The VaporX Sapphire HD 7770 GHz OC Edition brings Quiet Overclocking to HD 7000 series
Our test system
Test Configuration
Test Configuration – Hardware
- Intel Core i7-3770K (reference 3.50 GHz); Turbo is on to 3.9GHz.
- Gigabyte Z77MX-DH3 (Intel Z77 chipset, latest BIOS, PCIe 3.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 8x+8x).
- 4 GB OCZ DDR3 PC 1800 Kingston RAM (2×2 GB, dual-channel at 1200MHz; supplied by Kingston)
- Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Vapor-X Edition (1 GB, 1100/1300MHz; also overclocked), supplied by Sapphire
- Sapphire HD 7770 GHz OC Edition (1 GB, 1150/1250MHz), supplied by Sapphire
- Onboard Realtek Audio
- 240GB Kingston HyperX SSD, supplied by Kingston
- Thermaltake ToughPower 775 W power supply unit supplied by Thermaltake
- Cooler Master Elete 439 Case, supplied by Cooler Master
- Noctua NH-DH14 CPU Cooler, supplied by Noctua
- Philips DVD SATA writer
- HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD
Test Configuration – Software
- AMD Catalyst 12-4 used for all cards.
- Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
- DirectX July/November 2010
- All games are patched to their latest versions.
- vsync is forced off in the control panel.
- Varying AA enabled as noted on the charts; all in-game settings are specified with 16xAF always applied if possible; 16xAF forced in control panel for Crysis.
- All results show average frame rates.
- Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
- Windows 7 64, all DX9 titles were run under DX9 render paths, DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths and DX11 titles under DX11 render paths.
The Benchmarks
As with all of our other games, in-game settings are maxed except where noted and levels of AA are noted on the performance summary charts. Resolutions used are 1920×1200 and 1680×1050.
- Vantage
- 3DMark 11
- Heaven 3.0
- Serious Sam, 3 BFE
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Crysis
- World in Conflict
- Far Cry 2
- Just Cause 2
- Alien vs. Predator
- Battleforge
- STALKER, Call of Pripyat
- F1 2010
- Metro 2033
- Lost Planet 2
- H.A.W.X. 2
- Civilization 5
- Crysis 2
- DiRT 3
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Batman: Arkham City
Let’s head to our benchmarks.
