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[Guru of 3D] HAWX VGA graphics card performance review

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http://www.guru3d.com/article/hawx-p...mance-review/1

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Once you startup the game for the first time, it virtually is impossible to not be impressed by the graphics quality. Amazing texture detail at low and high altitudes. In the sky we fly through dense hard on the GPU volumetric clouds.


This screenshot shows the nice ambient lighting, shadows, fog and object detail. But let's have a look at the level we'll be performing our test in.


One of the nicer image quality settings you can enable is ambient occlusion. Ambient occlusion attempts to approximate the way light radiates in real life situations. Next to that things like fog that traces weaponry, realistic clouds, god-rays and HDR are fairly common in the graphics engine for sure.



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man what a good investment I made with my 4870x2. Best card I've owned so far. (well besides the one before it the 8800gtx and then the good ol' 9700pro before that
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Just thought i'd add the 1680x1050 resolution.. more people have these monitors


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"Looks well optimized. I like... I like!"

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The 4870X2 kicked butt although it looks like the GTX295 wasnt using its second GPU. Has anyone actually played a "dog fight" game with jets? sounds boring but i might like it after i tried it, dunno.
The game looks great, but i dont like the feel. I wouldnt buy it, but im sure some people will love it.
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looks like another GRID for ATI producing way more FPS then Nvidia cards. Well at least the 4870X2. Has anyone actually played a "dog fight" game with jets? sounds boring but i might like it after i tried it, dunno. Looks like the GTX295 wasnt using its second GPU.

I've played games with other flying-shooty things, and it's generally fun.
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No SLI profile yet?

apparantly not, otherwise i think the gtx295 would be atop the heap.
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Why isn't the GeForce GTX 295 on top you ask ? Well even with a internal Beta driver supplied by NVIDIA, the second GPU on the GTX 295 would not kick in, despite that driver being SLI ready. So the GTX 295 is reverting to 1 GPU performance only. And that's pretty much showing GeForce GTX 260 performance. Make no mistake, once an updated driver is released .. the GTX 295 will trump the charts. We'll update when that happens.

Thought so.
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I've been waiting long for a new combat Flight Sim, that looks like a remake of Falcon 4 graphicwise.
My 9600GT gets about 40FPS with everything except SSAO on highest, (It's on low), at a resolution of 1440x900.
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The 4870X2 kicked butt although it looks like the GTX295 wasnt using its second GPU. Has anyone actually played a "dog fight" game with jets? sounds boring but i might like it after i tried it, dunno.

Too much assistance for my taste

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I've been waiting long for a new combat Flight Sim, that looks like a remake of Falcon 4 graphicwise.

if you are looking for a new Falcon 4.0, i'm sorry to say this isn't it. you are better off staying with lockon or x-plane
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This game looks awesome, I love arcade style fighter pilot games. My dad who is 50, jumped into the demo and could easily play after I explained the controls to him, only helping him when he forgot a button to press. I'm really not a big fan of the simulators so I'm glad a game like HAWX is coming out.
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Will a stick be a must for this game, or can I get by with a keyboard?

It isn't a flight sim. More of an arcade game. I think a keyboard will suffice. If it didn't have the assistance that it does, then a stick would be a must.
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this game looks to be VERY cpu bound, the framerates are only like %40 higher @ 1280x720 VS the 2560x1600 which is > 4x more pixels

the clouds/lighting might finally prove that DX 10 is worth it
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Will a stick be a must for this game, or can I get by with a keyboard?

Just bought a Logitech Attack 3 that works fine for it, If you don't want to buy a joystick I would recommend using an Xbox 360 Controller.
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Stupid question. Is the full version of this out for PC yet?
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Stupid question. Is the full version of this out for PC yet?

yea http://www.buy.com/prod/tom-clancy-s...207932539.html
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