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AMD Radeon HD 7950 & XFX R7950 Black Edition Video Card Review

Manufacturer: XFX
Product: FX-795A-TDBC
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 - 11:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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DiRT 3

Dirt 3 PC Game

Dirt 3 (stylized DiRT 3) is a rallying video game and the third in the Dirt series of the Colin McRae Rally series, developed and published by Codemasters. However, the "Colin McRae" tag has been completely removed from this iteration. The game was released in Europe and North America on the 24 May 2011.

Dirt 3 Game Settings

Dirt 3 Game Settings

Dirt3 uses Ego 2.0 Game Technology Engine (more commonly referred to as Ego Engine or EGO, stylised ego), which is a video game engine developed by Codemasters. Ego is a modified version of the Neon game engine that was used in Colin McRae: Dirt and was developed by Codemasters and Sony Computer Entertainment using Sony Computer Entertainment's PhyreEngine cross-platform graphics engine. The Ego engine was developed to render more detailed damage and physics as well as render large-scale environments.

Dirt 3 PC Game Benchmark Results
Benchmark Results: The XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Black Edition graphics card led the reference AMD Radeon HD 7950 by 7.65 frames per second in DiRT 3 at 1920x1080. The XFX 7950 BE was nearly a dead heat for two different NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580's with very little performance separating the three of them.

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Review Index
Page 1 - AMD & XFX Radeon HD 7950 Video Cards
Page 2 - XFX Retail Box and Bundle
Page 3 - The Test System
Page 4 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 5 - Battlefield 3
Page 6 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Page 7 - DiRT 3
Page 8 - H.A.W.X. 2
Page 9 - Just Cause 2
Page 10 - Metro 2033
Page 11 - 3DMark 11
Page 12 - Power Consumption
Page 13 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 14 - Radeon HD 7950 Video Card Overclocking
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions