Resident Evil 6 Benchmark – Frame Time measurement – GTX 680 vs. Titan vs. HD 7970 GHz ed.

Resident Evil 6

 

Resident Evil 6 is a survival horror third-person shooter developed and published by Capcom. The game is the eighth installment in the Resident Evil series and it was released for consoles last year and it will be released for PC next month. Resident Evil 6 revolves around investigators that are pulled into another bio-terrorist threat ten years after the Raccoon City incident.

Capcom has just released a brand new stand-alone benchmark to give potential buyers a chance to see how Resident Evil 6 will run on their PC. We chose the highest settings available in the benchmark and benched at 1920×1080 both at 60Hz and 120Hz and also at 2560×1600 and 5760×1080 at 60Hz.  Benching at 60Hz or 120Hz at the higher resolutions will make no difference since the game rarely hits over 60 fps.

First at 1920×1080 at 60Hz and at 120Hz

Here is the frametime chart for the GTX 680 at 1920×1080 at 60Hz – 79.2 was the average reported by Fraps:

Now the GTX 680 frame time chart also at 1920×1080 but at 120Hz with 79.5 fps reported by Fraps

We now see nearly the same average fps of 73.3 using the HD 7970 at GHz edition speeds, first at 60Hz at 1920×1080

Here is the same run of the HD 7970 but now at 120Hz at 1920×1080 with 73.2 fps average reported by Fraps.

There is not a lot of difference other than the 120Hz run having a slightly lower minimum fps and slightly higher spike.

Here is the benchmark’s run on the GTX Titan at 1920×1080 at 60Hz for 102.8 fps as reported by Fraps:

Here is the same run on the GTX Titan at 1920×1080 but now at 120Hz with 105 fps reported by Fraps:

Now lets’s look at the ranking chart for the GTX 680.  There is no difference other than the variability of the benchmark runs between 120Hz and 60Hz for the ranking.

Now check out the frame ranking chart for the HD 7970 GHz edition:

Now the GTX Titan rank:

Now we see the comparison:

• Average time: Average time across the entire run
• 1% time: Time it takes to draw 99% of frames
• 0.1%: Time it takes to draw 99.9% of frames

The Titan is able to deliver completely satisfactory gameplay at 1920×1080 with the GTX 680 and the HD 7970 fairly far behind.  There is a section where all the video cards seem to choke with a big spike giving a similar experience between the two GTXes with a drop in fps not quite as severe as with the HD 7970. Let’s move on to 2560×1600 at 60Hz

 

2560×1600 at 60Hz

We are now back to 60Hz for the rest of our benching.  Here is the frametime chart for the GTX 680 with an average of 49.3 fps reported by Fraps:

We now see nearly the same score using the HD 7970 at GHz edition speeds for 2560×1600 at 60Hz – slightly slower at 47.2 fps.

Here is the benchmark’s run on the GTX Titan at 2560×1600 at 60Hz with an average of 67.8 fps:

Now lets’s look at the ranking chart for the GTX 680.

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Now check out the frame ranking chart for the HD 7970 GHz edition:

Now the GTX Titan rank:

Now we see the fps and frame time comparison.

• Average time: Average time across the entire run
• 1% time: Time it takes to draw 99% of frames
• 0.1%: Time it takes to draw 99.9% of frames

 

There are more spikes with the HD 7970 and also a lower minimum fps than with the GTX 680 although the apparent average framerate appears to be fairly close. The Titan has no problem providing a relatively smooth experience compared to the other two cards at this demanding resolution. Let’s move on to 1920×1080 at 120Hz

 

5760×1080 at 60Hz

There are some issues with viewing the menus in SuperWidescreen mode.  Here is the benchmark’s run on the GTX 680 at 5760×1080 at 60Hz with an average of 35.7 fps:

We now see nearly the same score using the HD 7970 at GHz edition speeds – slightly slower at 34.4 fps at 5760×1080 at 60Hz.

Here is the benchmark’s run on the GTX Titan with an average of 49.2.2 fps at 5760×1080 at 60Hz:

Now lets’s look at the frame time ranking for the GTX 680.

Now check out the frame time ranking for the HD 7970 GHz edition:

Now the GTX Titan rank:

 

• Average time: Average time across the entire run
• 1% time: Time it takes to draw 99% of frames
• 0.1%: Time it takes to draw 99.9% of frames

 

At this demanding widescreen resolution, only the Titan is providing a playable experience.  The GTX 680 and the HD 7970 are providing a more jittery and less smooth experience in this benchmark with the HD 7970 bringing up the rear.  We are looking forward to seeing what the final game and later driver revisions will bring.

 

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