WEBVTT 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:06.640 this video is brought to you by our trusted partner Intel for a limited time 00:00:04.839 --> 00:00:11.360 only with the purchase of any unlocked Core I5 or core i7 Intel CPU get a free 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:15.400 Intel beanie with a chance to win an Intel snowboard valid for Canadian and 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:18.960 US customers only some restrictions apply for complete details visit Intel 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:24.840 gaming promo.com Welcome to our Crisis 3 video 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:26.480 card performance review so this is uh 00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:30.560 we're breaking our rule a little bit guys so more on that in a moment but 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:35.000 this is our evaluation of at a about 100 bucks about 200 bucks about 300 bucks 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:40.160 and higher than that four different price points what is the best video card 00:00:37.559 --> 00:00:44.239 to buy we're going head-to-head Green Team versus red team at a bunch of 00:00:42.440 --> 00:00:49.199 different price segments so you guys will know exactly what you should buy to 00:00:46.199 --> 00:00:52.160 get the most out of Crisis 3 now why did 00:00:49.199 --> 00:00:58.760 we break our rule the reason is because Crisis 3 is such a new game um no one 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:00.920 has a a wickle release driver yet that's 00:00:58.760 --> 00:01:05.479 fully optimized for it so when we first did our tests with Titan where we 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:09.960 compared uh crisis on the variety of platforms Crisis 3 rather on a variety 00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:15.240 of platforms we saw that AMD had a huge Advantage because their driver was 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:17.240 optimized for it now a our NVIDIA just 00:01:15.240 --> 00:01:22.200 released their optimized driver so now we have an opportunity to go optimized 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:26.560 versus optimized head-to-head at those different price points so our test bench 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:32.399 is a p9x 79 Deluxe with 16 gigs of mushkin Blackline memory a 3960x at 4 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:37.560 GHz so that's a six core Intel processor we're using an ntech 1000 wat power 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:40.560 supply a 128 gig SSD and for our 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.320 software we are using afterburner 2.3.1 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:47.600 to run all of our overclocked settings we overclock every card to within a 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:51.759 reasonable level so we don't go absolute Max because this should be something 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:55.640 that you can obtain just by checking out our spreadsheet which is going to be 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:59.520 linked under the video and dialing those settings into your GPU they're pretty 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:06.799 much safe settings and then we're using beta 34.14 for NVIDIA and beta 13.2 for 00:02:04.039 --> 00:02:11.720 AMD now here are our price ranges so head-to-head for round one is the GTX 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:15.920 650 so that's this guy right here actually that's not this guy right here 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:21.720 yes it is the 650 power Edition from MSI versus a Radeon 7770 so these are 115 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:28.560 bucks and 120 bucks respectively we also went for GTX 660 which is this guy right 00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:30.360 here versus Radeon 7870 which is one of 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:33.440 these two I believe it's this guy right nope I'm wrong this guy right here uh 00:02:32.519 --> 00:02:40.920 yes 7870 and then next was so those are 229 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:43.680 and 239 respectively next was 660ti 00:02:40.920 --> 00:02:50.319 which is this guy right here versus 7950 right here so these are 289 and 299 and 00:02:46.920 --> 00:02:52.840 finally we have GTX 670 versus Radon 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:56.120 7970 so the 670 is the one that's actually still on the bench over there 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:01.920 and there's a very good reason for that because we got some very cryptic numbers 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:05.440 from our GTX 670 which we think we can explain because we're using beta drivers 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:09.879 which I really don't believe in using but we had to do it for this game 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:15.040 because it's so fresh uh so let's here we go so at our lowest price tier you 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:21.640 can see this is pretty much a dead tie remember guys the GTX 650 is actually 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:24.000 about 8% cheaper than the 7770 so if you 00:03:21.640 --> 00:03:28.720 take these two cards overclock them to the max well Max is and run Crisis 3 00:03:27.200 --> 00:03:32.239 you're going to get EX pretty much exactly the same experience was it 00:03:30.519 --> 00:03:35.640 playable at very high spec with antialising off not really you're 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:41.000 probably going to have to turn this game down a little bit more but for the sake of consistency between the different 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:46.400 cards that we ran we had to pick one setting and kind of go with it next up 00:03:43.519 --> 00:03:51.760 we've got the $200 weight class of cards and again we see pretty much a dead tie 00:03:49.640 --> 00:03:57.599 uh the GTX 660 does come ahead