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Test System & Setup Test System & Setup Processor: Intel Core i7 920(ES) @ 4.0Ghz (Turbo Mode Enabled) Memory: Corsair 3x2GB Dominator DDR3 1600Mhz Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Cooling: CoolIT Boreas mTEC + Scythe Fan Controller (Off for Power Consumption tests) Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD / / 3x Acer GD235HZ 23.5" 1080P LCDs OS: Windows 7 Ultimate N x64 SP1 Acoustical Testing Platform: Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K(ES) Memory: OCZ Platinum 2x2GB PC3-12800 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 PRO Cooling: Thermalright TRUE w/Noctua NF-P12 Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB Power Supply: Corsair AX1200 Graphics Cards: Gigabyte GTX 580 Super Overclock MSI GTX 580 Lightning NVIDIA GTX 590 3GB (Ref.) NVIDIA GTX 580 (Ref) AMD HD 6990 4GB AMD HD 5970 2GB AMD HD 6970 2GB(Ref) Drivers: NVIDIA 270.61 WHQL ATI 11.4 + CAP 11.2 R4 Note: Even though AMD claims the “AMD Optimized Tessellation” feature in the 11.1a drivers has not yet been implemented, we have changed the setting to “Off” in order to ensure additional, untested optimizations are not enabled. Applications Used: 3DMark 11 Aliens Versus Predator Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DiRT 2 F1 2010 Just Cause 2 Lost Planet Metro 2033 Unigine: Heaven *Notes: FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BENCHMARKING PROCESS PLEASE SEE THIS ARTICLE - All games tested have been patched to their latest version - The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed - All scores you see are the averages after 3 benchmark runs All game-specific methodologies are explained above the graphs for each game All IQ settings were adjusted in-game | ||||
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