Crysis is a very heavy DirectX 10 game. We updated this game to version 1.2.1 and used the HOC Crysis Benchmarking Utility to help us collecting data. Since we don’t think the default demo based on the island map stresses the video card the way we want, we used the HOC core demo available with the abovementioned utility. We ran this demo under three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, first with image quality set to “low” and then with image quality set to “high.” Since all video cards achieved a number of frames per second below 10 at 2560×1600 with image details set to “high,” we are not including this test as the results aren’t reliable. We ran each test twice and discard
ed the first result, as usually the first run achieves a lower score compared to the subsequent runs since the game loses time loading files. The results below are the average number of frames per second (FPS) achieved by each card.
We tested the A4-7300, an inexpensive CPU from AMD, with two cores, 4.0 GHz maximum clock, and Radeon integrated video, that uses FM2 socket. Check it out!
Today we are going to dissect the 600 W model from Zalman’s RS power supply series, which is based on a resonant switching (RS) design. Is it a good buy?
Thortech is one of the latest power supply brands to arrive in the market. Let’s see if their 800 W, single-rail, 80 Plus Gold-certified unit that comes with a digital power meter is a good product.
