Mid-Range AMD Graphics Card Round-Up (HIS 7770 GHz / HIS 7850 / Sapphire 7850)

DiRT 3 was released in 2011 and has received a lot of praise from gamers and reviewers across the globe. It is the second most recent iteration of the Colin McRae Rally series, despite Codemasters dropping the Colin McRae branding. It supports DirectX 11 which enhances detail and brings a number of other visual enhancements to the gaming experience.

Sapphire's 1GB 7850 takes a narrow victory over HIS' 2GB variant in Dirt 3. This victory is somewhat false, though, as the 1 FPS difference comes about via our rounding of Dirt 3's benchmark result. Dirt 3's real world performance on each 7850 is almost identical.

Dirt 3's lower intensity, in comparison to Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2, allows the HIS 7770 GHz Edition IceQ X Turbo to achieve perfectly playable frame rates at 1920×1080 while nipping at the heels of AMD's 6870.

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