Almost 2.5 years later, Crysis still brings many computers to their knees. It still makes a great test of our new GTX 260. We ran multiple gameplay benchmarks for both stock and overclocked settings. The results give plenty of incentive to overclocking this GPU. Check out the averages below. There are two sets of averages below. The first set is with vertical sync turned off, and the second with vertical sync turned on. There lies a wide margin between the framerates.

System Settings

Setting Value
Resolution 1680×1050
Anti-Aliasing 4x
Fullscreen yes
Advanced Settings Very High

Crysis Gameplay

Vsync   Settings FPS
OFF Stock 19.85
OFF Overclocked 25.90
ON Stock 17.40
ON Overclocked 21.80

Overall

Settings FPS
Stock 18.63
Overclocked 23.85
   
   

As you can see, overclocking the GTX 260 is not just for better benchmarks. It noticeably improves game performance with an overall framerate increase of 28%. If you care more about benchmarks, we didn’t neglect you. The FurMark results are next.