Overclocking
For
our overclocking test we used the delivered software ASUS SmartDoctor. Of
course, with this kind of mainstream graphic cards, it's not possible to raise
the core voltage via software. Never the less we managed to overclock the card
by far more than 50 percent to a staggering 868 MHz on the Core and 1'138 MHz on
the memory. These clocks were 3DMark 11 stable which means that there neither
crashes nor artifacts. For the record: stock clocks are 550MHz (core) and 800MHz (memory)
so the overclocking potential of this card is more than 300 MHz on both core and
memory. Which allowed us to win 50 % performance over the stock HD 5550. From
1'000 points to 1'500 points, it's the first time ever for us to see a 50 %
improvement.
Futuremark Overclocking
| 3DMark
11 Total |
Score |
Percent |
| ASUS EAH6990 (980 MHz / 5'756 MHz) |
9'201 |
170.92 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) |
8'625 |
160.22 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 (681 MHz / 3'620 MHz) |
8'572 |
159.24 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 (673 MHz / 3'602 MHz) |
8'564 |
159.09 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 |
8'123 |
150.90 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 |
8'043 |
149.41 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII (GPU 952 MHz / Mem
4'568 MHz) |
6'512 |
120.97 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 (GPU 966 MHz / Mem 2'332
MHz) |
6'212 |
115.40 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII (GPU 939 MHz / Mem 4'056 MHz) |
6'199 |
115.16 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII |
5'988 |
111.24 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII (974 MHz / Mem
5'872 MHz) |
5'656 |
105.07 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 |
5'383 |
100.00 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 (GPU 1'001 MHz / Mem 3'008
MHz) |
5'365 |
99.67 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII |
5'273 |
97.96 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top (GPU 1'009
MHz / Mem 4'708 MHz) |
5'003 |
92.94 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 (GPU 986 MHz / Mem 5'764 MHz) |
4'733 |
87.92 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 |
4'606 |
85.57 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top |
4'551 |
84.54 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock (GPU 951
MHz / Mem 4'300 MHz) |
4'125 |
76.63 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock |
3'754 |
69.74 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top (1100 MHz / 2800 MHz) |
3'067 |
56.98 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top |
2'717 |
50.47 % |
| ASUSEAH5550 (868 MHz / 1'134 MHz) |
1'519 |
28.22 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 (925 MHz / 980 MHz) |
1'492 |
27.72 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 (880 MHz / 1052 MHz) |
1'352 |
25.12 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 |
1'327 |
24.65 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 |
1'075 |
19.97 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 |
1'017 |
18.89 % |
| |
more is better |
| 3DMark
11 GPU |
Score |
Percent |
| ASUS EAH6990 (980 MHz / 5'756 MHz) |
11'047 |
193.91 % |
| ASUS EAH6990 (880 MHz / 5'000 MHz) |
9'977 |
175.13 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 (673 MHz / 3'602 MHz) |
9'786 |
171.77 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 (681 MHz / 3'620 MHz) |
9'724 |
170.69 % |
| ASUS GTX 590 |
8'914 |
156.47 % |
| NVIDIA GTX 590 |
8'854 |
155.42 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 (GPU 966MHz / MEM 2'332 MHz) |
6'679 |
117.24 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII (GPU 952 MHz / Mem
4'568 MHz) |
6'731 |
118.15 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII (GPU 939 MHz / Mem 4'056 MHz) |
6'151 |
107.97 % |
| ASUS GTX 580 DirectCUII |
5'872 |
103.53 % |
| ASUS ENGTX 580 |
5'697 |
100.00 % |
| ASUS HD6970 DirectCUII (974 MHz
/ Mem 5'872 MHz) |
5'510 |
96.72 % |
| ASUS EAH6970 (GPU 1'001 MHz / Mem 3'008
MHz) |
5'191 |
91.12 % |
| ASUS GTX 570 DirectCUII |
5'082 |
89.20 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top (GPU 1'009
MHz / Mem 4'708 MHz) |
4'837 |
84.90 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 (GPU 986 MHz / Mem 5'764 MHz) |
4'641 |
81.46 % |
| ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCUII Top |
4'341 |
76.20 % |
| ASUS EAH6950 |
4'108 |
72.11 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock (GPU 951
MHz / Mem 4'300 MHz) |
4'022 |
70.60 % |
| Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock |
3'562 |
62.52 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top (1100 MHz / 2800 MHz) |
2'777 |
48.74 % |
| ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU Top |
2'440 |
42.83 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 (868 MHz/ 1'134 MHz) |
1'340 |
23.52 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 (925 MHz/ 980 MHz) |
1'309 |
22.98 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 (880 MHz / 1052 MHz) |
1'185 |
20.80 % |
| ASUS ENGT440 |
1'160 |
20.36 % |
| ASUS ENGT430 |
937 |
16.45 % |
| ASUS EAH5550 |
882 |
15.48 % |
| |
more is better |
Discuss this article in the forums
ASUS EAH 6990 