The 990FX Chipset Arrives: AMD And SLI Rise Again

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AMD is laying the foundation for its Socket AM3+, Bulldozer-based Zambezi processors with the 990FX chipset, functionally identical to 890FX. The big news is that motherboard vendors are licensing SLI again, and we want to compare performance to Intel.

Benchmark Results: Metro 2033 (DX11)

Metro is an absolute beast when it comes to taxing graphics performance. Applying the depth of field effect, especially, has a profound impact on frame rates, as each card is hit with a DirectCompute task that literally cuts results in half.

It’s really not a surprise, then, that it doesn’t matter if you’re running a Core i5 at 3.1 GHz or a Phenom II at 3.7 GHz—both solutions yield comparable performance when they’re backed by a pair of GeForce GTX 570s in SLI.

Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini is an Editor Emeritus at Tom's Hardware US. He edits hardware reviews and covers high-profile CPU and GPU launches.