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Release date ≤ Q3 2014.

Effective Speed 
+576%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 605,170 user samples
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Best Bench: 36% EVGA(3842 2966)
Worst Bench: 30% HP(103C 2B4D) 2GB
Poor: 30% Great: 36%
SPEED RANK: 164th / 714
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Best Bench: 7% Asus(1043 881A) 2GB
Worst Bench: 3% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 3% Great: 7%
SPEED RANK: 423rd / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		32.9 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+576% 		4.87 %
Average Score 
+568%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		42.1 fps Hugely better lighting effects.
+609% 		5.94 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		45.5 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+639% 		6.16 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		36.3 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+490% 		6.15 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		40.2 fps Hugely faster NBody calculation.
+535% 		6.33 fps
Overclocked Score 
+434%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		46.4 fps Hugely better peak lighting effects.
+459% 		8.3 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		56.8 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+524% 		9.1 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		38.2 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+267% 		10.4 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		43.3 fps Hugely faster peak NBody calculation.
+485% 		7.4 fps
Game FPS 
+162%
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		138 Fps Hugely Better CSGO Fps.
+261% 		38 Fps
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		73 Fps Hugely Better Fortnite Fps.
+275% 		20 Fps
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		42 Fps Hugely Better GTAV Fps.
+87% 		22 Fps
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		123 Fps Much Better LoL Fps.
+64% 		75 Fps
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		181 Fps Hugely Better Minecraft Fps.
+124% 		81 Fps
Value & Sentiment 
+27%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.56 % Much higher market share.
+40% 		0.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		62 % More popular.
+15% 		54 %
Nice To Haves 
+370%
Age
Newest 		111 Months +4% 116+ Months
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		43.7 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+365% 		9.4 fps
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		37.9 fps Hugely faster peak complex splatting.
+426% 		7.2 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		39.8 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+546% 		6.16 fps
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		35.1 fps Hugely faster complex splatting.
+508% 		5.77 fps
Conclusion 
Average Bench 32.9%
Average Bench 4.87%
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Holds OK for anyone with very low budget and supported DX11 but has little graphical horsepower for modern gaming which makes this GPU insufficient for moderate to heavy gaming. [Oct '19 ColdSpy]

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