Hardware Configuration:
- CPU: Intel 2600K @ 4.4Ghz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte
- Memory: 8GB Mushkin Redline DDR3-2133
- Chassis: Corsair Graphite 600T
- Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
- HDD: 1.5TB GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
- Cooling: Corsair H100 dual-fan
- OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Drivers:
- Sapphire HD 7850 OC Driver: 12.2
- Nvidia Driver: 290.36
- AMD Driver: 12.1
Benchmarks DX11:
- Futuremark: 3DMark 11
- Aliens vs Predator
- Crysis 2
- DiRT 3
- Battlefield 3
- Batman Arkham City
- Metro 2033
- Total War: Shogun II
Test Settings:
- All in game benchmarks were performed at resolutions of 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600. Vsync is disabled in the control panel, AA is set to x4 with AF set to x16 and all the in-game settings are turned up to high, or very high.
Usage:
- Power consumption
- Temperature
Specifications:
(Note: All models might not be included in this review. The table below is to be used for comparison purposes)
AMD Specifications | |||||
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Model | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 | AMD Radeon HD 7870 | AMD Radeon HD 7850 | Sapphire HD 7750 Ultimate |
Processing Cores | 2048 | 1792 | 1280 | 1024 | 512 |
Core Clock | 925MHz | 800MHz | 1000MHz | 860MHz | 800MHz |
Memory Clock | 1375MHz | 1250MHz | 1200MHz | 1200MHz | 1125MHz |
Memory Interface | 384-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 128-bit |
Memory Type | 3GB GDDR5 | 2GB GDDR5 | 2GB GDDR5 | 2GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 |
Fabrication Process | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm |
NVIDIA Specifications | |||||
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Model | Nvidia GTX 460 | Nvidia GTX 470 | Nvidia GTX 480 | Nvidia GTX 570 | Nvidia GTX 580 |
Processing Cores | 336 | 448 | 480 | 480 | 512 |
Core Clock | 675MHz | 607MHz | 700MHz | 742MHz | 782MHz |
Memory Clock | 1100MHz | 837MHz | 924MHz | 1250MHz | 1002MHz |
Memory Interface | 256-bit | 128-bit | 320-bit | 320-bit | 384-bit |
Memory Type | 1GB GDDR5 | 1.25GB GDDR5 | 1.5GB GDDR5 | 1.25GB GDDR5 | 1.5GB GDDR5 |
Fabrication Process | 40nm | 40nm | 40nm | 40nm | 40nm |