Benchmark: Aliens vs. Predator
The standalone Aliens vs. Predator benchmark uses DX11 features such as hardware tessellation and advanced shadow sampling to draw and animate everyone's favourite xenomorph.
As expected, Gigabyte's pre-overclocked card is quicker than reference; to the tune of nine per cent at full-HD 1,920x1,080.
A useful bump in the right direction, but not quite enough; a Radeon HD 5870 comes out fractionally ahead at each resolution.