Review: MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning
Category : AMD
Published by Christian Ney on 18.10.12
The graphics card provided to us by MSI belongs to their Lightning series and it is no less than the legendary R7970L. The one that broke and is still breaking all 3D World Records. But here we are going to see what this card is worth under non extreme conditions. If you are familiar with the Lightning series then you already know what to expect about this one. The card comes with an heavily customized PCB and power design, the Twin Frozr IV cooler and a nice factory overclocking. Article in English |
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On the following pages we will show you the strenghts and weaknesses of the MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning.
(As several other media used the card before us the graphics card/box and bundle weren't in mint conditions at all. Therefore we didn't take pictures of the actual sample but used the ones available on media.msi.com. The bundle picture comes from Tom's Hardware.co.uk)
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Technical data / specifications
With the Lightning series from MSI you always get a kickass graphics card that comes with the Twin Frozr cooler, a custom PCB with a beefed up power design and a high factory overclocking. The manufacturer claims that this baby is 14°C cooler and 6.3 dB quieter than the reference Design from AMD cooling wise. As for the power design, well... it is not comparable with the reference design one.
Looking at the specs, we have a graphics core clocked at 1'070 MHz. For the record the stock designed Radeon HD 7970 runs at 925 MHz and the GHz Edition at 1'000 MHz with a boost of 1'050 MHz. MSI also overclocked the GDDR5 memory, but this one is shy. Only 25 MHz over the reference card while the memory chips used (Hynix H5GQ2H24MFR-R0C) are specified to run 100 MHz higher (1'500 MHz). So if you do the maths this gives you 1'400 MHz memory clock for the Lightning and 1'375 MHz for the reference design card.
Now looking at the physical specifications of the 7970 Lightning version as said before MSI reworked the PCB, beefed up the power design and used their own cooling system. Therefore the 7970 Lightning gets a digital power design with no less than 14+2+1 phases while the reference HD 7970 has only an analogic power design with 5+1+1 phases.
Power Design Features of the 7970 Lightning:
- GPU Reactor
- CopperMOS
- Hi-c CAPs
- Golden SSC
- Dark Solid CAP
The 7970 Lightning is powered by the Twin Frozr IV dual slot cooler that features two 100mm fans with 11 blades each and five 8mm nickel-plated copper heatpipes. I was too lazy to count the aluminium fins and calculate the dissipation surface/power but trust me, it's big. The base of the cooler is made of Nickel-plated copper too.
As MSI's flagship Radeon HD 7970 it's meant to be heavily overclocked. And MSI did everything to make this possible. Apart from the power design we described above you get a switch on the card that allows you to select between two BIOS. The first one is the "safe" one that follows AMD's specs (frequencies and protections). The second BIOS when selected clocks the card to 1'070 MHz (Core) and 1'400 MHz (Memory), unlocks all protections (Disable OCP (Over Current Protection) and APS (Active Phase Switching)) and higher the clocks (2'500 vs 1'125 MHz) and powertune (460 vs 260 A) ranges. This graphics card also features Triple Overvoltage. Aka via MSI's overclocking software AfterBurner you can change the GPU/Memory and VDDCI voltages without the need of hardmods. Those voltages can also be monitored via the same software or using a Digital MultiMeter plugged to the voltage reading points located at the top of the PCB.
