Paired with an FX-8320 @ 4GHz, I can run most games quite well. PlanetSide 2 stays between 30 and 60FPS with smoothing enabled and with all graphical details on ultra, except shadows are off. If you want to be using shadows, you want a really good CPU. I never use anti aliasing or post processing, post processing is usually what causes blur, and blur isn't nice to look at. You will need to google what the true ultra settings are for PS2, as they aren't actually available from the in game interface.
I can also run BF4 Ultra/High, again with no post processing or anti aliasing. More Ultra than High settings. I could probably set everything to ultra. I cap the frame rate at 60 (my monitor is 60Hz), and sometimes it will dip below 30. It's cpu spikes that cause this, a better CPU will help, but Mantle is what will stop this from happening when it is correctly implemented into BF4. Mantle is compatible with this card, but the Mantle BF4 beta is completely broken for this card - DICE and AMD need to fix it.
DayZ is a big CPU hog and again I use ultra settings, and commonly dip to 20FPS in cities. This is a CPU limitation and it happens to most people. Turning down graphical settings won't help. My frame rate outside of cities is usually about 40FPS.
Metro: Last Light runs around 50FPS on Ultra.
I always play in 1080p.
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