Test System And Benchmarks
We're using Nvidia's FCAT suite of tools to compare the performance of two Radeon HD 7870s in CrossFire to a pair of GeForce GTX 660 Tis in SLI across a wide spectrum of modern games. These closely-priced (and popular) competitors are perfect for showcasing the differences between each company's multi-card rendering technologies.
Test System | |
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CPU | Intel Core i5-3550 (Ivy Bridge) 3.3 GHz Base, 3.7 GHz Turbo Boost |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z77X-UP7, LGA 1155, Chipset: Intel Z77 Express |
Networking | On-Board Gigabit LAN controller |
Memory | Corsair Vengeance LP PC3-16000, 4 x 4 GB, 1600 MT/s, CL 8-8-8-24-2T |
Graphics | 2 x GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2 GB GDDR5 in SLI2 x Radeon HD 7870 2 GB GDDR5 in CrossFire |
Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB, 7,200 RPM, 32 MB Cache, SATA 3Gb/s |
Power | ePower EP-1200E10-T2 1,200 W, ATX12V, EPS12V |
Software and Drivers | |
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 |
DirectX | DirectX 11.1 |
Graphics Drivers | AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3Nvidia GeForce 314.22 Beta |
Benchmarks | |
Borderlands 2 | v.1.0.28.697606, Custom Benchmark, 60-second Fraps run |
Crysis 3 | v.1.0.0.1, Custom Benchmark, 60-second Fraps run |
F1 2012 | v.1.3.3.0, Included Benchmark, 60-second Fraps run |
Far Cry 3 | v.1.0.0.1, Custom Benchmark, 50-second Fraps run |
Tomb Raider | v.1.0.722.3, Custom Benchmark, 45-second Fraps run |