Fallout 3 APU Performance Test
Genre : RPG / 3D / 1st Person / 3rd Person
Released : 2008
Developer : Bethesda Softworks
Publisher : Bethesda Softworks
War... War is always war, and never changes. At the end of the twenty-first century, the struggle for oil fields provoked a conflict between the US and China. The diplomatic dispute soon escalated into an armed confrontation between the two superpowers, which lasted a matter of hours.
Who launched the rockets first remains a mystery. The earth has turned into a scorched desert. There were no losers, no winners. Only a few managed to escape from the destructive radiation in special shelters built shortly before the catastrophe broke out. A new era has begun in human history...
In this subsection of our review, the main graphical aspects of this game are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the version of the graphics engine used, the version of the API used, graphics settings and the quality of the development of the main visual aspects.
Fallout 3 is supported on major Windows operating systems, which include WindowsXP/Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Other operating systems are currently not supported by the developers.
The priority and primary graphics API for Fallout 3 is DirectX 9 .
Like many similar products, the Gamebryo license provides access to the full source code of the engine, so developers are free to customize it to suit their specific needs. Additionally, Gamebryo comes with documentation that includes search tools.
EGT also offers a trial version of the GameBryo kit, which includes the engine and tools for importing assets. This bundle does not contain source texts, which are available only in the licensed version. Despite this, EGT only distributes this product after an interview with one of their representatives.
The difference between AMD and Intel solutions is almost imperceptible.
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
Intel Core i7-4770K Intel Core i7-5775C Intel Core i7-6700K AMD A10-Series A10-7850K AMD A10-Series A10-7870K 8 Gb DDR3-2666 Kingston HyperX Predator ASUS A88X-PRO Asus Z87-A Asus H97-PLUS Asus H110M-C |
| multimedia equipment | Samsung 2333T LS23CMZKFZ |
| Software configuration | |
| operating system | Windows 10 Pro |
| Graphics driver |
Intel Iris and HD Graphics Driver for Windows 15.36.14.64.4080 AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Display Driver 17.6.2 |
| Monitoring program |
MSI Afterburner 4.2 FRAPS |
Testing at medium quality settings 1280x720
Testing at medium quality settings 1920x1080
This time the game runs better on Intel solutions...
Testing of the video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the MSI Afterburner program. The results were taken on Core i 7 5775C and AMD A10-7870K systems at 1920x1080 resolutions with high quality settings.
Testing at medium memory GPU quality settings
At a resolution of 1280x720, the APU video memory consumption is 300 MB of video memory, and at a resolution of 1920x1080 it is 330 MB.
Loading of processor cores at medium quality settings 1280x720 %
Loading of processor cores at medium quality settings 1920x1080 %
When using integrated graphics solutions, the game is capable of supporting up to 4 computational threads.
The test was conducted on the base configurations Core i 7 5775C and AMD A10-7870K with 8 GB DDR3/4 2666 MGz pre-installed memory. The test of RAM on the entire system was carried out without running extraneous applications (browsers, etc.).
Testing system RAM consumption
If you have a system with a Core i 7 5775C, the game consumes 2 gigabytes of RAM. With a system based on AMD A10-7870K, the RAM consumption of all RAM was 2 gigabytes.
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