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Can a £100 PC graphics card match next-gen console?
Launch title performance stacked up against the Radeon R7 260X with some surprising results.
Radeon R7 260X vs. next-gen console: the Digital Foundry verdict
Even on the most modest of budgets, AMD's £100 card is nicely poised as a match for the PS4 and Xbox One's graphical horsepower, based on the performance of the launch titles at least. Clearly the consoles have more to give - especially in exclusive titles - and we wouldn't be surprised at all to see the gap widen over time, particularly as the R7 260X clearly faces some bandwidth problems owing to its 128-bit bus.
"In three out of four tests, the R7 260X matched next-gen console, but we can't help but feel that spending just a little more on your GPU will provide more long-term value."
But in the here and now, for those with PC setups long overdue for an upgrade, the Radeon R7 260X could be seen as an economical alternative to buying a next-gen console. Visual quality in games like Assassin's Creed 4 and Battlefield 4 runs at a flat high setting with this GPU at no performance penalty, while console editions rely on curtailed LODs, and lowered texture filtering settings. We couldn't help but expect more from the new platforms - especially from PS4, where the GPU architecture offers a range of advantages over the Bonaire core at the heart of the R7 260X (though to be fair, at 1.9TF, the R7 260X marginally out-scores PS4's overall compute power).
That said, for all the advantages we found in our tests, we do notice a worrying trend in this recent slate of PC releases. Need for Speed: Rivals is capped to a console-standard 30fps, while Assassin's Creed 4 requires a lot of GPU horsepower to sustain 60fps, dropping down hard to 30fps on less capable hardware. Likewise, the PC version of Call of Duty: Ghosts is in a bit of a state, which despite several attempts to achieve parity with the console settings, was held back, seemingly due to poor optimisation. Bearing in mind the many commonalities between console and PC development, we were surprised at just how poorly the new Infinity Ward game ran on our computer, especially in comparison to the technologically more ambitious Battlefield 4.
But overall, our testing gave encouraging results for PC gamers. If £100 is the minimum expense for next-gen console performance in a GPU, there are few wrong turns when shopping for a card above that price bracket. In fact, for a more future-proof option, we'd urge you to consider the R9 270 - it's available for around £30 more, and provides a number of advantages, including more memory bandwidth via a 256-bit bus, plus the same GPU architecture as PlayStation 4 but with more available compute units and a higher clock-speed. Additionally, it should overclock easily enough to match the more expensive
Radeon R9 270X. Alternatively, keep your eyes peeled for end-of-line Radeon HD 7850s, available frequently at around £100, which again offer a handsome performance bump over the R7 260X.
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