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hi and welcome back to Hardware unboxed i'm your host Matt and today we're going to be benchmarking star wars battlefront see what kind of GPU you'll need to run the game of popular resolutions star wars battlefront has been one of the most anticipated titles of 2015 time perfectly to proceed Star Wars Episode seven the force awakens which will open in cinemas in mid-december and open be to help to build this height wherever 9 million players took up the invitation to test out the variety of blasters heroes land and air vehicles in multiplayer combat the game's performance in the beta was impressive as was the gameplay in the lot of gamers disappointed when the beta was shut down and left longing for the game's full release that day is here and we've runs battlefront through the gauntlet with 10 of AMD and NVIDIA is current generation cards the ultra quality preset was used which turns settings such as textures lighting shadows and affect quality to ultra while the anti-aliasing mode is set to FXAA high for testing will be using the chase training mission on Endor the test starts at the initial cut scene and ends after 60 seconds around 40 seconds of that time is actual gameplay where we raced through the forest of Endor and a speeder by the cutscene only goes for about 18 seconds and after that we spend 42 seconds pursuing the rebels on the speeder bikes the same path has taken each time and the average of three runs has been reported no activity in the vicinity understood or spear likes riddles are escaping all available units pursue and engage vsts are currently deploying in your area they will engage the rebels oxide first we tested the game at 1080p and the results are good news for all current gen card owners the worst result was unsurprisingly the gtx 960 which still managed a very playable 54 frame average and 50 frame minimum while it isn't quiet 60fps stock owners who have overclocked a little will most likely be able to get there there's a big jump up from the 380 and 380 x to the gtx 970 93 90 which both had a minimum of 77 frames an average a very healthy 84 and eighty three frames respectively not only goes up from there ambi fanboys we pleased to see the fury acts on top even if it's only just at 1440p things became a little more interesting users of the 380 x or below will want to dial down some quality settings to play at 1440p the 970 was close to a 60 frame per second average as was the r9 390 the 980 and 39 TX were able to top the all-important 60 mark although all of these cards did have minimums below 60 if only just the fury 980 TI and fury acts were all able to stay comfortably above 60 frames and provide a super smooth gaming experience porque was a big ask for these cards in battlefront with a 993 90 being required to get the game above the bare minimum 30 FPS the only card that managed to average 40 frames of the fury X other than 980 TI had a slightly higher minimum as is the usual story of 4k with new triple-a titles buttery smooth gameplay is going to require sli or crossfire with two powerful cards awesome patience as we wait for AMD and nvidia next generation of GPUs overall Star Wars performs really well on the current generation of cards from both camps and I think auntie uses in particular would be pleased with the results the artwork in the game is great and the vast landscapes and battlefields really do the movie justice and recreating the classic Star Wars feel the fans of the series love even though there's not a lot that's new in terms of the game player when compared to games like Battlefield and call of duty there's something so goddamn cool about doing it all in Star Wars skins there's no doubt that I'll be coffee a fair few hours and battlefront especially now that I'm done salivating over the benchmark passes thanks for watching another high one box benchmark video if you have any questions at all then please let us know in the comments or on our forum a harbor unbox calm as always i'm your host Matt and i'll send you a virtual hug if you hit like and subscribe see you next time