Testing
Test Rig
Processor |
Intel Core i7 920 C0 @ 2.67GHz |
Motherboard |
Asus P6T SE |
Memory |
OCZ Gold Triple Channel PC3-10666 6GB (3 x 2GB) 1333MHZ @ 1.64V |
Graphics Card |
Zotac GTS 250 AMP! |
Hard Drive |
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB |
Power Supply |
NOX Apex 700W |
Enclosure |
Cooler Master ATCS-840 |
OS |
Windows Vista 64-bit |
Methodology
For graphics card testing, here at XSReviews our aim is to provide a set of clean, reliable benchmarks. For each test, the benchmark was repeated three times and then an average taken or where results were inconsistent, tests were continued until two consistent results were reached.
The tests are a mixture of games and synthetic benchmarks. The games that are tested are either done through a built-in benchmark or manually played sections where the minimum and average frames per second were recorded using FRAPS.
Tests were conducted on the following software & games:
- 3Dmark06
- 3Dmark Vantage
- Furmark
- Crysis Warhead DX10
- Far Cry 2 DirectX 9.0
- Far Cry 2 DirectX 10.0
- STALKER: Clear Sky
Added to that, power consumption and thermal results were also conducted.
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