Dirt 3 Benchmarks
Dirt 3 is a racing game with awe-inspiring visuals. Thanks to its various graphics settings, the game can be configured to run optimally on any system. In the following article, we will detail the hardware requirements of this game with the help of various benchmarks.
How we test
Thankfully, Dirt 3 has an integrated benchmark which can be found at the bottom of the graphics settings screen. The integrated benchmark includes a short intro sequence and a race (in snow) between the computer AI versus multiple opponents. The race lasts one minute and it never runs the same way twice, so the average frames per second vary from benchmark to benchmark.
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Analysis of the Benchmarks
For the best visuals, the user will need a high-end graphics card. Fluid gameplay with ultra high details, 4x AA (Anti-Aliasing) and the Full HD resolution of 1920x1080 pixels is only possible with a Radeon HD 6990M or a GeForce GTX 580M.
The user can run the game at high details (very little difference), 2x AA and a resolution of 1366x768 pixels with a middle-class GPU like the Radeon HD 5650 or GeForce GT 540M.
The game can be run with minimum details and a low resolution of 1024x768 pixels on a low-end graphic card as well.
An overview of all the games we have tested can be found here.
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| 5 | stutters - The game probably won't run fluently in this settings with this graphics card as at least one average framerate lies below the limit of 25fps |
| may stutter - Interpolated information. A slower graphics card was not able to run the game fluently and there are no benchmarks for this card. Therefore, this one may probably also not run. | |
| 30 | fluent - The game should run fluently as all known benchmarks are above the limit of 25fps |
| 40 | fluent - The game should run fluently as all known benchmarks are above the limit of 35fps |
| may run fluently - A slower graphics card achieved playable framerates and there are no benchmarks for this card. Therefore, this faster card may be able to run the game fluently. | |
| 123 | unsure - Either the minimal achieved framerate was below the border, but still the average was above, or a slower card achieved playable framerates but this one not. |
| unsure - A slower card was flagged as unsure and there are no benchmarks for this card. | |
| The value in the fields displays the average framerate of all values in the database. Move you mouse over the value to see the single results. | |