| Radeon HD 7970 | ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top | MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning | Radeon HD GHz Edition | |
| Chip | Tahiti XT | Tahiti XT | Tahiti | Tahiti XT2 |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 4.31 billion | 4.31 billion | 4.31 billion | 4.31 billion |
| GPU clock | 925 MHz | 1'000 MHz | 1'070 MHz | 1'000 MHz (Boost 1'050 MHz) |
| Memory | 3'072 MB GDDR5 | 3'072 MB GDDR5 | 3'072 MB GDDR5 | 3'072 MB GDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 1'375 MHz (5'500 MHz) | 1'400 MHz (5'600 MHz) | 1'400 MHz (5'600 MHz) | 1'500 MHz (6'000 MHz) |
| Memory interface | 384 Bit | 384 Bit | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 264'000 MB/s | 268'800 MB/s | 268'800 MB/s | 288'000 MB/s |
| TMUs/TAUs | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 |
| Shader Cores | 2'048 (1D) | 2'048 (1D) | 2'048 (1D) | 2'048 (1D) |
| ROPs | 32 ROP | 32 ROP | 32 ROP | 32 ROP |
| TDP | 250 Watts | 250 Watts | 250 Watts | 250 Watts |
| Price (Geizhals) | 350 € | 410 € | 430 € | 400 € |
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Preview
Delivery
The bundle is quite big, you will find a manual, a quick user's guide, the Military Class III certificate, two power PCIe power cables ro make yours longer, three voltage measurement cables, the disc with the drivers and softwares, a DVI to HDMI adapter, miniDisplayPort to DislayPort adapter, a CrossFire cable and the graphics card itself of course.
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Test Setup
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3DMark 11
| 3DMark 11 GPU | Score | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 10'694 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 9'888 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 9'620 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 9'185 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 9'149 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 9'068 |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 8'826 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 8'605 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 8'262 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 8'009 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 7'594 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 7'454 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 7'411 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 6'884 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 6'740 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 6'730 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 6'711 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 6'237 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 6'231 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 5'945 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 5'657 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 5'223 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 5'093 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 4'976 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 4'976 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 4'777 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 4'467 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 4'148 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 4'036 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 3'326 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 2'437 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 2'386 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 2'335 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 1'620 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 1'366 |
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3DMark Vantage
| 3DMark Vantage GPU | Score | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 34'797 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 34'635 |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 34'212 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 33'906 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 33'002 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 32'869 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 32'283 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 32'501 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 32'040 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 30'284 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 29'187 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 29'145 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 28'219 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 27'112 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 26'763 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 26'211 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 25'654 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 25'394 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 25'393 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 24'267 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 23'241 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 22'130 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 21'386 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 21'277 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 19'571 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 18'406 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 18'304 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 16'976 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 16'829 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 13'337 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 10'197 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 10'040 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 9'641 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 7'150 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 6'067 |
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Unigine Heaven
| Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark | Score | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 1'300 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 1'219 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 1'214 |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 1'183 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 1'182 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 1'135 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 1'117 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 1'106 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 1'054 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 1'003 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 980 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 957 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 954 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 901 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 890 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 870 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 866 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 862 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 850 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 818 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 801 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 742 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 728 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 699 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 596 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 591 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 573 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 531 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 527 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 438 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 369 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 332 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 304 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 233 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 141 |
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| More is better | ||||
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TessMark
| Geeks3D TessMark | Score | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 6'588 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 6'256 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 5'913 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 5'790 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 5'012 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 4'840 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 4'387 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 4'308 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 4'126 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 3'888 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 3'868 |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 3'763 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 3'697 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 3'533 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 3'510 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 3'284 |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 3'228 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 3'206 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 3'196 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 3'170 |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 3'031 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 2'856 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 2'835 |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 2'183 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 2'177 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 1'930 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 1'930 |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 1'212 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 929 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 884 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 678 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 580 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 566 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 474 |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 386 |
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Alien vs Predator
| Alien vs Predator DX11 Benchmark | Average | Percent | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 96.9 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 76.8 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 74.1 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 71.4 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 68.7 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 62.0 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 59.4 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 58.0 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 57.6 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 57.4 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 56.1 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 53.2 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 51.6 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 48.2 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 46.8 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 45.4 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 44.6 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 43.9 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 43.8 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 43.5 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 43.2 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 42.3 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 39.9 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 39.5 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 38.3 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 36.8 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 32.9 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 30.0 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 28.0 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 26.9 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 21.4 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 20.2 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 17.5 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 15.4 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 12.7 fps |
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Batman: Arkham City
