System setup and notes
| Graphics cards | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1,024MB Vapor-X | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1,024MB |
|---|---|---|
| Current pricing, including VAT | £130 |
£115 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Stream processors | 800 | 800 |
| GPU clock speed (MHz) | 860 | 850 |
| Shader clock speed (MHz) | 860 | 850 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 4,800 | 4,800 |
| Memory bus width (bits) | 128 | 128 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core, LGA1366) | |
| Motherboard | Foxconn Bloodrage X58 | |
| Motherboard BIOS | P08 | |
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf 9.1.0.1015 | |
| Memory | 6GB Corsair DOMINATOR PC12,800 | |
| Memory timings and speed | 9-9-9-24 1T @ DDR3-1,333 | |
| PSU | Corsair HX1000W | |
| Monitor | Dell 30in 3007WFP - 2,560x1,600px | |
| Disk drive(s) | Seagate 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (3Gb/s mode) | |
| Graphics driver | Catalyst 9.11 | Catalyst 9.9 press |
| Operating system | Windows 7 RTM Ultimate, 64-bit | |
Software
| 3D Benchmarks | Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2 - DX9 - very high quality - FRAPS Crysis v1.1.1.711 - train map - enthusiast quality Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark. OpenGL - very high quality Far Cry 2 v1.03 - very high quality Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X v1.2, internal benchmark: DX10/10.1 - very high quality |
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Notes
We tested the reference Radeon HD 5770 against no less than 10 other cards upon its launch. Considering the similarity between the default clock frequencies of the Vapor-X and regular card, running a full set of results on the older driver makes little sense.Instead, we're comparing the Vapor-X model on the newest Catalyst 9.11 drivers, to see what difference two driver updates makes. You can refer back to the original review for cross-GPU comparisons.
However, we'll still be looking at GPU temps, overclocking, and power-draw. Benchmarks were conducted at 1,680x1,050, 1,920x,1,200, and 2,560x1,600.
