Sapphire HD 5770 FLEX Review - PAGE 4

Hardware Configuration:

• CPU: 920 @ 3.60GHz
• Motherboard: MSI X58 Platinum
• Memory: 6GB Mushkin Blueline DDR3 1600 @ 6-8-6-24
• Chassis: Cooler Master HAFX
• Power Supply: Antec 1000W
• HDD: 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
• Cooling: Water
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Software:

All the ATI cards used the Catalyst 10.6 drivers, while the NVIDIA cards used Forceware 257.21 drivers.

Benchmarks DX11:

• Aliens vs Predator
• Metro 2033
• Unigine Heaven 2.1

Benchmarks DX10:

• Futuremark: 3DMark Vantage
• Street Fighter IV
• Crysis Warhead
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• Darkest of Days
• Bioshock 2
• Resident Evil 5
• Just Cause 2

All benchmarks were performed at resolutions of 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, and 2560x1600. Vsync is disabled in the control panel and all games will be benchmarked with mainstream settings and no AA or AF.

Usage:

• Power consumption
• Temprature

To gauge the power requirement and temperature of the graphics card, MSI's Kombuster will be used. The program applies a very heavy load to the GPU and as such will push the card beyond that of a game or benchmark. For minimum temperature and power consumption the system will be left in an idle state for 15 minutes, and for load testing Kombuster will be left on for 15 minutes.

Comparison Specifications: