Test System Specs & 3Dmark 11
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 ZX Series (1250w)
- Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB (SATA 6Gb/s)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB) Crossfire
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 6990 (4096MB)
- HIS Radeon HD 5970 (2048MB)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 (3072MB)
- Asus GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB)
Software
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
- Nvidia Forceware 267.71
- Nvidia Forceware 267.24
- AMD Catalyst 11.2
- AMD Catalyst 11.4 Preview
According to the 3Dmark 11 performance test, the GeForce GTX 590 is actually 10% slower than the Radeon HD 6990 which is surprising given that the GTX 580 is faster than the HD 6970. It seems that Nvidia sucked a lot of life out of the GF110 by reducing the fixed functions clock frequency 21% per GPU.