NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review - DiRT 3

Dirt 3 has replaced our previous benchmark of Dirt 2. The Dirt 2 benchmark was the "urban" London circuit, which had several nice examples of water tessellation by way of the car driving through large puddles on the course. The Dirt 3 benchmark we use is the Aspen track, which is a long winding snow course.

Rather than water and cloth effects in Drt 2, the Dirt 3 course showcases snow covered trees that flank a snow-covered course. Tessellation effects are showcased by the tire tracks gouged into the snow. Additionally, there are continuous snow particles kicked up from the cars, and a better chance to see cars flipping and skidding. Overall, a nice and "pretty" update to our Dirt 2 benchmark.

The GTX670 bests even the Radeon HD 7970 in Dirt3, in both widescreen and multi-monitor. In single screen it bests the top-end AMD card by almost 20fps. in 1600x900 it almost hits 120fps, which should appeal to owners of 120Hz panels. With a bit of tweaking the GTX 670 should be able to hit a constant 120fps. The GTX 670 beats the Radeon HD in multi-monitor as well, with a margin of about 5fps. It approaches 60fps at 1600x900 on Ultra settings. A few tweaks should give a constant 60fps.

This is a title where the Adaptive VSync and GPU Boost will help create a great experience, particularly on a single 120Hz monitor.