| Batman: Arkham City Integrated Benchmark | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 97 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 91 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 87 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 85 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 78 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 77 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 75 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 75 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 72 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 72 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 70 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 68 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 64 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 62 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 61 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 61 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 60 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 58 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 58 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 57 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 54 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 51 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 46 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 43 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 42 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 40 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 39 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 38 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 37 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 32 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 25 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 24 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 21 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 14 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 11 fps |
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DIRT 2
| DIRT 2 Integrated Benchmark | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 149.3 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 137.8 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 137.3 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 136.1 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 136.0 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 133.8 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 131.6 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 126.3 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 125.0 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 124.5 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 118.9 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 108.7 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 108.0 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 107.7 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 107.7 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 106.8 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 105.9 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 102.0 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 101.9 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 100.7 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 95.7 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 92.7 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 90.1 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 87.6 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 80.9 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 78.6 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 71.9 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 68.9 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 65.7 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 62.4 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 48.5 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 45.1 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 42.6 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 32.1 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) (AA 4x) | 29.6 fps |
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Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3
| Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (5 Minutes GamePlay) | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 195.10 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 181.85 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 173.45 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 169.80 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 167.60 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 164.40 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 154.89 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 153.2 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 147.95 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 146.80 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 146.13 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 145.68 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 145.28 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 143.65 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 139.98 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 138.83fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 138.05 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 136.85 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 135.68 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 130.58 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 126.58 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 122.75 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 117.83 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 109.33 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 109.30 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 109.15 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 104.20 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 100.05 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 98.70 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 89.04 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 69.28 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 64.53 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 62.95 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 48.98 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 39.78 fps |
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BattleField 3
| BattleField 3 (5 Minutes GamePlay) | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 65.30 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 63.65 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 61.87 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 61.52 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 58.57 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 56.63 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 56.15 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 53.80 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 52.97 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 50.95 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 47.55 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 48.77 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 47.32 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 47.08 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 46.21 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 44.17 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 43.55 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 43.10 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 42.00 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 41.73 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 39.58 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 37.98 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 37.85 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 34.12 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 33.75 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 33.55 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 31.33 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 30.93 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 28.95 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 24.19 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 20.73 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 18.90 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 18.58 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 13.07 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 9.35 fps |
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Crysis 2
| Crysis 2 DX11 + HiRes Texture Pack Benchmark | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 70.9 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 70.9 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 67.8 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 66.9 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 66.8 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 64.0 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 61.2 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 58.9 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 58.3 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 57.5 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 57.0 fps |
|
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 53.9 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 52.2 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 50.4 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 49.7 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 49.1 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 47.5 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 46.3 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 48.8 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 46.3 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 43.0 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 40.9 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 39.3 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 38.9 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 34.4 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 33.1 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 31.5 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 27.4 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 26.5 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 22.1 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 19.5 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 18.9 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 15.8 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 11.8 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 9.6 fps |
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Dragon Age 2
| Dragon Age II (5 Minutes GamePlay) | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 76.95 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 59.07 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 58.92 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 56.73 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 56.35 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 55.77 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 55.35 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 54.77 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 52.40 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 51.23 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 48.00 fps |
|
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 46.96 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 46.93 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 45.50 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 43.89 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 41.85 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 41.13 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 40.07 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 39.90 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 39.73 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 36.45 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 36.89 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 35.03 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 32.35 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 31.05 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 28.98 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 28.75 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 28.68 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 26.50 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 22.33 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 18.50 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 17.42 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 13.88 fp |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 10.98 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 8.57 fps |
