systems were developed for the expansion and it has generally received good reviews. It has a rather steep learning curve.

First we note the results at 1920×1200 with completely maxed out settings plus 8xAA:

The minimums are the same but the GTS 450 is faster than the new Radeons while the HD 6790 edges the GTX 550 Ti which in turn beats the HD 5770 which is solidly faster than the GTX 450. Of course, GT 430 is dead last and choking on space dust although the minimums are similar.  This time we drop the resolution to 1680×1050 and also drop our AA to 4x.

There is quite a performance difference dropping from 8x to 4xAA.  All of our video cards now run close to each other in a fairly tight grouping. The GTS 450 beats both new Radeons and although the HD 6670 overclocks well, it still cannot catch up.  The GTX 550 Ti does its job and beats its rival the HD 6790 until that card is overclocked. However, all of our video cards perform well and all of them experience similar minimum framerates and a similar playing experience. We also note no change in the minimums by overclocking although the HD 6670 scales in the averages as expected.