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-D14
Graphics Cards:
GIGABYTE HD6970 2048MB @ 880/5500MHz & 916/5940MHz Overclocked - ATI Catalyst 10.12a (8.790.6.2)
ASUS GTX580 1536MB @ 782/4000MHz & 903/4220MHz Overclocked - Forceware 262.99ASUS 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
MSI R6870 2PM2D1GD5 1024MB @ 900/4200MHz - 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). Through testing, we discovered this particular driver set to provide better performance than the latest 11.1 drivers.
Benchmark Suite
MSI Afterburner & Kombustor
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
