The native resolution of the display is 1920x1080. All case fans were set to 100% speed and automated fan control settings were disabled for purposes of test consistency and thermal stability.Ī 120Hz display was connected for purposes of ensuring frame throttles were a non-issue. 4x4GB memory modules were kept overclocked at 2400MHz. The system was kept in a constant thermal environment (21C - 22C at all times) while under test. GN Test Bench 2013ġ6GB Kingston HyperX Genesis 10th Anniv. AMD Catalyst Omega drivers were used for the AMD cards. NVidia 347.09 stable drivers were used for all tests conducted on nVidia's GPUs. We used FRAPS' benchmark utility for real-time measurement of the framerate, then used FRAFS to analyze the 1% high, 1% low, min, max, and average FPS. We tested each video card for 120 seconds in an identical circuit on the Launch training mission, using max settings and 4xAA. Test Methodologyįor this test, we varied the Elite: Dangerous settings between 1080p, 1440p, and 4K using super resolution tech. Tests were also conducted at 4K and 1080p. The above video shows Elite: Dangerous at maxed-out settings with 1440p super resolution (filtered down to 1080) on a GTX 980. Elite: Dangerous Max Graphics Settings Benchmark at 1440p The game isn't nearly as GPU-intensive as Star Citizen's current alpha build ( which we also benchmarked), but still warranted testing.

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