AMD Radeon R7 265 Mainstream GPU Review


3DMark Fire Strike Test

3DMark Fire Strike has two benchmark modes: Normal mode runs at 1920x1080, while Extreme mode targets 2560x1440. GPU target frame buffer utilization for normal mode is 1GB and the benchmark uses tessellation, ambient occlusion, volume illumination, and a medium-quality depth of field filter. The more taxing Extreme mode targets 1.5GB of frame buffer memory and increases detail levels across the board. Extreme mode is explicitly designed for CrossFire / SLI systems. GT 1 focuses on geometry and illumination, with over 100 shadow casting spot lights, 140 non-shadow casting point lights, and 3.9 million vertices calculated for tessellation per frame. And 80 million pixels are processed per frame. GT2 emphasizes particles and GPU simulations. Tessellation volume is reduced to 2.6 million vertices and the number of pixels processed per frame rises to 170 million.

Futuremark 3DMark Fire Strike
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Futuremark 3DMark Fire Strike


The performance trend in 3DMark Fire Strike is somewhat different than Unigine Heaven on the previous page, Here, the Radeon R7 265 was able to handily outpace the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost and Radeon R7 260X, finishing just behind the pricier Radeon R9 270X.
 

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