AMD Radeon 6990 Review - Aliens vs. Predator

Aliens vs. Predator

Aliens vs. Predator (AvP) is an FPS title from Rebellion Studios. It allows players to take on the role of either an Alien, a Predator or a human space marine. While the title received mixed reviews, it is a DX11 graphics powerhouse that can bring many machines to their knees.

The demo follows a number of Alien creatures, and makes extensive use of shaders and tessellation. Hitting 60fps in Eyefinity is not possible on a stock Core i7-920 (at max quality settings in-game), even with the Radeon HD 6990 or Radeon HD 6970's in CFX. However, dropping to 3x1600x900 produces a noticeable increase in fps.

AvP basically requires 2GB for any Eyefinity setup. There is an odd disconnect with the benchmark tool. Everyone of the 1GB cards would crawl at 1-2 fps when running 5760x1080. However, the benchmark report would show 5-7 fps as the result. At no point did the FRAPS counter on the screen ever go beyond 2fps.

Below is a table that outlines the performance difference between the Radeon HD 6990 and the comparable SKUs. For example, the Radeon HD 6990 provides a 8fps improvement over an Eyefinity6 CFX configuration in 5x1600x900, and that represents a 36% increase over that Eyefinity6 CFX configuration.