Sapphire Special Edition HD6970 and HD6950 CFx Multi Screen Review

Lost Planet 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the sequel to Lost Planet: Extreme Condition which is also made by Capcom, taking place ten years after the events of the first game, on the same fictional planet. The story takes place back on E.D.N. III 10 years after the events of the first game. The snow has melted to reveal jungles and more tropical areas that have taken the place of more frozen regions. The plot begins with Mercenaries fighting against Jungle Pirates.

After destroying a mine, the Mercenaries continue on to evacuate the area, in which a Category-G Akrid appears and attacks them. After being rescued, they find out their evacuation point (Where the Category-G appeared) was a set-up and no pick up team awaited them. Lost Planet 2 runs on the MT-Framework 2.0, an updated version of the engine used in several Capcom-developed games.

We are testing in DX11 mode with all settings on the highest. Direct X 11 features are on high.

Lost Planet 2 is a rather dull game to play, but the Direct X 11 engine is a great test of modern hardware. The HD6970 and HD6950 scale fairly well in CFx and CFx 3 configurations. The HD6970 performs 8 fps better than the HD5870 at the same settings. Of particular note is the massive 74 percent performance increase when moving from the HD5850 to the HD6950.

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