Gaming Benchmarks of Crisis 3: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Video Cards

As the title of this video suggests, today we will be showcasing gaming benchmarks of Crisis 3, a game currently in open beta. The game is multiplayer and has been a recent focus for our tests, as we've been playing it extensively to benchmark its performance. While we've found ourselves enjoying the game's visuals and gameplay, we're here to put eight different video cards through their paces to see which one comes out on top.

Before diving into the tests, let's take a look at the hardware that was used for these benchmarks. We're utilizing a COR I 7 2600k, overclocked to 4,400 MHz, as our CPU of choice. This processor utilizes a significant amount of processing power, which is why we've seen temperatures in the high 80s during testing. Additionally, we're running on an Asus motherboard with a z68 chipset and 16 gigs of Vengeance RAM clocked at 1600 megatransfers per second.

We also want to mention that all tests were run on a 1920 x 1080 resolution on a 27-inch Asus VG278 monitor. Furthermore, we're using the latest AMD and NVIDIA drivers to ensure optimal performance from our system. With this setup in place, we can now proceed with the tests, pitting eight different video cards against each other to determine which one performs best.

Starting off with the big dogs, we have EVGA's GTX 680 up against ASUS's H 7970 X, a Gigahertz Edition card that comes factory overclocked out of the box. As you can see in our results, we were able to achieve maximum settings on both cards, but the GTX 680 beat out the H 7970 X by just two frames. Although there was a slight difference between the two cards, it's worth noting that the H 7970 X has a better cooler and more efficient design.

Moving on from the big dogs, we have ASUS's GTX 670, which is our personal card, up against another HyperX card, the H 7950. Interestingly, both cards were able to achieve maximum settings once again, with the frame rates being nearly identical. This suggests that there wasn't a significant difference between these two high-end cards.

Next up, we have PNY's GTX 660 Ti, which was pitted against Sapphire's HD7870. Here, we had to adjust some of our settings due to the limitations of this card. Although it was unable to achieve maximum settings like its competitor, the GTX 660 Ti still managed to deliver an average FPS of 35. While not as impressive as the higher-end cards, this result shows that the GTX 660 Ti is still capable of handling Crisis 3 at a respectable level.

Finally, we have MSI's GTX 650 TI up against another HyperX card, the H 7850. Unfortunately, this card didn't perform as well as its competitors, with us needing to adjust our settings to high in order to achieve an acceptable frame rate. This suggests that the GTX 650 TI may not be the best choice for those looking to play Crisis 3 at high resolutions and settings.

