XFX R7970 Black Edition Review - PAGE 4

Hardware Configuration:

• CPU: Intel 2600K @ 4.4Ghz
• Motherboard: Gigabyte
• Memory: 8GB Mushkin Redline DDR3-2133
• Chassis: Corsair Graphite 600T
• Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
• HDD: 1.5TB GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
• Cooling: Corsair H100 dual-fan
• OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

Drivers:

• XFX R7970 BE Driver: 12.2
• Nvidia Driver: 290.36
• AMD Driver: 12.1

Benchmarks DX11:

• Futuremark: 3DMark 11
• Aliens vs Predator
• Crysis 2
• DiRT 3
• Battlefield 3
• Batman Arkham City
• Metro 2033
• Total War: Shogun II

Test Settings:

• All in game benchmarks were performed at resolutions of 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600. Vsync is disabled in the control panel, AA is set to x4 with AF set to x16 and all the in-game settings are turned up to high, or very high.

Usage:

• Power consumption
• Temperature

Specifications:

(Note: All models might not be included in this review. The table below is to be used for comparison purposes)