Catalyst 10-3 Performance Analysis
Test Configuration
Hardware:
| CPU: | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S @ 3.85GHz (453×8.5) |
| CPU Cooler: | Cooler Master V10* |
| Motherboard: | ASUS P5E Deluxe X48 (Rampage Formula BIOS) |
| Hard Disk: | Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB (ST3500418AS) |
| Memory: | G.SKILL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2-1000 PQ |
| Video Cards: | AMD Radeon HD 5830 1GB (reference clocks: 800/1000) Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB (reference clocks: 750/900) |
| Display: | 24” Gateway FHD2401 LCD |
| Power Supply: | Cooler Master UCP (Ultimate Circuit Protection) 1100W* |
| Chassis: | CM Storm Sniper – Black Edition – Mesh Version |
* – supplied by Cooler Master.
Software:
- ATI Catalyst 10.2, 10.3a and 10.3; highest quality mip-mapping set in the driver, Catalyst AI set to “Standard”
- Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate; very latest updates
- All games are patched to their latest versions.
- vsync is off in the control panel and is never set in-game.
- 4xAA enabled in all games and “forced” in Catalyst Control Center for UT3, except for DiRT 2 where 8xAA is used; all in-game settings for all games at “maximum” or “ultra” with 16xAF always applied
- All results show average frame rates except as noted.
- Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
- Windows 7, all DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths
The Benchmarks:
- 3DMark 06
- 3DMark Vantage
- Far Cry 2
- Crysis
- F.E.A.R.
- Unreal Tournament 3
- World In Conflict
- Call of Juarez
- X3: Terran Conflict
- ARMA 2
- BattleForge
- DiRT 2
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- Resident Evil 5
- Heaven 2.0 (Unigine)
