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(Review by MS, Dec 22 2005) |
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F.E.A.R.
We used the built-in performance benchmark at maximum settings.
F.E.A.R. is an interesting case in that renaming of the executable from e.g. FEAR.exe to EAR.exe causes a huge performance increase. However, this performance increase is restricted to the single card configuration, in Crossfire mode, the performance drops below that of a single card. The reason is that proper recognition of the game - by courtesy of the name of the executable - provides the cues for proper configuration of Crossfire mode. If this "string" is missing, the cards will run in single GPU mode, however, still incur the overhead associated with Crossfire and consequently score lower than a single card.
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