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source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8640/benchmarked-civilization-beyond-earth
mantle is meh so far but not enough data.
The biggest question I have is if Mantle will allow quicker turn times.
No measurement of frametime variance? Sigh.
looks like Mantle in 4K which is GPU limited has less of an impact.
in 1080P it's a nice boost for the midrange 280X.
Don't think so (I could be wrong). Mantle would not affect the pathfinding and other AI the game is running.
I think the argument is that Mantle would be reducing CPU load from managing the graphics, freeing up more resources for AI.
I guess this game's cpu overhead isn't that big of a deal on a 4 Ghz i7. There might be a gain with a slower cpu with lots oh cores.
It's more interesting that a GTX980 is nearly 30% faster than the GTX970...
Reference blower R290X with reviewer comments regarding how loud it was...
Dejavu or AT not moving with the times? Seriously, did they test it in Quiet "Default" mode as per usual?
Also, what is with AAA studios messing up multi GPU on release?
Edit: If after all the hype the developers made regarding Mantle, and it doesn't speed up turn times or improve FPS by a good amount, its a failure.