System setup and notes
| Graphics cards |
Sapphire
Radeon HD 5870
1,024MB
(x2 in CrossFireX) |
Sapphire
Radeon HD 5870 1,024MB |
Sapphire Radeon
HD 4870 X2
2,048MB |
Sapphire Radeon
HD
4890 OC 1,024MB |
BFG GeForce GTX 285
1,024MB
(x2 in SLI) |
BFG
GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB |
BFG
GeForce GTX 285 1,024MB |
XFX GeForce GTX
275 896MB |
| Current pricing,
including VAT |
£598?
|
£299?
|
£245 |
£170 |
£500 |
£350 |
£250 |
£175 |
| Shader model |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| Stream processors |
3,200 |
1,600 |
1600 |
800 |
480 |
480 |
240 |
240 |
| GPU clock speed (MHz) |
850 |
850 |
750 |
901 |
648 |
576 |
648 |
633 |
| Shader clock speed (MHz) |
850 |
850 |
750 |
901 |
1,476 |
1,242 |
1,476 |
1,406 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz)
|
4,800 |
4,800 |
3,600 |
3,600 |
2,484 |
2,016 |
2,484 |
2,322 |
| Memory bus width (bits) |
512 |
256 |
512 |
256 |
1,024 |
896 |
512 |
448 |
| CPU |
Intel
Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core,
LGA1366) |
| Motherboard |
Foxconn
Bloodrage X58 |
| Motherboard BIOS |
P04 |
| Mainboard software |
Intel
Inf 9.1.0.1012 |
| 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
9.9 press |
Catalyst
9.9 press |
Catalyst
9.9 |
Catalyst
9.9 |
ForceWare
190.62 |
ForceWare
190.62 |
ForceWare
190.62 |
ForceWare
190.62 |
| Operating system |
Windows 7
Ultimate, 64-bit (RTM) |
Software
| 3D Benchmarks |
Call of Duty: World at
War v1.5.1220 HEXUS custom-recorded
benchmark:
DX9 - maximum detail
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X v1.2, internal benchmark: DX10/10.1 - very high
quality
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark.
OpenGL - very high quality
Far Cry 2 v1.03 - very high quality
Race Driver: GRID v1.2, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark - ultra quality |
Notes
Given the extreme nature of our CrossFireX/SLI setups, benchmarks were conducted only at 2,560x1,600 with maximum in-game detail. To make things interesting, we've also benchmarked a pair of NVIDIA's fastest single-GPU graphics cards - the GeForce GTX 285 - in SLI configuration.
