3D Performance Results

Once we completed our CPU test suite, we took some time to play some games with the TPU community to get an overall feel for gaming on the G1.Sniper M3. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

3DMark 11 results were a bit lower than I had expected, considering the Cinebench results, but there's nothing too surprising here, either.

Civilization 5

Our first real-world 3D performance test comes in the form of Civilization 5, using the included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, and then disabled V-SYNC and AA to eliminate bottlenecks introduced by the GPU itself. Here the Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 performed well, showing no issues at all.

F1 2010

Our second real-world 3D performance test comes from CodeMasters, in the form of the "F1 2010" included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, which included 8xAA with our newly added HD6950 2GB from Sapphire. Here the G1.Sniper M3 performed admirably, indicating that everything is working as it should, and there are no huge problems at all with performance.

With the CPU and 3D performance compares out of the way, I took a closer look at the other performance features offered by the Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3.