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VGA Testing Methodology
The Microsoft DirectX-11 graphics API is native to the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System, and will be the primary O/S for our test platform. DX11 is also available as a Microsoft Update for the Windows Vista O/S, so our test results apply to both versions of the Operating System. The majority of benchmark tests used in this article are comparative to DX11 performance, however some high-demand DX10 tests have also been included.
According to the Steam Hardware Survey published for the month ending April 2011, the most popular gaming resolution is 1920x1080 with 1680x1050 hot on its heels, our benchmark performance tests concentrate on these higher-demand resolutions: 1.76MP 1680x1050 and 2.07MP 1920x1080 (22-24" widescreen LCD monitors), as they are more likely to be used by high-end graphics solutions, such as those tested in this article.
In each benchmark test there is one 'cache run' that is conducted, followed by five recorded test runs. Results are collected at each setting with the highest and lowest results discarded. The remaining three results are averaged, and displayed in the performance charts on the following pages.
A combination of synthetic and video game benchmark tests have been used in this article to illustrate relative performance among graphics solutions. Our benchmark frame rate results are not intended to represent real-world graphics performance, as this experience would change based on supporting hardware and the perception of individuals playing the video game.
Intel P55 Test System
DirectX-10 Benchmark Applications
- 3DMark Vantage v1.02
- Extreme Settings: (Extreme Quality, 8x Multisample Anti-Aliasing, 16x Anisotropic Filtering, 1:2 Scale)
- Street Fighter IV Benchmark
- Extreme Settings: (Very High Quality, 8x AA, 16x AF, Parallel rendering On, Shadows High)
DirectX-11 Benchmark Applications
- Aliens vs Predator
- Extreme Settings: (Very High Quality, 4x AA, 16x AF, SSAO, Tessellation, Advanced Shadows)
- BattleField: Bad Company 2
- Extreme Settings: (Highest Quality, HBAO, 8x AA, 16x AF, 180s Fraps Single-Player Intro Scene)
- BattleForge v1.2
- Extreme Settings: (Very High Quality, 8x Anti-Aliasing, Auto Multi-Thread)
- Lost Planet 2
- Extreme Settings: (2x AA, Low Shadow Detail, High Texture, High Render, High DirectX 11 Features)
- Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 Benchmark 1.0.4
- Extreme Settings: (Maximum Quality, 8x AA, 16x AF, DX11 Terrain Tessellation)
- Metro 2033
- Extreme Settings: (Very-High Quality, AAA, 16x AF, Advanced DoF, Tessellation, 180s Fraps Chase Scene)
- Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.1
- Extreme Settings: (High Quality, Normal Tessellation, 16x AF, 4x AA)
Video Card Test Products
| Graphics Card |
Radeon
HD6850 |
GeForce
GTX 460 (OC) |
HIS Radeon
HD6870 IceQ 1GB |
HIS Radeon
HD6870 X Turbo X |
GeForce
GTX 560Ti |
Radeon
HD6950 |
| GPU Cores |
960 |
336 |
1120 |
1120 |
384 |
1408 |
| Core Clock (MHz) |
775 |
715 |
900 |
975 |
822 |
800 |
| Shader Clock (MHz) |
N/A |
1430 |
N/A |
N/A |
1645 |
N/A |
| Memory Clock (MHz) |
1000 |
900 |
1050 |
1150 |
1002 |
1250 |
| Memory Amount |
1024MB GDDR5 |
1024MB GDDR5 |
1024MB GDDR5 |
1024MB GDDR5 |
1024MB GDDR5 |
2048MB GDDR5 |
| Memory Interface |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
AMD Radeon HD6850 (775 MHz GPU/1000 MHz vRAM - AMD Catalyst Driver 11.9)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX460 (715 MHz GPU/1430 MHz Shader/900 MHz vRAM - Forceware 285.62)
AMD HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ 1GB (900 MHz GPU/1050 MHz vRAM - AMD Catalyst Driver 11.9)
AMD HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ X Turbo X (975 MHz GPU/1150 MHz vRAM - AMD Catalyst Driver 11.9)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti (822 MHz GPU/1645 MHz Shader/1002 MHz vRAM - Forceware 285.62)
AMD HIS Radeon HD6950 IceQ X Turbo X (880 MHz GPU/1300 MHz vRAM - AMD Catalyst Driver 11.9)
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I wanted to put this graphics card on my system with full 4gb of RAM. I already updated the bios system to hande 2.1 PCIe. Would it work on my motherboard? How would it run if so?
Thank you
I was thinking about this HIS ice 6870 or this:
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This is what I found that I think would go well:
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"More overclocking headroom could be unlocked for the GPU Core and Memory speeds using the unofficial overclocking method in MSI Afterburner, but I wasn't able to keep this card stable during testing when I went past the previous limits. I bumped the vCore to the max 1.30V and was able to push the clock speeds to 1000MHz GPU and 1250MHz (5GHz effective) Memory and still remain stable during the benchmarking run."
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and wanted to know whether this graphics card would work on it .So will it work ?