Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 2GB Dual Fan Review - PAGE 4

Hardware Configuration:

• CPU: 920 @ 3.60GHz
• Motherboard: MSI X58 Platinum
• Memory: 12GB Mushkin Redline DDR3 1600
• 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:

• Nvidia Driver: 275.20
• AMD Driver: 11.8

Benchmarks DX11:

• Futuremark: 3DMark 11
• Aliens vs Predator
• Unigine Heaven 2.1
• Metro 2033
• Lost Planet 2
• Colin McRae: DiRT 2
• Dragon Age II
• F1 2010

Benchmarks DX10:

• Futuremark: 3DMark Vantage
• Crysis Warhead
• Just Cause 2
• Batman Arkham Asylum

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.

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)