ASUS EAH6970 2GB Review

👤by Sahil Mannick  Comments 📅27-12-10

Test Setup

CPU - Intel Core i7 920
RAM - 6GB (3x2GB) OCZ platinum DDR3 1333mhz
Motherboard - ASUS Rampage III Extreme
Power Supply - Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W
Hard Drive - OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB
Samsung F3 1TB
Samsung F1 320GB
Cooler - Noctua NH-C14

Graphics Cards:

ASUS HD6970 2048MB @ 890/5500MHz & 949/5896MHz Overclocked - ATI Catalyst 10.12a (8.790.6.2)*

HIS HD6950 2048MB @ 800/5000MHz & 865/5500MHz Overclocked - ATI Catalyst 10.11 (8.790.6.0, 8.790.6.2 & 8.800)
Nvidia GTX480 1536MB @ 700/3696MHz & 799/3906MHz Overclocked - Forceware 260.99
ASUS GTX580 1536MB @ 782/4000MHz & 903/4220MHz Overclocked - Forceware 262.99
MSI R6870 2PM2D1GD5 1024MB @ 900/4200MHz & 990/4600MHz Overclocked - ATI Catalyst 10.10
XFX HD5870 1024MB @ 850/4800MHz & 942/5200MHz Overclocked - ATI Catalyst 10.10

Note – The latest 10.12a drivers used from AMD’s website are still identified as 10.11 drivers. They are a slightly updated build of the drivers used for the HD6950 review (8.790.6.2)

Benchmark Suite
MSI Afterburner & Kombustor
ASUS SmartDoctor
GPU-z
Crysis Warhead using the FRAMEBUFFER Crysis benchmark tool
Far Cry 2
Metro 2033
Resident Evil 5
Street Fighter IV
Unreal Tournament 3 using the HOC Bench tool
Colin McRae DIRT 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Mafia II Demo
Colin McRae DIRT 2
Alien VS Predator
H.A.W.X 2
3DMark 11
3DMark Vantage
Unigine V2.1 DX 11 Benchmark