DiRT2
DiRT 2, a lovely-looking racer and one of the first games to use a DX11 path offers improved visuals whilst burning through the London map.
GeForce GTX 580/570 cards' superb FP16 filtering - well, it's double that of GTX 480 - gives them a sizeable lead over the Radeon competition.
| Comparison at 25x16 | GTX 580 | GTX 570 | HD 5870 | HD 6950 |
| Faster/slower (per cent) | -22.3 | -7.1 | +9.5 | +9.9 |
| Comparison at 25x16 | GTX 570 | GTX 470 | HD 5870 | HD 6970 |
| Faster/slower (per cent) | -16.6 | +13.4 | -0.4 | -9.0 |
It's also the first time that the venerable Radeon HD 5870 is able to sneak past the new-fangled HD 6950. But watch out for those speedy dual-GPU setups!