The company answered our prayers last week, launching Dirt 3 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With Crysis 2 disappointingly restricted to DX9 and few other knee-buckling games on the immediate horizon, we've been eagerly awaiting the next iteration of Codemaster's racing series. Likewise, the GTX 590 and HD 6990 delivered solid 70+ fps in our recent triple-monitor gaming review. For instance, today's GTX 580 can average 75fps while running the game at 2560x1600 with max quality settings.
Although it's been a crucial part of our testbed, Dirt 2 isn't quite as taxing as it was when the first DX11 cards arrived. As one of the first games to take advantage of DirectX 11, we've been using Dirt 2 to benchmark graphics cards since its arrival in late 2009.