Test System And Benchmarks
Our Test Rig
In order to benchmark our workstation-oriented cards in an appropriate environment, we used one of our dual-CPU test rigs. Going forward, this new rig will be the reference system for the Tom's Hardware workstation graphics cards charts, which we'll begin publishing later this year.
Technical Data | |
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CPU | 2 x AMD Opteron 4238 (Valencia), 12 Cores total (6 Bulldozer modules/12 integer cores), CPU Clock 3.30 GHz, Socket C32, 95 W |
CPU Coolers | 2 x Noctua NH-U12DO A3 |
Motherboard | Asus KCMA-D8 |
Memory | 16 GB Kingston DDR3-1333 ECC |
Hard Disks | Kingston V200 480 GB2 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB |
Power Supply | Antec HCP-850 80 PLUS Gold |
Case | Antec P280 |
Operating System | Dual-Boot System:Windows 7 x64 Ultimate (used for this article)Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 RC 2 |
Benchmarks | SPECviewperf 11 (Benchmark suite, 1920x1200) |
Graphics Cards and Drivers | AMD FirePro V3900 (Catalyst Pro 8.911.3.1 WHQL)AMD Radeon HD 6570 (Catalyst 12.1)AMD Radeon HD 7750 (Catalyst 12.1)Nvidia Quadro 400 (Quadro/Tesla 276.52 WHQL)Nvidia Quadro 600 (Quadro/Tesla 276.52 WHQL)Nvidia GeForce 430 (GeForce 285.62 WHQL)Nvidia GeForce 440 (GeForce 285.62 WHQL) |