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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 Super Overclocked Edition Video Card Review
Author: Will West
Published: Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Dirt 2
Dirt2 is a rally racing game that is huge among the world racing community. The game combines many racing scenarios including dirt and pavement tracks with great physics effects applied to each.
In terms of technology Dirt2 will run in either DirectX 9, or the new DirectX 11 technology depending on what your video card supports. The DirectX 11 edition adds a few new options to the game such as tessellation and Shader 5.0, among others.
In terms of technology Dirt2 will run in either DirectX 9, or the new DirectX 11 technology depending on what your video card supports. The DirectX 11 edition adds a few new options to the game such as tessellation and Shader 5.0, among others.
Testing of Dirt 2 is with all settings turned to Ultra with 8x anti-aliasing and 16X anisotropic Filtering. Take note that all of the cards are running with DX11 at full settings.
Once again the Super OverClocked GTX 470 is a pure powerhouse over the reference GTX 470 with putting up over 10 more FPS at all resolutions. The GTX 470 SOC is no match for the bigger players though. The GTX 460 only shows itself at the lowest resolution against the GTX 470 SOC.
