Graphic tests: HAWX 2, DiRT 2

HAWX 2

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 ("High Altitude Warfare Experimental") is the second version of flight simulator developed by Ubisoft Romania available for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. During the action, the pilot has available several new features over the previous version: night vision to conduct attacks in stealth mode, anti-radar pod that distracts an opponent and prevent him from attacking, the ERS (Enhanced Reality System), which traces a route through virtual dangerous traits in a safer manner. It can also make new flight procedures such as takeoffs and landings from marine platforms and aircraft carriers, air refueling, using bombs and missiles and precision guided. Several missions also provide support to allied units, land, sea and sky. The game has different views: in the first and third person view cabin (with realistic instrumentation), battle-mode plane (third-person view on the battlefield). The pilot data are maintained during all phases of the game, statistics, performance, and can present experience, as well as upgrades and aircraft unlocked (PEC rewards - Persistent Elite Creation). The satellite information, aerial and geospatial data in the game are provided by GeoEye.

In this case, our HD 6550D is ranked second by registering results almost identical to those collected from the integrated solution from Intel, the HD 3000.

In first place with a gap of more than 30 FPS, adopting 1680x1050 resolution, we have the Radeon HD 6450 discrete video card.

COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2

The game is based on Ego technology, which we also see in the next chapter of Operation Flashpoint.Dirt 2 has a World Tour mode that allows you to compete in various locations around the world : Utah, Japan, Malaysia, China, Croatia, Baja California, Morocco and London. Race modes are very different, like Rally, Race Time, Destroy the Gates, Raid, and Elimination, Domination, beyond the simple "classical race". The rally becomes an even more extreme and adrenaline sports with Colin McRae DiRT 2: exciting new racing head to head, drawn by the impressive realism and special events in stadiums and spectacular circuits. From London to Malaysia, Morocco in Los Angeles, conquers the world of off-road racing!

The game supports DirectX11.

Even on this occasion, the Radeon HD 6550D proves much faster than the competition, touching and surpassing the 30 frames at 1280x1024.

We notice a marked improvement by setting the memory to 1866 MHz

The HD3000 Intel solution shows a value very close to that of HD 6550D with memory set to 1333MHz.