Sapphire HD7730 2GB GDDR3 and 1GB GDDR5 Review

Sleeping Dogs started development as an original title, but was announced in 2009 as True Crime: Hong Kong, the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series. As a result of the game’s high development budget and delays, it was canceled by Activision Blizzard in 2011. Six months later, it was announced that Square Enix had picked up the publishing rights to the game, but the game was renamed Sleeping Dogs in 2012 since Square Enix did not purchase the True Crime name rights.

We use the HIGH preset as shown above and test at 1280×720 resolution. This is a very demanding game and none of the hardware on test today would manage smooth frame rates at 1080p with the extreme graphics settings.

The difference between the GDDR3 and GDDR5 version of the HD7730 is very noticeable in this game at these settings. The GDDR5 version is almost fully playable, dropping to 24 frames per second only a few times. The HD7750 delivers noticeable improvements in this game, thanks to the enhanced shader prowess. The GT630 rests way at the bottom of the pile.

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