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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Video Card Review

Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Product: GeForce GTX 680
Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 - 08:00 AM
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 was roughly 6 FPS slower than the EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win, but faster than both the AMD Radeon HD 7970 and the MSI R7970 Lighting. At a resolution of 1920x1080 the GeForce GTX 680 was 16.5% faster than the AMD Radeon HD 7970 reference card.

Dirt 3 PC Game Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX680 takes the win at a 2560x1600 resolution here as well against the MSI R7970 Lighting, which costs $100 more and has 50% more frame buffer! 

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Review Index
Page 1 - Good Riddance Fermi and Hello Kepler!
Page 2 - NVIDIA GPU Boost, Adaptive VSync & TXAA
Page 3 - A Closer Look At The GeForce GTX 680
Page 4 - Taking The GeForce GTX 680 Apart
Page 5 - The Test System
Page 6 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 7 - Battlefield 3
Page 8 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Page 9 - DiRT 3
Page 10 - H.A.W.X. 2
Page 11 - Just Cause 2
Page 12 - Metro 2033
Page 13 - 3DMark 11
Page 14 - Unigine Heaven 3.0
Page 15 - Folding & LuxMark v2.0
Page 16 - Power Consumption
Page 17 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 18 - Overclocking The GeForce GTX 680
Page 19 - GeForce GTX680 Overclocked Benchmarks
Page 20 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions