Sapphire Pure Platinum A85XT Motherboard Review

Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter in which the player assumes the role of its titular character, Max Payne. Max Payne 3 features a similar over-the-shoulder camera as its predecessors, with the addition of a cover mechanic, while also retaining much of the same run-and-gun style of gameplay. Max Payne 3 also marks the return of bullet-time in action sequences, for which the franchise is notable.

In bullet-time it is possible to see every bullet strike an enemy in detail. New to the series is a “Last Stand” mechanic, which gives the player a grace period after losing all health during which time the player may kill the enemy that wounded them in order to continue playing, however this mechanic is only usable if the player has one or more bottles of painkillers in their possession.

A great game which I still enjoy playing and it runs particularly well on the Core i7 970 system, averaging almost 60 frames per second. The AMD A10 system drops the average frame rate to 48, although it is still perfectly smooth. The Core i3 2105 system takes last position, although the differences are negligible.

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