System setup and notes
| Graphics cards | MSI Radeon HD 5870 Lightning | Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 1,024MB | HIS Radeon HD 5850 1,024MB | HIS Radeon HD 5870 1,024MB | Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OC 896MB | EVGA GeForce GTX 275 896MB | BFG GeForce GTX 285 OC |
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| Current pricing, including VAT | £360 (estimated) | £215 | £225 | £310 | £140 | £200 | £285 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Stream processors | 1,600 | 1120 | 1440 | 1,600 | 216 | 240 | 240 |
| GPU clock speed (MHz) | 900 | 800 | 725 | 850 | 620 | 633 | 702 |
| Shader clock speed (MHz) | 900 | 800 | 725 | 850 | 1,242 | 1,404 | 1,584 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 4,800 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,800 | 2,100 | 2,276 | 2,664 |
| Memory bus width (bits) | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 448 | 448 | 512 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core, LGA1366 - Turbo Boost on) | ||||||
| Motherboard | ASUS P6T SE | ||||||
| Motherboard BIOS | 0704 | ||||||
| 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) | Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB SSD | ||||||
| Graphics driver | Catalyst 10.2 | Catalyst 10.2 (ATI_Cypress_LE_8.703_RC2) | Catalyst 10.2 | Catalyst 10.2 | ForceWare 196.21 | ForceWare 196.21 | ForceWare 196.21 |
| Operating system | Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit | ||||||
Software
| Benchmarks | DiRT 2, London map -
ultra quality Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X v1.2, internal benchmark: DX10/10.1 - high quality Far Cry 2 v1.03 - very high quality Crysis Warhead v1.1.1.711 - train map - enthusiast quality Power-draw Temperatures HEXUS.bang4buck Overclocking |
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