NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Review: The New Enthusiast Kepler
by Ryan Smith on June 25, 2013 9:00 AM ESTFar Cry 3
The next game in our benchmark suite is Far Cry 3, Ubisoft’s island-jungle action game. A lot like our other jungle game Crysis, Far Cry 3 can be quite tough on GPUs, especially with MSAA and improved alpha-to-coverage checking thrown into the mix. On the other hand it’s still a bit of a pig on the CPU side, and seemingly inexplicably we’ve found that it doesn’t play well with HyperThreading on our testbed, making this the only game we’ve ever had to disable HT for to maximize our framerates.
With Far Cry 3 we’re back to a game where the GTX 760 has a clear lead, surpassing the 7950B by an unexpected 28% at our highest 1080p settings. However 41.5fps is less than idea for an action game like Far Cry 3, so we have to drop the MSAA to take a crack at 60fps. Even then, the GTX 760 leads by 14%.
This also happens to be another great example of the ROP difference between GTX 760 and GTX 660 Ti. With MSAA enabled the GTX 760 takes a clear lead, but without MSAA the two cards are practically tied.
Meanwhile Far Cry 3 is also another strong example of the performance gap between the GTX 760 and cards 2-3 years old. GTX 760 leaves those older cards in the dust by anywhere between 77% for the GTX 560 Ti and 6870, up to 138% for the GTX 460 1GB. CPU performance may have plateaued over the last half-decade, but thanks to the embarrassingly parallel nature of graphics, we continue to see massive gains over a whole generation.
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Impulses - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - link
Hmm, it took a while but it seems like I finally have a suitable upgrade path from my CF 6950x2 (unlocked)... I paid about $225 for each of those and I just haven't seen a card (or a pair of cards) that would be a substantial enough upgrade for under $500. SLI GTX 760 is more than I was hoping for, when the 770 came in at $400 I almost expected this to come in at $300+.Now, the question is, will I be bottlenecking myself under future games with 2GB GTX 760s in SLI for gaming at 5760x1200 or 3600x1920? My 6950s have held up well but I've been playing a lot of older games too... Should I be looking at a single GTX 780 instead or something?
mapesdhs - Monday, July 1, 2013 - link
As is so often the case, that depends on the games you're playing, and whether you're
using any mods, etc. Heavily modded Skyrim definitely needs more than 2GB even with
one high-res display. Heavy AA also needs more VRAM. Personally, if I was going for
multi-screen gaming, I'd want more than 2GB. Others have mentioned a 4GB 760, so
maybe that's an option? Or of course there are the various 3GB AMD cards, though I
wouldn't bother with CF until AMD's new drivers are out.
Some advantages of getting a single 780: better upgrade path in the future, less
power consumption, no SLI issues. The down side of course is the cost.
Ian.
hasseb64 - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - link
headline:"The new Enthusiast kepler"
Enthusiast?
Ever heard about "Main stream"?
I have nothing more to say!
tynopik - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - link
typo: 'less than idea for an action game' -> idealFar Cry 3 page
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Buddhaz Priest - Friday, July 12, 2013 - link
Wow. initially I kind of panned the GTX 770 because I didn't feel it was enough of a jump from the 670 for the price difference. Seemed like it wasn't a big hardware jump and that you were paying for the software goodies like GPU Boost 2.0, but after seeing the number difference between the 670 and 770 I gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised with how well the 770 performs.BadThad - Friday, June 13, 2014 - link
Let's see, no mention of the R270? You can find them for $150-175 (cheaper than the GTX) and they are virtually the same as far as performance.j18kuhn - Thursday, January 22, 2015 - link
I got one at best buy for my first pc for 210 and now I'm waiting on the rest of my parts from amazonArtas1984 - Sunday, August 16, 2015 - link
Seeing how the new GTX960 is just slightly ahead of GTX760, i guess buying the GTX760 was a smart choice. The gap between GTX970 and GTX960 is MASSIVE.