System Setup

3D Performance Testbed

Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition @3.33GHz

Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme
6GB (2x3GB) OCZ Reaper HPC 1600 @ DDR-1066 Speeds

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260-216
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
ForceWare 190.62

ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
Catalyst 9.10 beta (8.66)

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB
Catalyst 9.9

300GB Western Digital Caviar SE

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Power Consumption Testbed

Intel Core i5-750
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
4GB (2x2GB) Kingston KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX @ DDR3-1333 Speeds
Western Digital Raptor 150GB
Crysis GPU bench used to test load power consumption

Benchmarks

Call of Duty: World at War
Crysis
Left 4 Dead
Far Cry 2
STALKER: Clear Sky
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Resident Evil 5
Fallout 3
Wolfenstein
Tom Clancy’s HAWX