The benchmarks make it clear that LoL isn't a demanding title, so multiple graphics cards in SLI or CrossFire aren't necessary. As a result, the most powerful graphics cards we're testing are the Radeon HD 7950 Boost and GeForce GTX 660 Ti, both of which are far more powerful than what you actually need, even in Eyefinity or Surround.
Speaking of three screens, LoL support this, so we're including benchmarks at 5760x1080. The game does suffer some anomalies on the two surrounding monitors, with units floating rather than displaying movement animation. This doesn't affect game play, though.
We also have multiple CPUs to test, including a mobile AMD A10-4600M (with integrated Radeon HD 7660G) and Intel Core i5-3210M (with integrated HD Graphics 4000).
| Test System | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3550 (Ivy Bridge) 3.3 GHz Base, 3.7 GHz Turbo Boost | |||||||
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z77X-UP7, LGA 1155, Chipset: Intel Z77 Express | |||||||
| Networking | On-Board Gigabit LAN controller | |||||||
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance LP PC3-16000, 4 x 4 GB, 1600 MT/s, CL 8-8-8-24-2T | |||||||
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB, 7,200 RPM, 32 MB Cache, SATA 3Gb/s | |||||||
| Power | ePower EP-1200E10-T2 1,200 W, ATX12V, EPS12V | |||||||
| Software and Drivers | ||||||||
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 | |||||||
| DirectX | DirectX 11.1 | |||||||
| Graphics Drivers | AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3 Nvidia GeForce 314.22 Intel Graphics Driver 9.18.10.3071 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||
| League Of Legends | Custom THG Benchmark, 60-second Fraps run Practice With Bots, Difficulty: Beginner, Start Bench At 2:00 on Timer, Switch View To Other Teammates Every Five Seconds. | |||||||
- The Legendary League Of Legends
- Image Quality And Settings
- Test System And Graphics Hardware
- League Of Legends: Low Details, 1920x1080
- League Of Legends: High Details, 1680x1050
- League Of Legends: High Details, 1920x1080
- League Of Legends: High Details, 5760x1080
- League Of Legends: CPU Benchmarks
- League Of Legends Is A Remarkably Lightweight Game
LoL may not be the prettiest game out there, but it is a lot of fun.
Also, no love for Heroes of Newerth?
LoL may not be the prettiest game out there, but it is a lot of fun.
This is one of those games when the smallest stutter can grind your bones to dust.
So you REALLY want a near-constant 60FPS for this one.
Anypony disagree???
U got the chart wrong? is the 210 and 6450 swiched ?
[EDITOR: Yes, we got it mixed up. Thanks for the note, fixed! - Don]
It would have been more interesting to see it tested on the oldest possible computers.
I suppose this time CPU latency numbers don't matter that much since it's such a light load. But I still want to take this opportunity to ask for them in the future articles when there is a heavier load and differences between FPS scores.
By the way, interesting how the iGPUs perform against faster Radeon cards in latency measurements. Would you add the desktop chips for the next review alongside the mobile?
Shame on all of you for supporting the pay to win model. You are going to ruin gaming, and your bank accounts.