ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB: The World's Fastest Graphics Card

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Hardware Test Setup And Benchmarks

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Test Hardware
Processor	Intel Core i7-975 Extreme (Bloomfield) 3.33 GHz, 6.4 GT/s, 8 MB L3 Cache, power-saving settings disabledOverclocked to 4 GHz (25 * 160 MHz)
Motherboard	Asus Rampage II Extreme (LGA 1366) X58/ICH10, BIOS 1504
Memory	Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 @ 1,600 MHz
Hard Drive	Intel SSDSA2MH160G2C1 160 GB SATA 3 Gb/s
Networking	Realtek RTC8111C, 1 Gbps
Graphics Cards	ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
Row 6 - Cell 0	ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
Row 7 - Cell 0	ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
Row 8 - Cell 0	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
Row 9 - Cell 0	ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB
Row 10 - Cell 0	ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Row 11 - Cell 0	Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1.8GB
Row 12 - Cell 0	Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB
Power Supply	Cooler Master UCP 1100 W
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
System Software And Drivers
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64
DirectX	DirectX 11
Platform Driver	Intel INF Chipset Update Utility 9.1.1.1019
Graphics Driver	AMD Catalyst 8.663.1
Row 20 - Cell 0	AMD Catalyst 9.9
Row 21 - Cell 0	Nvidia GeForce 190.62

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Benchmark	Configuration
World in Conflict	Very High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, 2560x1600, Patch 1009, DirectX 10
Row 1 - Cell 0	Very High Quality Settings, 4x AA / 16x AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, 2560x1600, Patch 1009, DirectX 10
Far Cry 2	Ultra High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, 2560x1600, Steam Version
Row 3 - Cell 0	Ultra High Quality Settings, 8x AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, 2560x1600, Steam Version
Crysis	Very High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1900x1200, 2560x1600, Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit Executable
Row 5 - Cell 0	Very High Quality Settings, 8x AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1900x1200, 2560x1600 Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit Executable
Left 4 Dead	Highest Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, 2560x1600, Steam Version
Row 7 - Cell 0	Highest Quality Settings, 8x AA / 16x AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, 2560x1600, Steam Version
Grand Theft Auto IV	Highest Quality Settings, No AA / "High" AF, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, 2560x1600, Patch #3
Stalker: Clear Sky	Extreme Quality Setting, No AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, DirectX 10 lighting
Row 10 - Cell 0	Extreme Quality Setting, 4x MSAA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, DirectX 10 lighting
H.A.W.X.	Highest Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, AO enabled, DirectX 10/10.1
Row 12 - Cell 0	Highest Quality Settings, 8x AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, AO enabled, DirectX 10/10.1
Resident Evil 5	High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, DirectX 10, Fixed Benchmark
Row 14 - Cell 0	High Quality Settings, 8x AA / No AF, vsync off, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, DirectX 10, Fixed Benchmark
3DMark Vantage	Performance Default, High Quality, Extreme Quality

In order to get this story finished in time for ATI’s launch, we’re using the results from our Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 launches for comparison. But before we “went there,” we wanted to test cards from both vendors to demonstrate comparability. On the ATI side, it’s beta 8.66 R6 driver versus 8.663.1 (the Hemlock-supplied driver). On the Nvidia side, it’s GeForce 190.62 versus GeForce 191.07.