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EVGA GTX 460 SuperClocked 1GB Video Card Review
Author: Will West
Published: Thursday, August 05, 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 the Radeon HD 5770 and the GeForce GTX 460 cards are running with DX11 at full settings while all other cards are running DX9.
The GTX 460, while running in DX11 mode, is showing some real promise at maintaining a playable framerate at even the highest resolutions. Still it does not subdue the Radeon 5770 in the same resolutions until it pulls out the stops at 1680 x 1050. Even though the GTX 285 has a slight advantage over the GTX 460 the ugly truth is that it can only be done in DX9.