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat Benchmark | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 70.13 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 63.08 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 62.85 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 62.08 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 59.28 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 57.70 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 56.00 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 54.35 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 53.00 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 50.00 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 47.55 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 45.45 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 44.50 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 44.42 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 43.75 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 41.50 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 41.45 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 40.17 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 39.10 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 36.03 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 35.63 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 33.68 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 30.74 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 30.70 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 30.48 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 30.00 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 28.07 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 27.23 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 24.43 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 19.01 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 16.55 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 15.60 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 13.53 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 9.75 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 7.58 fps |
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| More is better | ||||
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (5 Minutes GamePlay) | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 104.69 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 86.02 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 85.99 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 85.00 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 84.80 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 83.60 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 83.51 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 82.32 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 81.38 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 80.43 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 77.35 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 76.87 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 73.64 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 69.64 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 67.93 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 67.00 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 62.68 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 62.05 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 61.10 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 60.96 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 60.22 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 58.61 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 58.28 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 73.08 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 51.10 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 50.28 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 44.21 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 42.28 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 39.96 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 37.58 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 32.19 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 28.60 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 25.92 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 18.04 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 11.52 fps |
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| More is better | ||||
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StarCraft II
| StarCraft II (5 Minutes GamePlay) | Average | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 91.31 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 89.06 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 88.81 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 87.71 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 87.00 fps |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 86.04 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 85.51 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 84.93 fps |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 84.84 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 83.28 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 82.69 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 80.96 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 80.33 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Boost Max 1'059 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 77.94 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 77.51 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 77.17 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 76.93 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 76.92 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 76.42 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 303.53) | 76.02 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 75.93 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 75.74 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Boost Max 1'033 MHz (ForceWare 306.02) | 75.70 fps |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 75.52 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 Boost Max 980 MHz (ForceWare 301.25) | 75.23 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (ForceWare 296.10) | 74.84 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 296.10) | 74.16 fps |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 72.88 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 70.58 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Catalyst 12.3) | 69.08 fps |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ForceWare 296.10) | 57.44 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 47.66 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 44.98 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 31.06 fps |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 26.89 fps |
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| More is better | ||||
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Power Consumption
| Power Consumption Idle | Power Consumption | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 97.0 Watts |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) | 91.5 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 81.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 77.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 74.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 73.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 72.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 71.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 70.5 Watts |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 70.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 70.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 69.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 69.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 67.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 65.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 65.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 65.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 65.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 64.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 63.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 60.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 60.0 Watts |
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| Less is better | ||||
| Power Consumption Load (FurMark) | Power Consumption | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 410.0 Watts |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) (No Throttling) | 330.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 286.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 270.0 Watts |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 266.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 260.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 250.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 240.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 233.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 229.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 212.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 212.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 203.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 202.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 200.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 188.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 195.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 190.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 148.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 142.5 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 127.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 119.0 Watts |
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| Less is better | ||||
| Difference Idle/Load | Power Consumption | GPU-Z | Review | Gallery |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Catalyst 12.3) | 313.0 Watts |
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| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (ForceWare 296.10) (No Throttling) | 239.5 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Matrix Platinum (Catalyst 12.9B) | 209.0 Watts |
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| MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning (Catalyst 12.9B) | 196.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 189.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores DCU II (ForceWare 296.10) | 189.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.9B) | 185.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC (Turbo up to 1'215 MHz) (ForceWare 301.24) | 170.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25) | 160.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DCU II Top 1'201 MHz (ForceWare 301.24) | 159.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7950 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 147.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC (Turbo up to 1'150 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 140.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB (ASUS) (Catalyst 12.3) | 139.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DCU II Top (Catalyst 12.9B) | 125.0 Watts |
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| ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCU II Top V2 (Catalyst 12.9B) | 134.0 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'176 MHz) (ForceWare 303.53) | 130.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Catalyst 12.3) | 124.5 Watts |
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| ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DCU II Top (Turbo up to 1'163 MHz) (ForceWare 306.02) | 123.0 Watts |
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| eVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB (ForceWare 306.38) | 83.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6770 (ASUS DCU Silent) (Catalyst 12.3) | 77.5 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 6570 GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.3) | 63.0 Watts |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Club3D Royal Queen) (Catalyst 12.4) | 59.0 Watts |
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| More is better | ||||
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Fan Speed / Noise Level
Fan Speed
Noise Level
For the noise level results, we measured the noise level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the graphics card.
