Test System Specs & 3Dmark Vantage
Test System Specs - Intel Core i7 920 (Overclocked @ 3.70GHz) - x3 2GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 9-9-9-24) - Asus P6T Deluxe (Intel X58) - OCZ GameXStream (700 watt) - Seagate 500GB 7200-RPM (Serial ATA300) - Inno3D GeForce GTX 480 (1536MB) SLI - Inno3D GeForce GTX 480 (1536MB) - Palit GeForce GTX 470 (1280MB) - Palit GTX 460 Sonic Platinum (1024MB) - Inno3D GeForce GTX 460 (768MB) - HIS Radeon HD 5970 (2GB) - HIS Radeon HD 5870 (1GB) Crossfire - HIS Radeon HD 5870 (1GB) - HIS Radeon HD 5850 (1GB) - Asus Radeon HD 5830 (1GB) - HIS Radeon HD 5770 (1GB) Crossfire - HIS Radeon HD 5770 (1GB) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 257.21 - Nvidia Forceware 258.56 (For GeForce GTX 460 Cards) - ATI Catalyst 10.6 |
Running 3Dmark Vantage, our only synthetic benchmark in this review, at 2560x1600 the Inno3D GeForce GTX (768MB) is 23% faster than the Radeon HD 5770 and about 22% slower than the Radeon HD 5830. The Palit GTX 460 Sonic Platinum (1GB) was 3% faster than the Radeon HD 5830, while it also beat the GeForce GTX 470 which is very impressive.