Introducing Galaxy’s GTS 450 SuperOverclock
Test Configuration
Test Configuration – Hardware
- Intel Core i7 920 reference 2.66 GHz and overclocked to 3.2 GHz); Turbo is off.
- Gigabyte EX58-UD3R (Intel X58 chipset, latest BIOS, PCIe 2.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 16x+16x).
- 6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC 18000 Kingston RAM (3×2 GB, tri-channel at PC 1600 speeds; 2×2 GB supplied by Kingston)
- GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB reference design (supplied by Nvidia under NDA)
- Galaxy GTS 450 SOC, 1 GB overclocked/flip-fan design (supplied by Galaxy under NDA)
- GeForce GTX 480 (1.5 GB, reference version, supplied by Nvidia)
- NVIDIA 8800 GTX, reference design
- ATI Radeon HD 5750 (1GB, reference clocks) by XFX
- ATi Radeon HD 5870 (1GB, reference clocks) by Diamond
- Onboard Realtek Audio
- Two identical 250 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives configured and set up identically from drive image; one partition for Nvidia GeForce drivers and one for ATI Catalyst drivers
- Thermaltake ToughPower 775 W power supply unit supplied by Thermaltake
- Thermaltake Element G Case supplied by Thermaltake
- Noctua UD CPU cooler, supplied by Noctua
- Philips DVD SATA writer
- HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD/SOYO 1920×1200 twenty-four inch LCD
Test Configuration – Software
- ATi Catalyst 10-8 (10.8b hotfix used for H.A.W.X); highest quality mip-mapping set in the driver, Catalyst AI set to “Standard”
- NVIDIA GeForce 258.96 WHQL for 8800 GTX and 206.52 beta release drivers for GTS 450; High Quality
- Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
- DirectX July 2010
- All games are patched to their latest versions.
- vsync is off in the control panel and is never set in-game.
- Varying AA enabled as noted in games and “forced” in Catalyst Control Center for UT3 and Batman: Arkham Asylum; all in-game settings are specified with 16xAF always applied; 16xAF forced in control panel for Crysis.
- All results show average, minimum and maximum frame rates except as noted.
- Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
- Windows 7 64, all DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths; DX11 titles under DX 11 render paths.
The Benchmarks
- Vantage
- Call of Juarez
- Crysis
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Call of Pripyat
- Far Cry 2
- World in Conflict
- X3:Terran Conflict
- Dirt 2
- Left4Dead
- Lost Planet
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Resident Evil 5
- Call of Pripyat
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- H.A.W.X.
- Battleforge
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- F.E.A.R.
- Call of Duty 4
- Alien versus Predator
- Serious Sam HD
- Metro 2033
- Heaven 2
It’s a phenomenal review!! I loved how you compared it with a 5750 and my old 8800GTX, plus how you did 450’s in SLI versus 5870 and GTX 480. And the fully-rounded arsenal of games is icing on the cake!
Awesome review, very cool that you added 8800GTX. I was considering swapping mine out for the 450 originally.
i used the mother board MSI 880GM-E43 and A video card GTS 450 my question is what power supply should we used the 600W or 800W pls help me coz got problem in my video card the fan run slowly i just buy it now i used 600w power supply but my game got black screen everytime i play after 2minuts
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However, either PSU is probably sufficient if they are of reasonable quality and not defective. The card’s fan speed is variable, depending on the temperatures. Use Galaxy’s Xtreme HD Tuner or EVGA precision tool to monitor temperatures.
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