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  • MSI GTX 660 Gaming Video Card Review

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    Tomb Raider

    Tomb Raider is one of the oldest game franchises that has spawned numerous sequels and even spilled over to the silver screen.  The latest version takes advantage of some of the latest technologies such as Tessellation, Tressfx and FXAA.  In this 3rd person game you follow Laura as she navigates the hub and spoke style of gameplay that borrows elements from the Uncharted series.

    Benchmark Settings
    Preset Ultimate
    Texture Quality Ultra
    Texture Filter Anisotropic 16x
    Hair Quality TressFX
    Anit Aliasing FXAA
    Level of Detail Ultra
    Depth of Field Ultra
    SSAO Ultra
    Post Processing On
    Tessellation On
    We used the in-game benchmark for this test and found the results to be very consistent across resolutions and hardware.  As our charts show a similar performance curve with almost playable framerates at 19x10.  Turn down a few settings and there won't be a problem.

    It should be noted that the MSI GTX 660 Gaming had a noticable "hitch" when running the 25x16 test which is likely a buffer problem that we might need to look into.