System setup

Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition
Gigabyte EX58-Extreme
6GB OCZ Reaper HPC DDR3-1600

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ (GTS 250 512MB)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 192 (original)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 216 core
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
ForceWare 186.18

ATI Radeon HD 3870 1GB
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
Catalyst 9.6

300GB Western Digital Caviar SE

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit w/Service Pack 2

Benchmarks

ARMA 2 Demo

Settings

In order to evaluate how well the cards perform with ARMA II, we ran the demo’s standard benchmark with the two default “high” and “very high” settings. We also made sure to run the 3D resolution at 100% of the screen interface resolution (which does come with a performance hit as a result). You can see our exact settings here:

High settings

Very High settings used for testing