Hybrid Graphics Performance
To test the AMD Hybrid CrossFire system I simply played a few games on the integrated graphics of the Gigabyte 780G motherboard, then threw in the HD 3450 graphics card to see how much the experience was improved. I test three different games: World in Conflict, Company of Heroes and even Call of Duty 4.
In World in Conflict the Hybrid graphics solution makes a noticeable difference in playability and increases the average frame rate by 35%.
Company of Heroes sees a HUGE increase in performance – and since the HD 3450 is actually faster than the integrated GPU in the chipset, the gain is more than 100%! How does 108% scaling sound to you, as well as increasing the average frame rate by more than 100% too!
Finally, we do something that we once would have laughed at: played Call of Duty 4 at decent image quality on an integrated graphics solution. Adding in the discrete graphics card gives us nearly 60% better frame rate, though the minimum still stays in the low tens.
