Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite (DirectX 11)
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter like you’ve never seen. Just ask the judges from E3 2011, where the Irrational Games title won over 85 editorial awards, including the Game Critics Awards’ Best of Show. Set in 1912, players assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the flying city of Columbia on a rescue mission. His target? Elizabeth, imprisoned since childhood. During their daring escape, Booker and Elizabeth form a powerful bond — one that lets Booker augment his own abilities with her world-altering control over the environment. Together, they fight from high-speed Sky-Lines, in the streets and houses of Columbia, on giant zeppelins, and in the clouds, all while learning to harness an expanding arsenal of weapons and abilities, and immersing players in a story that is not only steeped in profound thrills and surprises, but also invests its characters with what Game Informer called “An amazing experience from beginning to end."
Our Settings for Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite continues to have some stuttering with all cards we throw at it, though in our testing the MARS 760 doesn't have much more variance than the single GPU offerings it is getting compared to. Looking at the average frame rate, the MARS 760 is against faster than the GTX 780 Ti and the R9 290X though by a smaller margin than we saw in BF3.
Frame time variance does spike a bit after the 95th percentile compared to the other cards so there might be some noticeable smoothness differences in favor of the single GPU cards.
This thing would be amazing
This thing would be amazing with 4gb for each GPU at $600.00. That’s where it needs to be for success.
I have to say that as
I have to say that as impressive as this card seems, the only value it has is in it’s compact design. You are paying for it’s size, not it’s capabilities. For around $600, (a bit more though) you can get 2 GTX760 with 4Gb memory each and put the bacplates on yourself. Remember, the memory on SLI setups doesn’t stack so the Mars doesn’t actually have 4Gb of effective memory. I had 2 4Gb 760s in SLI for around the price this card sells for and was very impressed as they outperformed the 780! Now that you can get a 780 for around $500 and a 780TI for around $700, why would you want the middle? Save a couple hundred with the 780 and have great gameplay or toss a couple hundred more out there for the TI and beat a Titian’s back side!
MadeLoveToByASUS is my screen
MadeLoveToByASUS is my screen name on the PCPER Podcast because I’ve never been “F*CKED” by ASUS. They always amaze me with the quality and performance of their products. ASUS is the best in my book and will remain there as long as they continue the path they’re on. Love the card, but I have 2 ASUS 780ti’s via SLI in my system and it rules all I’ve ever had. Keep it up ASUS and PC PER. You are both the best.
Love,
ASUS’ #1 FAN
Heyyyyyy, is that a shot at
Heyyyyyy, is that a shot at my username
im assuming its like the 690
im assuming its like the 690 though and only 2gb are usable?
Well, it’s 2GB per GPU. Its
Well, it's 2GB per GPU. Its ALL being used, just by separate GPUs.
Where’s the custom 290 review
Where’s the custom 290 review ? =P
https://pcper.com/reviews/
https://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/ASUS-Radeon-R9-290X-DirectCU-II-Graphics-Card-Review
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Thank you 🙂
Thank you 🙂
my guess is that Asus didn’t
my guess is that Asus didn’t know Nvidia was going to release the 780ti…and they already had this card in the pipeline. If the 780ti didn’t exist, this would be a sweet card.
Too late, Asus…good luck selling these things.
cool card but… 2 760 are
cool card but… 2 760 are not worth that much, if would be a perfect card if it used the full gk104 (770)… also 2GB per 760 is not so great considering the level of performance it can achieve without the vram being a bottleneck…
so yes… 2x 760s if you have a MB with enough space is a much nicer deal.
still, a cool card.
Hi PCPER thanks for the
Hi PCPER thanks for the review… I am wondering how 2 of these cards would work in quad SLI. I haven’t seen any benchmark numbers anywhere yet… Plus I haven’t seen any available yet to buy? Any ideas when or where to buy them?
thanks
Luc
dear Sir,
we do have required
dear Sir,
we do have required laptop Core i5 with 4 Gb graphic card.
LOL
LOL
Nah, wasn’t that funny.
Nah, wasn’t that funny.