System setup and notes
| Graphics cards | Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 896MB | ASUS GeForce GTX 260 MATRIX 896MB | BFG
GeForce GTX 260 896MB |
Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC 1,024MB | ASUS Radeon HD 4890 Voltage Tweak 1,024MB | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1,024MB |
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| Current pricing, including VAT | £220 | £199 |
£185 (TBC) | £155 | £198 | £201 |
£160 |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Stream processors | 240 | 240 | 216 | 216 | 800 | 800 | 800 |
| GPU clock speed (MHz) | 670 | 633 | 601 | 576 | 900 | 850 | 750 |
| Shader clock speed (MHz) | 1,474 | 1,404 | 1,296 | 1,242 | 900 | 850 | 750 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 2,350 | 2,268 | 1,998 | 1,998 | 4,000 | 3,900 | 3,600 |
| Memory bus width (bits) | 448 | 448 | 448 | 448 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core, LGA1,366) | ||||||
| Motherboard | Foxconn Bloodrage X58 | ||||||
| Motherboard BIOS | P04 | ||||||
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf 9.1.0.1012 | ||||||
| Memory | 6GB Corsair DOMINATOR PC12,800 | ||||||
| Memory timings and speed | 9-9-9-24 1T @ DDR3-1,333 | ||||||
| PSU | Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1,000W | ||||||
| Monitor | Dell 30in 3007WFP - 2,560x1,600px | ||||||
| Disk drive(s) | Seagate 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (3Gb/s mode) | ||||||
| Graphics driver | ForceWare 185.63 beta | ForceWare 185.63 beta | ForceWare 185.66 | ForceWare 182.06 | Catalyst 9.4 | Catalyst 9.4 | Catalyst 9.3 |
| Operating system | Windows Vista Business SP1, 64-bit | ||||||
Software
| 3D Benchmarks | Call of Duty 4: Modern
Warfare v1.7, HEXUS custom-recorded
benchmark:
DX9 - very high quality Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts v2.301: DX10 - very high quality Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark. OpenGL - very high quality Far Cry 2 v1.02 DX10 - very high quality Race Driver: GRID v1.2, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark - ultra quality |
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Notes
We've run the ASUS GeForce GTX 260 MATRIX with the optimised profile in place, representing a slight overclock, as that's what ASUS guarantees. At the time of writing, the card wasn't available in the UK from the usual reputable etailers, so we've taken a best-guess and apportioned a £185 price-tag for it.It's up against a couple of faster NVIDIA cards, powered by the GeForce GTX 275, whilst the ASUS Radeon HD 4890 VT 1,024MB dukes it out against a pre-overclocked HD 4890 and standard-clocked HD 4870.
Let's get the benchmark machine rollin'.