Testing – Gaming
For gaming I chose my usual three DX10 titles, Crysis, PT Boats: Knights of the Sea, and Call of Juarez. Again, I ran tests in Gaming Profile, at my overclocked User Defined Profile, and on the Radeon HD 4870.
Though it has been out well over a year, I still find Crysis the best benchmark for gaming systems. I don’t know of any game that puts so much stress on the CPU and memory, and still is very VGA intensive. It will find those system instabilities not found by Prime95, Sandra Burn-in, and the Futuremark series, especially in memory. It is my favorite test for testing overclocks. I used the Crysis Benchmark Test by Boris Vergiza, settings were: CPU Benchmark, DX10, High, AA x 2, 1280 x 1024.
PT Boats prefers a strong CPU and powerful video card. It has some tough camera angle changes that really raise low FPS scores. I used the standalone performance test, settings were High, AA x 2, 1280 x 1024.
Call of Juarez requires a strong system for any kind of decent frame rate. I used the standalone demo benchmark, settings were: High, AA x 2, 1280 x 1024.
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Great review, the super hybrid engine is pretty good, saves you power when you're idling and overclocks itself when under stress
Great review, the super hybrid engine is pretty good, saves you power when you're idling and overclocks itself when under stress
The Hybrid heatsink is sweet and it puts a stock GTX260 cooler to shame.
YEa, this additon was pretty sweet.
The Hybrid heatsink is sweet and it puts a stock GTX260 cooler to shame.
YEa, this additon was pretty sweet.
The Hybrid heatsink is sweet and it puts a stock GTX260 cooler to shame.
YEa, this additon was pretty sweet.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked is the most power-efficient card in its category; $40 less than its primary competition.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked is the most power-efficient card in its category; $40 less than its primary competition.
True but its starting to show it age.
True but its starting to show it age.
Yea it's quite a good card
Yep, and most manufacturers are starting to stop producing this line
Yea it's quite a good card
Yep, and most manufacturers are starting to stop producing this line
I'm holding off for a Fermi 🙂
I'm holding off for a Fermi 🙂
I'm holding off for a Fermi 🙂
Graphics cards comming out now cost more than my computer x2. I wonder when they are just going to make them have a CPU and RAM slot built in so you can upgrade to keep up with games. And if your video card fails, just reuse the CPU and RAM on your next card. Don't steal my idea nVidia!!