This is a video of a Benchmark with DirectX 11 mode on a Radeon HD 5970 done with the demo of the game Dirt 2 on a high-end PC just to see what you can expect to get from the game running with high level of detail… It seems that DX 11 support does not provide significantly noticeable difference while racing with high speed in the game, although there re visible difference that can be noticed with a closer inspection. The Benchmark Result is from AMD Athlon II @ 2,6 GHz, ATI Radeon HD 5970, 4GB DDR3 1333 MHz, Windows 7 Professional system running Dirt 2 in 1680×1050 Resolution, Ultra Quality Preset, No Multisampling. The resulting framerate is 45,4 FPS Average (frames per second) which is quite low considering the video card being used, but it is normal considering that we are using DirectX 11 with all the additional details enabled…
The life before DirectX 11 (footage from the classic game Road Fighter) and the life after DirectX 11 (footage from Collin McRae DIRT 2)… DirectX 11 leaves every Road Fighter in the DIRT
After reporting about the problems with CUDA I’ve had with the recently released muvee Reveal 8 software, the company has responded very quickly with a release of a new build of the program that fixed the issue. So now you can download the 15 day Trial version of muvee Reveal 8 and put your PC to the test, using this quick and easy video guide for the test procedure to follow. Of course to benchmark your CUDA performance you’ll have to own an NVIDIA-based video card with CUDA support, otherwise you can just compare your CPU performance…
I’ve already got some test results prepared from different computer systems, but if you decide to try this benchmark on your system please don’t forget to share the results you got here in the comments, so that the database of results can be increased. Please test in both 720p and 1080p resolutions in AVC-HD format (H.264 compression) with and without CUDA enabled and post the CPU and Video Card you have in your computer along with the four results like in the examples below.
