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Review: Inno3D GeForce GT 240 XStriker 3 iChiLL 512MB graphics card

by Tarinder Sandhu on 25 January 2010, 08:59 3.25

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System setup and notes

Graphics cards Sapphire Radeon HD 5670
(1,024MB, GDDR5)
Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
(512MB, GDDR3)
BFG GeForce GTS 250
(512MB, GDDR3)
BFG GeForce GT 240
(512MB, GDDR5)
Inno3D GeForce GT 240
(512MB, GDDR5)
Current pricing, including VAT £90 £50 £95 £65 £74
DirectX / Shader Model DX11, 5.0 DX10.1, 4.1 DX10.1, 4.1 DX10.1, 4.1 DX10.1, 4.1
Stream processors 400 320 128 96 96
GPU clock 775MHz 750MHz 738MHz 550MHz 600MHz
Shader clock 775MHz 750MHz 1,836MHz 1,340MHz 1,340MHz
Memory clock (effective) 4,000MHz 2,000MHz 2,200MHz 3,400MHz 3,600MHz
Memory bus width (bits) 128-bit 128-bit 256-bit 128-bit 128-bit
CPU Intel Core i5 750 LGA1156 (2.66GHz, 1MB L2 cache, quad-core)
Motherboard MSI P55-GD65 (Intel P55)
Motherboard BIOS v1.3
Memory 4GB Corsair PC12800
Memory timings and speed 9-9-9-24 2T @ DDR3-1,333MHz
PSU Corsair HX650
Monitor Dell 2405FPW Widescreen 24in TFT
Disk drive(s) Seagate 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (3Gb/s mode)
Graphics driver Catalyst 10.1 RC3 Catalyst 9.12 ForceWare 195.62 ForceWare 195.62 ForceWare 195.62
Operating system Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit

Software

3D benchmarks Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, medium quality
Crysis, medium quality
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark. OpenGL, medium quality
Far Cry 2 v1.03, medium quality
H.A.W.X v1.2, internal benchmark: DX10/10.1, medium quality
General benchmarks

Power draw
Temperature readings
Overclocking performance

Notes

Benchmarks were conducted at 1,280x1,024 and 1,680x1,050 with varying degrees of image quality, as illustrated on the graphs.