Benchmark: 3DMark 11
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3DMark 11 is the latest version of this hugely-popular synthetic benchmark. Making use of DX11 features such as tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading, it provides modern-day results and is available as a free download.
| Dual-GPU scaling in 3DMark 11 |
CrossFire at 720p | CrossFire at 1080p | SLI at 720p | SLI at 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58.6% | 92.3% | 57.1% | 91.0% |
3DMark 11 looks good for Sapphire; the second-rung 7950 OC graphics card has the edge over NVIDIA's finest single-GPU solution.
Stating the obvious, putting two together in CrossFire gives the user almost twice the power, but will modern-day games be able to make the most of all that dual-GPU promise?