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PowerColor PCS HD7870 MYST Video Card Review - Tahiti LE

Manufacturer: PowerColor
Product: AX7870 2GBD5-2DHPPV3E
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Far Cry 3

Farcry3 Game Screenshot

Far Cry 3 is an open world first-person shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It is the sequel to 2008's Far Cry 2. The game was released on December 4th, 2012 for North America. Far Cry 3 is set on a tropical island found somewhere at the intersection of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[11] After a vacation goes awry, player character Jason Brody has to save his kidnapped friends and escape from the islands and their unhinged inhabitants.

FarCry 3 Quality Settings

FarCry 3 Video Quality

Far Cry 3 uses the Dunia Engine 2 game engine with Havok physics. The graphics are excellent and the game really pushes the limits of what one can expect from mainstream graphics cards. We set game title to 8x MSAA Anti-Aliasing and ultra quality settings. 

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Benchmark Results: The PowerColor PCS HD7870 MYST was 6.3% faster than the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition video in Far Cry 3 at 1920x1080.

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Review Index
Page 1 - The PowerColor PCS HD7870 MYST - Tahiti LE
Page 2 - PowerColor 7870 Myst Retail Box and Bundle
Page 3 - Test System
Page 4 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 5 - Battlefield 3
Page 6 - Borderlands 2
Page 7 - Dirt: Showdown
Page 8 - Far Cry 3
Page 9 - Metro 2033
Page 10 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 11 - Tomb Raider
Page 12 - 3DMark 11
Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 14 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 15 - Overclocking Tahiti LE
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions