Sapphire HD 7970 3GB Review

Testing:

Mafia II is a third-person shooter that puts you into the shoes of a poor, Sicilian immigrant, Vito Scarletta. Vito has just returned home from serving overseas in the liberation of fascist Italy — to avoid serving his jail sentence — to find his family in debt. The debt must be repaid by the end of the week, and his childhood friend, Joe Barbaro, conveniently happens to have questionable connections that he assures will help Vito clear the debt by that time. As such, Vito is sucked into a world of quick cash. Released in North America for PC in August of 2010, the game was developed by 2K Czech published by 2K and uses the Illusion 1.3 game engine.

Settings

• 4x AA
• 16x AF
• In-game settings = High
• Ambient Occlusion = On

Higher = Better

The Sapphire HD 7970 continues to scale well and offer up excellent performance both at stock and overclocked speeds.