AMD better at DX12, Nvidia rules DX11
Although it won't officially launch until next week, Battlefield 1 is already running on some systems and since it brings support for DirectX 12, we aren't surprised that someone already tried to put some graphics cards against each other, showing that AMD performs better on DirectX 12 while Nvidia is still a king with its GTX 1080 and performs better on DirectX 11 API.
Coming from Hardware.info site, the Battlefield 1 benchmark results include 13 different graphics cards ranging from Nvidia's GTX 1080 and Radeon R9 Fury X down to entry-level Radeon RX 460 graphics card and different resolutions.
In DirectX 12, the results show that earlier announced minimum and recommended system requirements were spot on and you will need at least an AMD R9 280X/HD 7970 or Nvidia's GTX 780 graphics card (we suspect that GTX 960 could do as well but it is not on the list) in order to get near 60fps framerate at 1920x1080 resolution with all the eye-candy. If you are satisfied with over 30fps, you will be fine even with Radeon RX 460.
At higher 2560x1440 resolution, the bar is slightly raised to at least the R9 290 and GTX 1060 graphics cards for 60fps but RX 460 and R9 280X still provide playable above 30fps framerate. At 4K/UHD 3840x2160 resolution, you could get away RX 470 or GTX 1060 if you are looking for playable above 30fps framerate but even GTX 1080 and R9 Fury X can't reach 60fps at this resolution.
There is a slight different between DirectX 12 and DirectX 11, with AMD graphics cards providing better performance at DX 12 and Nvidia providing better performance at DirectX 11.
Nvidia is still a clear winner with GTX 1080 when it comes to plain performance as AMD does not have a decent competition for this graphics card but when you take a look at performance per buck, the RX 480 is a winner on all three resolutions, followed by R9 Fury X and Nvidia GTX 1060.
The Battlefield 1 provides a decent performance comparison so we will probably include it in our future graphics card reviews as it clearly shows benefits of DirectX 12 API, at least on some graphics cards.
Source: Hardware.info.
Coming from Hardware.info site, the Battlefield 1 benchmark results include 13 different graphics cards ranging from Nvidia's GTX 1080 and Radeon R9 Fury X down to entry-level Radeon RX 460 graphics card and different resolutions.
In DirectX 12, the results show that earlier announced minimum and recommended system requirements were spot on and you will need at least an AMD R9 280X/HD 7970 or Nvidia's GTX 780 graphics card (we suspect that GTX 960 could do as well but it is not on the list) in order to get near 60fps framerate at 1920x1080 resolution with all the eye-candy. If you are satisfied with over 30fps, you will be fine even with Radeon RX 460.
At higher 2560x1440 resolution, the bar is slightly raised to at least the R9 290 and GTX 1060 graphics cards for 60fps but RX 460 and R9 280X still provide playable above 30fps framerate. At 4K/UHD 3840x2160 resolution, you could get away RX 470 or GTX 1060 if you are looking for playable above 30fps framerate but even GTX 1080 and R9 Fury X can't reach 60fps at this resolution.
There is a slight different between DirectX 12 and DirectX 11, with AMD graphics cards providing better performance at DX 12 and Nvidia providing better performance at DirectX 11.
Nvidia is still a clear winner with GTX 1080 when it comes to plain performance as AMD does not have a decent competition for this graphics card but when you take a look at performance per buck, the RX 480 is a winner on all three resolutions, followed by R9 Fury X and Nvidia GTX 1060.
The Battlefield 1 provides a decent performance comparison so we will probably include it in our future graphics card reviews as it clearly shows benefits of DirectX 12 API, at least on some graphics cards.
Source: Hardware.info.
News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini
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