AMD R7 260X Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell October 8, 2013 Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics

Total War ROME 2 is the eighth stand alone game in the Total War series, it is the successor to the successful Rome: Total War title. The Warscape Engine powers the visuals of the game and the new unit cameras will allow players to focus on individual soldiers on the battlefield, which in itself may contain thousands of combatants at a time. Creative Assembly has stated that they wish to bring out the more human side of war this way, with soldiers reacting with horror as their comrades get killed around them and officers inspiring their men with heroic speeches before siege towers hit the walls of the enemy city. This will be realised using facial animations for individual units, adding a feel of horror and realism to the battles.

To test the cards today we use the ULTRA profile settings shown above at 1920×1080.

All graphics cards on test today hold playable frame rates at 1080p at ULTRA settings. Both R7 260X and VChamp HD7790 are closely matched.

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4 comments

Davis
October 8, 2013 at 7:57 am

Well I think partner cards will be better not difficult looking at this mind you.

is this the only card with programmable audio today? why?
Ben
October 8, 2013 at 7:58 am

So the only card with the new audio features is a budget model? what? The 270x is basically the same performance as a HD7870 Tahiti LE and 280X is a 7970ghz ed?

Anyone else wondering if AMD have anything new at all to release? 290x? come on. its going to be £600, no one can afford that!
snorlax
October 29, 2013 at 5:46 am

will you also review the r7 250? I’m about to get an HD 7750 then the r7 250 came along. Now I don’t know which one should i get. From the initial opinions i have read, the 7750 should be faster than the r7 250 but the latter is newer.