AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB Review – Pitcairn takes another pass

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

NVIDIA's cards continues to exhibit some pretty bad stuttering with Bioshock Infinite while AMD's cards are much smoother in the single GPU configurations.  Even so, the GTX 660 puts out the best average frame rate score and just barely edges past the green line of the Radeon R9 270 card with over 70 FPS at 1080p.  The black line of the R7 265 falls 12% behind the higher end Pitcairn based card but is able to keep 18% ahead of the R7 260X.