HIS HD6850 ICE Q X Review – the ultimate HD6850 ?

1. Introduction2. The Architecture3. HIS HD6850 Ice Q X4. Testing Methodology5. Unigine Heaven Benchmark6. 3D Mark Vantage7. Aliens V Predator8. Far Cry 29. Lost Planet 210. Mafia 211. Resident Evil 512. Tom Clancy HAWX13. HQV Benchmark 2.014. Power Consumption15. Thermal Dynamics16. Acoustics Performance17. Overclocking18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

Tom Clancy HAWX is set in the same universe as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter; as Captain Scott Mitchell, the Ghost leader, is featured in a few missions of the missions. Plot elements are carried over from other Tom Clancy games such as the missile defense system found in Tom Clancy’s EndWar. G4′s interview with H.A.W.X’s lead designer Thomas Simon reveals that the game takes place in between Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 and Tom Clancy’s EndWar.

The player begins the game in 2014 as the player assumes the role of former U.S. Air Force pilot, David Crenshaw, who is part of an elite unit called H.A.W.X (“High Altitude Warfare eXperimental squadron”), provides fire-support missions for the Ghost team carrying out covert operations in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. However, shortly after the mission, the Air Force decides to deactivate the H.A.W.X squadron and its pilots, including Crenshaw, are recruited into the PMC Artemis Global Security.

We are testing : DX 10.1 with shadows high, sun shafts high, ambient occlusion (SSAO) very high. view distance high, forest high, environment high, texture quality high, HDR on, Engine heat on and DOF on.

As expected the overclocked GTX460 leads the pack, by around 5 frames per second. The HIS card is 4 frames per second faster than the reference clocked card and 3 frames per second faster than the HD5850.

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