Test Setup

Hardware

Mainboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro (BIOS 2303)
CPUs	Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz (Turbo Off / HT On)
Memory	G.Skill RipjawsZ Dual Channel 4x4GB CL9-9-9-24-DDR3-1600 MHz
Graphic Cards (Driver)	EVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC SuperClocked (ForceWare 305.53) ASUS Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (Catalyst 12.7 Official Beta)
HDD	Samsung SSD 830 Series 128 GB
PSU	Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts

Specifications

	GeFroce GTX 680	Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Chip	GK104	Tahiti XT2
Process	28 nm	28 nm
Transistors	3.54 billion	4.31 billion
GPU clock	1'006 MHz (Boost 1'059 MHz)*	1'000 MHz (Boost 1'050 MHz)*
Shader Cores	1'536 (CUDA 5)	2'048 (1D)
Texture Units	128	112
ROPs	32 ROP	32 ROP
Memory	2'048 MB GDDR5	3'072 MB GDDR5
Memory clock	1'502 MHz (6'008 MHz)	1'500 MHz (6'000 MHz)
Memory interface	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory bandwidth	192'400 MB/s	288'000 MB/s

*Boost frequency has been blocked so they don't exceed spces, in other words the GTX 680 doens't clock itself over 1'059 MHz and the HD 7970 doesn't clock itself over 1'050 MHz

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 8 - Crysis 2 / Dragon Age 2
Page 2 - Test Setup & Specifications	Page 9 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. / The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim / StarCraft 2
Page 3 - Benchmarks and Games Settings	Page 10 - Power Consumption
Page 4 - 3D Mark 11 / 3D Mark Vantage	Page 11 - Summary Benchmark Results
Page 5 - Unigine Heaven / TessMark	Page 12 - Performance Index
Page 6 - Alien vs. Predator / Batman: Arkham City / Dirt 2	Page 13 - Conclusion
Page 7 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 / BattleField 3

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