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VRM Temps
We used HWInfo for the VRM temperature monitoring of the reference design cards (AMD Stock, XFX Double Dissipation and the Accelero Hybrid). For the MSI HD 7970 Lightning we used AfterBurner and for the ASUS 7970 DirectCU II Top and Matrix Platinum we used GPUTweak.
idle temperature is the highest temperature measured after 15mins idle time right after boot.
The load temperature is the highest temperature measured after 1 hour of BattleField 3 gameplay.
Fan speed: Auto
Room Temperature: 25°C
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Idle / FurMark
Idle Temperature
Idle, temperature is taken after 15 minutes @ 30 %, 50 % and 100 % fan speed.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
For FurMark, temperature is taken after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test @ 30 %, 50 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 85°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
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Call of Duty MW3 / BattleField 3
Call of Duty MW3
Highest temperature reached under Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 @ 30 %, 50 % and 100 % fan speed after 1 hour gameplay.
BattleField 3
Highest temperature reached under BattleField 3 @ 30 %, 50 % and 100 % fan speed after 1 hour gameplay.
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BenchMarks and Games Settings
Futuremark
- 3DMark 11
(1.0.3)
- GPU Test - Performance Preset
- 3DMark Vantage (1.1.0)
- GPU Test - Performance Preset
Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark
| Version | 3.0 |
| API | DirectX 11 |
| Tessellation | Extreme |
| Shaders | High |
| Anisotropy | 16x |
| Stereo 3D | Disabled |
| Anti-aliasing | 8x |
| Full Screen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
Geeks3D TessMark
| Version | 0.3.0 |
| Map Set | Set 4 (2048 x 2048) |
| Tesselation | Insane (x64) |
| Full Screen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Anti-aliasing | 8x |
| Tessellation | High |
| Duration | 60000 (ms) |
Geeks3D FurMark (Burn-in test)
| Version | 1.10.0 |
| Full Screen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Anti-aliasing | 8x MSAA |
Alien vs Predator DX11 Benchmark
| Version | 1.0.0.0 |
| Texture Quality | Very High |
| Shadow Quality | High |
| Hardware Tesselation | Yes |
| Advance Shadow Sampling | Yes |
| Full Srceen Anti-Aliasing Samples | 4x |
| Anisotropic Filtering | 16x |
| SSAO | On |
| Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
Batman: Arkham City Integrated Benchmark
| Version | 1.0.0.0 |
| FullScreen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| V Sync | No |
| Anti-Aliasing | 8x MSAA |
| Stereoscopic 3D Status | No |
| DirectX 11 Features | MVSS And HBAO |
| DirectX 11 Tesselation | High |
| Detail Level | Extreme |
| Dynamic Shadow | Yes |
| Motion Blur | Yes |
| Distortion | Yes |
| Lens Flares | Yes |
| Light Shafts | Yes |
| Reflections | Yes |
| Ambient Occlusion | Yes |
| Hardware Accelerated PhysX | Off |
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (5 Minutes GamePlay)
| Version | ??? |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| FullScreen | On |
| Vertical Sync | Off |
| Field of view | 70 |
| Motion Blur Amount | Max |
| Graphics Quality | Ultra |
BattleField 3 (5 Minutes GamePlay)
| Version | 1.0.0.0 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Aspect Ratio | Wide 16:9 |
| Anti-Aliasing | 4x |
| Screen Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Sync Every Frame | No |
| Shadows | Yes |
| Specular Map | Yes |
| Depth Of Field | Yes |
| Screen Space Ambient Occlusion | High Quality |
| Soften Smoke Edges | Yes |
| Bullet Impacts | Yes |
| Image Quality | Ultra |
Crysis 2 DX11 + HiRes Texture Pack Benchmark
| Version | 1.9.0.0 |
| Quality | Ultra |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Anti-Aliasing | 4x |
| Map | Central Park/Adrenaline |
| Runs | 1 |
| API | DirectX 11 |
| Edge AA | Edge AA |
| Hi-Res Textures | On |
DIRT 2 Integrated Benchmark
| Version | 1.1.0.0 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Refresh Rate | 60 |
