System setup and notes
Hardware
| Graphics cards | ZOTAC GeForce GTX 480 AMP 1,536MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1,536MB | ZOTAC GeForce GTX 470 1,280MB | ASUS GeForce GTX 465 1,024MB | Inno3D GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB | BFG GeForce GTX 285 1,024MB | HIS Radeon HD 5970 2,048MB | ASUS Radeon HD 5870 MATRIX 2,048MB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1,024MB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1,024MB |
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| Current pricing, including VAT | £450? | £400 | £300 | £235 | £400 | £275 | £550 | £400 | £325 | £235 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Stream processors | 480 | 480 | 448 | 352 | 480 | 240 | 3,200 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,440 |
| GPU clock speed (MHz) | 756 | 700 | 607 | 607 | 576 | 648 | 725 | 850 | 850 | 725 |
| Shader clock speed (MHz) | 1,512 | 1,401 | 1,215 | 1,215 | 1,242 | 1,474 | 725 | 850 | 850 | 725 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 3,800 | 3,698 | 3,348 | 3,208 | 2,016 | 2,484 | 4,000 | 4,800 | 4,800 | 4,000 |
| Memory bus width (bits) | 384 | 384 | 320 | 256 | 448 x 2 | 512 | 256 x 2 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core, LGA1366 - Turbo Boost on) | |||||||||
| Motherboard | ASUS P6X58D Premium | |||||||||
| Motherboard BIOS | 0703 | |||||||||
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf 9.1.1.1025 | |||||||||
| Memory | 6GB Crucial DDR3-1,067 CL7 | |||||||||
| Memory timings and speed | 7-7-7-20 1T @ DDR3-1,066 | |||||||||
| PSU | Corsair HX1000W | |||||||||
| Monitor | Dell 30in 3007WFP - 2,560x1,600px | |||||||||
| Disk drive(s) | Corsair Nova V128 SSD | |||||||||
| Graphics driver | ForceWare 257.15 | ForceWare 257.15 | ForceWare 257.15 | ForceWare 257.15 | ForceWare 197.13 | ForceWare 197.13 | Catalyst 10.5 | Catalyst 10.5 | Catalyst 10.5 | Catalyst 10.5 |
| Operating system | Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit | |||||||||
Software
| Benchmarks | Aliens vs. Predator DX11
benchmark Battlefield: Bad Company 2 v523648 - FRAPS-recorded benchmark Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - ultra quality - FRAPS-recorded benchmark Crysis Warhead v1.1.1.711 - train map - enthusiast quality - FRAPS benchmark DiRT 2 v1.1, London map - ultra quality Power-draw Temperatures Real-world noise Overclocking HEXUS.bang4buck and HEXUS.bang4watt |
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Notes
Benchmarks were conducted at 1,680x1,050, 1,920x1,200, and 2,560x1,600, where applicable, with decent degrees of image quality. We've also thrown in Aliens vs. Predator benchmark, which can be downloaded here, and run it via a handy front-end, using the following settings: Very High/High/8/SSAO On/TS On/AS On/2X. Have a go yourself and let us know what you think.
We've also updated the graphics drive to ForceWare 257.15 on all GeForce 400-series cards, which helps push up BC2 performance somewhat, and have matched it up with Catalyst 10.5 for the AMD-based cards.
