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MSI Radeon HD 4890 1GB OC Graphic Card Review
Author: William West
Published: Thursday, May 07, 2009
MIrrors Edge
Mirrors Edge is a newer game with a very different take on the First Person Shooter genre. The reason is that the main character rarely uses a firearm to take out the enemies but instead uses speed and “free running” tactics to get around. Mirrors Edge is a very fast moving game with acrobatic stunt jumping from rooftop to rooftop. The graphics are just absolutely stunning with a true DirectX 10 support.
Mirrors edge was tested using everything turned up high and 8x Anti-Aliasing, and with 16x Anisotropic. Mirrors Edge is placed mainly on top of roofs with lots of hard straight lines that need lots of anti-aliasing in order to keep the jaggedness from looking just horrible.
Mirror's Edge has a setting to cap the framerate at 60FPS, this helps to provide smoother graphics when you are actually playing the game, however when its being used as a benchmark gives us a nice chart full of color. The important numbers to notice are at the 2560 x 1600 resolution and be mindful of the actual number as the chart can be deceiving.
