New Need For Speed: Shift Patch Boosts AMD GPU Performance
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Test System
Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the
desktop with no other software programs running. The Intel Core i7 test
system was run in dual-channel memory mode at 2133MHz with 8-8-8-24
1T memory timings thanks to the Kingston HyperX 2133MHz C8 memory kit. The ASUS P7P55D-E Premium motherboard was run with BIOS 0106 and set to run XMP profiles. This put the overall clock frequency of the processor at 3.75GHz!
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the
desktop with no other software programs running. The Intel Core i7 test
system was run in dual-channel memory mode at 2133MHz with 8-8-8-24
1T memory timings thanks to the Kingston HyperX 2133MHz C8 memory kit. The ASUS P7P55D-E Premium motherboard was run with BIOS 0106 and set to run XMP profiles. This put the overall clock frequency of the processor at 3.75GHz!
A Corsair P64 SSD was the ‘boot drive’ for the test system and run on the P55 Chipset (the blue header for SATA-II, 3.0 GB/s performance). A pair of GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon HD 5870 reference graphics cards were used for testing.
Drivers Used For Testing:
- CATALYST 9.10
- CATALYST 8.663.1 Beta
- Forceware 195.39 Beta
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Core i7 870 | ||||
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Motherboard |
ASUS P7P55D-E Premium
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Memory |
4GB Kingston HyperX 2133
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Video Card |
ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
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Hard Drive |
Corsair P64 SSD |
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Cooling |
Thermalright MUX |
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Power Supply |
CoolerMaster UPC 1100W |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Let’s take a look at the benchmarks and see what the new drivers and game patch have to offer!
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