and remember it was also a little bit 00:03:54.239 --> 00:03:59.360 cheaper than the 7870 but this is sort 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:03.239 of within the margin of error when we rerun our Crisis 3 Benchmark which you 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:07.200 guys can check out it's also on the channel our benchmarking procedure if 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:10.480 you when we rerun that over and over and over again we get a variance of about a 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:16.799 couple percent so you can kind of take all the results and factor that into it 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:19.600 as well so moving on to our $300 weight 00:04:16.799 --> 00:04:24.960 class we've got another tie because remember again the 660 Ti was a little 00:04:22.479 --> 00:04:31.880 bit cheaper than the 7950 now pricing for the cards we use the latest pricing 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:33.479 on NC we take the second lowest card so 00:04:31.880 --> 00:04:36.680 the lowest one we kind of throw it away and go that might be some kind of crazy 00:04:35.039 --> 00:04:40.280 deal that people can't get but the second lowest one should be pretty much 00:04:38.440 --> 00:04:46.479 obtainable now this is where things get weird when we get into our $400 weight 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:47.880 class the 7970 scaled beyond the 7950 00:04:46.479 --> 00:04:53.199 which makes sense because it's a slightly more powerful card but our GTX 00:04:50.600 --> 00:05:00.800 670 actually didn't perform any better than our 660 Ti so the 670 is the same 00:04:56.840 --> 00:05:03.320 architecture as the 660ti it has um more 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:06.639 functional units it's clocked higher even when we're overclocking both of 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:11.039 them where it's like it's clocked higher so we can only chalk this up to a bit of 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:16.160 driver weirdness in the beta that probably won't be observed once that 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:20.840 beta driver makes its way to being a finished driver so to me it looks like 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:25.520 this is going to end up being another dead tie once that optimization is done 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:28.759 but it just shows you sort of amds a little bit further ahead from NVIDIA but 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:32.960 we knew this because their Crisis 3 optimized driver was released before 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:39.520 NVIDIA when it comes to Crisis 3 finally here are all of the cards so 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:41.800 you can clearly see other than the 670 00:05:39.520 --> 00:05:47.360 falling below where it's supposed to be up next to the 7970 that each of those 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:50.880 price segments clearly defines itself with a performance Improvement so you 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:56.479 can also track on this spreadsheet this is really cool where the best bang for 00:05:53.039 --> 00:06:00.039 the buck lies because the GTX 660 and 00:05:56.479 --> 00:06:02.800 the 7870 literally offer you d double 00:06:00.039 --> 00:06:09.560 the performance of the lower tier cards whereas when you move up to 660 Ti and 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:12.280 7950 you might get another 25% but 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:16.880 you're actually spending 50% more than the previous uh than the previous tier 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:20.800 of cards so when it comes to Crisis 3 if you want 00:06:18.599 --> 00:06:25.120 playable performance okay so average around 40 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:29.120 FPS you want to spend a couple hundred bucks you're going to get the best bang 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:35.440 for your buck so we can safely say that either the GTX 660 which is Da Da Da Da 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:41.880 Da this guy right here or the radon hd7870 either of these would be 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:46.560 fantastic options for a Crisis 3 gaming rig because they're able to maintain 00:06:43.599 --> 00:06:51.520 average frame rates of around 40 FPS which is very playable this is at very 00:06:48.960 --> 00:06:55.120 high system specs running at 1080p anti-aliasing is off so if you want to 00:06:53.240 --> 00:07:00.440 start turning up those details those higher end cards will start to pull away 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:02.680 more but for the basic gamer HD gaming 00:07:00.440 --> 00:07:08.080 these cards are a great value so either of them is a fantastic choice uh so I 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:11.960 guess my usual recommendations also stand if you're going to be gaming in 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:14.560 surround I do recommend ifinity over NVIDIA surround it is a little bit 00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:17.400 easier to configure and the compatibility is very strong and if 00:07:16.520 --> 00:07:22.879 you're going to be playing in stereoscopic 3D I definitely recommend 00:07:20.479 --> 00:07:28.280 GeForce over Radeon because the NVIDIA 3D Vision ecosystem is much more stable 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:32.440 and much easier to use than the equivalent from the AMD side so that 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:37.919 pretty much wraps it up thank you guys for checking out our Crisis 00:07:34.280 --> 00:07:39.280 3 video card Roundup I hope this is made 00:07:37.919 --> 00:07:42.800 your life a little bit easier if you're trying to buy a video card for Crisis 3 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:48.879 and as always don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips from unboxings reviews 00:07:44.840 --> 00:07:48.879 and other computer videos