The battle of the HTPC cards, Galaxy’s GT 520 vs. HD 6450 (GDDR5 vs. GDDR3)
DiRT 2
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is a racing game that was released in September 2009, and is the sequel to Colin McRae: Dirt. It includes many new race-events, including stadium events as your RV travels from one event to another in many real-world environments across four continents. Dirt 2 includes five different event types even allowing you to compete at new locations. It also includes a new multiplayer mode.
Dirt 2 is powered by an updated version of the EGO engine which was featured in Race Driver: Grid. This updated EGO engine also features an updated physics engine. We are using the Dirt 2 full retail game built-in benchmark at the highest “ultra” DX11 setting with 8xAA applied.
First we test at 1680×1050 with ultra settings and 8xAA. GT 220 is a no-show on the DX11 pathway and the HD 6450 cannot manage 8xAA:
Our tested resolution is too demanding for all of our cards except for the GTX 450. What about 1280×720 with no AA?
The overclocked GT 520 is faster than the GDDr5 version of HD 6450 while the stock Galaxy card outpaces the HIS card by a good margin. However the minimums are still too low for DX11.
