NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review - Mafia II

Demanding benchmark that is included with the Mafia II open-world crime title. The title begins with an exterior gunfight, highlighting cars losing parts and being destroyed. The demo then moves inside a warehouse which highlights a gun battle, with destructible environments (brick columns) and excellent flame effects.

One thing to note is that the demo performs much better on a second run-through. The first run shows noticeable hiccups during the loading of different scenes. Subsequent runs run much smoother, though the overall average isn't seriously effected. The title does support PhysX, though we've tested with it turned off, to ensure a consistent comparison.

The GTX 670 really blows away the AMD products in the Mafia II demo. I reran the test several times, as I couldn't believe the difference in performance. In the end the settings were the same and the numbers were accurate. The title is an NVIDIA "The Way It's Meant to Be Played" title and is obviously optimized for the NVIDIA hardware.