AMD FX8350 BE / Gigabyte HD7970 / ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2 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.

We used a combination of high image quality settings, with 4x MSAA and 16x Anisotropic filtering. The total video memory demand was 1270MB.

Good results, averaging 52 frames per second at these settings. A perfectly smooth gaming experience.

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