| MultiSampling | 8x MSAA |
| VSync | Off |
| Aspect Ration | 16:9 |
| Details | Ultra Preset |
Dragon Age II (5 Minutes GamePlay)
| Version | 1.04 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Full Screen Mode | Yes |
| Renderer | DirectX 11 |
| Vertical Sync | no |
| Graphics Detail | Very High |
| Anti-Aliasing | 8x |
| Anisotropic Filtering | 16x |
| Screen Space Ambient Occlusion | Yes |
| Diffusion Depth of Field | Yes |
| High Quality Blur | Yes |
StarCraft II (5 Minutes GamePlay)
| Version | 1.2.1.1631 |
| Display Mode | FullScreen |
| Refresh Rate | Default |
| Resolution | 1920 x 180 |
| Vertical Sync | No |
| Texture Quality | Ultra |
| Graphics Quality | Ultra |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (5 Minutes GamePlay)
| Version | 1.7.7.0.6 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Aspect Ratio | Wide 16:9 |
| Anti-Aliasing | 8x |
| Anisotropic-Filtering | 16x |
| Details | Ultra |
| Vertical Sync | Disabled |
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat Benchmark
| Version | 1.5.8.1 |
| Preset | Ultra |
| Renderer | Enhan. full dyn. lighting (DX11) |
| Video Mode | 1920 x 1080 |
| MSAA | 4x |
| MSAA for A-tested objects | DX10.0 Style [Standard] |
| SSAO Mode | HDAO |
| SSAO Quality | High |
| Use DX10.1 | No |
| Enable Tesselation | Yes |
| Contact Hardening Shadows | Yes |
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Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| MSI's Radeon HD 7970 Lightning
is an engineering masterpiece as Lightning cards have always been. For
normal users out of the box the card will offer 8 % more performance
over the stock clocked HD 7970. For extreme overclockers the real
potential of this card is revealed under cold. I mean this card is the
one used to break almost all 3D World Records. Thanks to his overworked
PCB and power design as well as being hardmod free with the special
unlocked BIOS. Unfotunately this card is not gold for normal users because the cooler is quite loud under load when playing demanding games. To fix this issue you can change the thermal grease to a better one like the Gelid GC-Extreme and fix the fan speed at 30 % in which case the card become almost noiseless and will still cool itself down. Keep an eye on temperatures using AfterBurner to be sure though. If the GPU is heating too much then you can raise the fans speed up to 40-45 %. |
- Noiseless in 2D
- PCB Design - Factory Overclocking - Bundle - Good cooling system - Dual BIOS - Triple Overvoltage |
- Noise level under load - 80 € more expensive than the cheapest HD 7970 - No Dual-link DVI | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| Thanks to the factory overclocking, the HD 7970 Lightning was on average 8 % faster than the reference HD 7970, which is enough to justify the high price of the card along with the bundle and the other features. Furthermore the power consumption is not bad too, only 16 more Watts under heavy load than the reference card. In idle the power consumption can be considered as not good. Because of the overworked design as well as the use of only one phase in idle we thought that the card was going to draw less power than the reference design. We were wrong as it was actually drawing 5 more Watts. |
- Performance - 8 % faster than the reference HD 7970 |
- idle power consumption | |
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| In the end that's one hell of an engineering masterpiece, this card really belongs to the Lightning series. But unfortunately it is not perfect, we found the noise level of the fans under games too loud. Therefore our recommandation goes to noise resistent headphone-gamers as well as extreme overclockers. It is really a nice card to play with under cold, you almost have nothing to do but cool it down. |
- Gaming - Overclocking - Extreme Overclocking |
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| We give the MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning very good 4 out of five stars. | |||
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Author: Christian Ney c.ney@ocaholic.ch