In conclusion, these tests have shown that while each card has its strengths and weaknesses, some are clearly more suited to playing Crisis 3 than others. Whether you're in the market for a new graphics card or simply want to know which one will give you the best performance on this game, we hope this analysis has been helpful in providing you with the information you need.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys so as the title of this video suggests today I'm going to be showing you some gaming benchmarks of Crisis 3 uh it's currently in open Beta at least during the time of filming this video it's multiplayer and I've been playing it a lot lately cuz I've been benchmarking but I've actually been liking it a lot as well it looks amazing and uh it's actually really fun I found myself playing it more than actually benchmarking I I kind of got carried away but today I'm going to be showing you eight different video cards uh and how they perform with this game so I've got four Nvidia and four AMD cards and and I'm going to pit them against each other to see which one performs the best but first let's take a look at the hardware that I was using so I'm using a COR I 7 2600k and it is overclocked at 4,400 MHz and keep in mind guys that Crisis 3 does utilize a lot of your cpu's processing power which is why I was actually seeing temps in the high 80s at times I'm also running on the z68 chipset with an Asus board I've got 16 gigs of Vengeance Ram clocked at 1600 megat transfers per second you can take a look at the other specs right there and I did want to point out that I am on Windows 7 64-bit and I am using the latest AMD and NVIDIA drivers and lastly all of these tests were run at 1920 x 1080 on a 27 in Asus vg278 all right so starting off with the big dogs we've got evga's GTX 680 up against H 7970 X this is the gigahertz Edition so it comes Factory overclocked out of the box and uh I was able to get Max settings on both of these cards as you can see the frame rate is marginal I mean just by two frames the 680 beat out the 7970 just barely uh as far as the temps go obviously uh it's going to vary a lot from manufacturer to manufacturer so uh we did see a better cooler more efficient cooler on his card um but uh yeah as you can see there very high settings completely maxed out as you can see I'm using smaa it's a bit more it's actually much more efficient uh method of rendering than msaa so it's actually able to achieve higher frame rate with that setting on moving on uh we've got the GTX 670 this is my personal card as most of you know uh by Asus uh up against another H card the 7950 and here we saw uh we're able to achieve maximum settings on both cards once again and as you can see the frame rates are just basically exactly the same uh so there was very little difference other than the aftermarket cooler of course um but you can see there it's uh it's pretty much negligible at this point that brings us to uh PNY GTX 660ti that was up against the sapphire Ron hd7870 and uh here we can see that uh we actually had to change some of the settings we are no longer operating at maximum settings with a 7870 I had to turn down the smaa to 2x uh while the GTX 660 Ti was actually able to achieve full Max settings uh while still getting uh average FPS of 35 uh and last but not least actually last and least uh was the MSI GTX 650 TI versus the H 7850 and here we can see we definitely bumped down the settings uh the 650 TI didn't perform all that great um I thought it was actually going to outdo the 7850 for whatever reason uh but I actually had to turn down all the video settings to high uh including the texture resolution and also the smaa and anisotropy was bumped down to 2x uh as far as the 7850 goes as you can see there I was still operating at very high so almost Max settings but I definitely had to turn down the smaa to 2x as well and that wraps it up for this video hopefully next time somebody asks you can my video card run crisis you can tell them yes it can or no it cannot you need a better video card cuz you suck but that's going to do it for now guys thank you all for watching and I'll see you in the next videowhat's up guys so as the title of this video suggests today I'm going to be showing you some gaming benchmarks of Crisis 3 uh it's currently in open Beta at least during the time of filming this video it's multiplayer and I've been playing it a lot lately cuz I've been benchmarking but I've actually been liking it a lot as well it looks amazing and uh it's actually really fun I found myself playing it more than actually benchmarking I I kind of got carried away but today I'm going to be showing you eight different video cards uh and how they perform with this game so I've got four Nvidia and four AMD cards and and I'm going to pit them against each other to see which one performs the best but first let's take a look at the hardware that I was using so I'm using a COR I 7 2600k and it is overclocked at 4,400 MHz and keep in mind guys that Crisis 3 does utilize a lot of your cpu's processing power which is why I was actually seeing temps in the high 80s at times I'm also running on the z68 chipset with an Asus board I've got 16 gigs of Vengeance Ram clocked at 1600 megat transfers per second you can take a look at the other specs right there and I did want to point out that I am on Windows 7 64-bit and I am using the latest AMD and NVIDIA drivers and lastly all of these tests were run at 1920 x 1080 on a 27 in Asus vg278 all right so starting off with the big dogs we've got evga's GTX 680 up against H 7970 X this is the gigahertz Edition so it comes Factory overclocked out of the box and uh I was able to get Max settings on both of these cards as you can see the frame rate is marginal I mean just by two frames the 680 beat out the 7970 just barely uh as far as the temps go obviously uh it's going to vary a lot from manufacturer to manufacturer so uh we did see a better cooler more efficient cooler on his card um but uh yeah as you can see there very high settings completely maxed out as you can see I'm using smaa it's a bit more it's actually much more efficient uh method of rendering than msaa so it's actually able to achieve higher frame rate with that setting on moving on uh we've got the GTX 670 this is my personal card as most of you know uh by Asus uh up against another H card the 7950 and here we saw uh we're able to achieve maximum settings on both cards once again and as you can see the frame rates are just basically exactly the same uh so there was very little difference other than the aftermarket cooler of course um but you can see there it's uh it's pretty much negligible at this point that brings us to uh PNY GTX 660ti that was up against the sapphire Ron hd7870 and uh here we can see that uh we actually had to change some of the settings we are no longer operating at maximum settings with a 7870 I had to turn down the smaa to 2x uh while the GTX 660 Ti was actually able to achieve full Max settings uh while still getting uh average FPS of 35 uh and last but not least actually last and least uh was the MSI GTX 650 TI versus the H 7850 and here we can see we definitely bumped down the settings uh the 650 TI didn't perform all that great um I thought it was actually going to outdo the 7850 for whatever reason uh but I actually had to turn down all the video settings to high uh including the texture resolution and also the smaa and anisotropy was bumped down to 2x uh as far as the 7850 goes as you can see there I was still operating at very high so almost Max settings but I definitely had to turn down the smaa to 2x as well and that wraps it up for this video hopefully next time somebody asks you can my video card run crisis you can tell them yes it can or no it cannot you need a better video card cuz you suck but that's going to do it for now guys thank you all for watching and I'll see you in the next video\n"