Very High Quality

Already at 1680x1050 it becomes clear that Dragon Age II is a very enervating game when using the Very High quality in-game preset. This is a game that will exist truly enjoyed by multi-GPU owners as fabricated evident by the dual-GPU Radeon Hard disk 6990 that was capable of rendering 80fps.

A unmarried Radeon Hard disk 6970 averaged just 44fps at this relatively depression resolution, while the Hard disk drive 6950 was simply slightly slower with 40fps, both cards provided very playable performance. The older Radeon Hd 5870 also held its own with 37fps.

With the latest drivers Nvidia has overcome whatsoever initial bug and the GeForce GTX 580 at present performs as expected, leading the pack just below the dual-GPU Radeon Hd 6990, scoring 45fps. Nosotros recommend an boilerplate of 30fps every bit the minimum you lot want for an enjoyable lag complimentary gaming experience with Dragon Age Ii and the Radeon HD 6870 just managed this with 30fps.

The performance trends at 1920x1200 remained much the same. That said, fewer cards were able to provide an average frame rate of 30fps or greater. The Crossfire-enabled Radeon Hard disk drive 6990 averaged 74fps compared to the 39fps of the Radeon HD 6970. The Radeon Hd 6950 averaged 35fps making it slightly faster than the HD 5870 and the GeForce GTX 570.

At the extreme resolution of 2560x1600 we found that gamers will require multi-GPU setups to play Dragon Age Ii. Whereas the Radeon Hard disk drive 6970 and the GeForce GTX 580 dipped below 30fps, the HD 6990 provided a very playable (and astounding) 52fps.