The Passive Gigabyte & Overclocked HIS HD 6770 meet the EVGA GTX 550 Ti

by apoppin · August 16, 2011

Test Configuration

Test Configuration – Intel Hardware

Intel Core i7 920 reference 2.66 GHz, overclocked to 3.8 GHz; Turbo and HyperThreading are on.
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (latest BIOS, PCIe 2.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 16x+16x).
6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC 1800 Kingston RAM (3×2 GB, tri-channel at PC 1600 speeds; 2×2 GB supplied by Kingston)
EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, 1.0 GB overclocked design (951/2178), supplied by Nvidia/EVGA
Onboard Realtek Audio
2 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 hard drives
Thermaltake ToughPower 775 W power supply unit supplied by Thermaltake
Thermaltake Element G Case supplied by Thermaltake
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler, supplied by Noctua
Philips DVD SATA writer
HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD. Three ASUS 23-inch 1920×1080 120Hz LCDs supplied by ASUS/Nvidia.

Test Configuration – Software

NVIDIA GeForce 280.26 WHQL drivers; High Quality
AMD Beta 11.8 Catalyst; High Quality – optimizations off; use application settings
Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
DirectX November 2010
All games are patched to their latest versions.
vsync is forced off in the control panel.
AA enabled as noted in games; 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 DX11 render paths.

The Benchmarks