{"id":27769,"date":"2011-11-18T05:02:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T05:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=27769"},"modified":"2011-11-18T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:26:09","slug":"catalyst-11-11-performance-analysis-hd-6000-5000-4000-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/catalyst-11-11-performance-analysis-hd-6000-5000-4000-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalyst 11.11 Performance Analysis &#8211; HD 6000, 5000 &#038; 4000 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n                      google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dxhr-2011-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27774\" title=\"dxhr-2011-1\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dxhr-2011-1.jpg?resize=300%2C187\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dxhr-2011-1.jpg?resize=300%2C187 300w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dxhr-2011-1-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>As part of an ongoing feature for AlienBabelTech, this editor is comparing the performance of 25 benchmarks with the current 11.11 WHQL monthly Catalyst driver release versus the one from October (<a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/catalyst-11-10-performance-analysis-vs-geforce-285-62\">Catalyst 11.10<\/a>). Catalyst 11.11 was released two days ago and we naturally ask ourselves if there are any performance improvements for AMD Radeons in games.<\/p>\n<p>Beside testing with a single HD 6970, we are also going to compare HD 6970 CrossFire performance with the latest Catalyst drivers. We are also testing the HIS HD 6770 &#8211; it is identical in performance to a HD 5770 clocked at the same speeds, so it serves double-duty for HD 67&#215;0 and 57&#215;0 series.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HIS-Front-1-300x171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HIS-Front-1.jpg?resize=300%2C171\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Due to several requests for older video card performance evaluations, we are also going to evaluate our DX10.1 HD 4870-1GB at the same settings we test HD 6770\/5770.\u00a0 However, since the HD 4000 series cannot run DX11, we will drop down to DX10.1 or 10 when possible, noting that some games\/tests are DX11-only and sometimes the only pathway alternative is DX9c.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Asus4870.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27782\" title=\"Asus4870\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Asus4870.jpg?resize=288%2C631\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Asus4870.jpg?resize=288%2C631 480w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Asus4870-467x1024.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>We are using our overclocked Core i7-920 at 3.8 GHz and we use the same settings for the HD 6770 (and HD 4870) as in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/catalyst-11-10-performance-analysis-vs-geforce-285-62\">last Catalyst 11-8 performance evaluation<\/a>. However, we use higher settings to test the HD 6970 and HD 6970 CrossFire as in our last major evaluation, <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/core-i3-2105-vs-phenom-970-x4-the-importance-of-hyperthreading-in-gaming\"><em>Core i3-2105 vs. Phenom II 970 X4 \u2013 the Importance of Hyper-Threading in Gaming<\/em><\/a>. The percentage of change from upgrading the drivers should remain about the same for any capable CPU platform.<\/p>\n<p>We are going to test Catalyst 11.11 against Catalyst 11.10 using our current benchmark suite of 22 games plus three synthetic benchmarks, <em>Heaven 2.0<\/em>, 3DMark 11 and Vantage. Our testing platform uses Windows 7 64-bit and Intel Core i7-920 at 3.80 GHz, 6 GB DD3, and our video cards are a single ASUS HD 4870, a HIS HD 6770 and two HD 6970s to represent the Radeons.<\/p>\n<p>The HD 6970 is tested at higher settings and resolutions generally than the midrange HD 6770 (or HD 4870) as noted on the charts. All of our games are tested at two of these three resolutions: 2560&#215;1600, 1920&#215;1080, 1680&#215;1050, with 16xAF, and we use DX11\/10\/10.1 whenever possible with an emphasis on DX11 games.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get right to the test configuration, the driver release notes and the tests.<\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle: Introduction--><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Test Configuration &amp; Driver Release Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Test Configuration<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Test Configuration &#8211; Hardware <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Intel Core i7 920 (reference 2.66 GHz and overclocked to 3.8 GHz); Turbo is on. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gigabyte <\/span>EX58-UD3R <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Intel X58 chipset, latest BIOS, PCIe 2.0 specification; CrossFire\/SLI 16x+16x).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC 18000 Kingston RAM (3&#215;2 GB, tri-channel at PC 1600 speeds; 2&#215;2 GB supplied by Kingston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">HIS Radeon HD 6770 (1GB, 880\/1250MHz) supplied by AMD\/HIS<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AMD Radeon HD 6970 (2GB, reference clocks, 880\/1375MHz) supplied by AMD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AMD Radeon HD 6950 (2GB, flashed to HD 6970 at reference clocks, 880\/1375MHz) supplied by AMD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ASUS Radeon HD 4870 (1GB reference clocks)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Onboard Realtek Audio<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard drive<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thermaltake ToughPower 775 W power supply unit supplied by Thermaltake<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thermaltake Element G Case supplied by Thermaltake<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler, supplied by Noctua<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Philips DVD SATA writer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">HP LP3065 2560&#215;1600 thirty inch LCD<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Test Configuration &#8211; Software<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ATi Catalyst 11.11 and 11.10 drivers for the HD 6770 and HD 6970s (the HD 4870 was only tested with 11.11); highest quality mip-mapping set in the driver; use application settings; surface performance optimizations are off<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates<\/li>\n<li>DirectX July\/November 2010<\/li>\n<li>All games are patched to their latest versions.<\/li>\n<li>vsync is forced off in the control panel.<\/li>\n<li>Varying AA enabled as noted in games and all in-game settings are specified with 16xAF always applied; 16xAF forced in control panel for Crysis.<\/li>\n<li>All results show average frame rates.<\/li>\n<li>Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">The Benchmarks<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that we are using the same settings that we used from our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/catalyst-11-10-performance-analysis-vs-geforce-285-62\">last Catalyst 11-10 performance evaluation<\/a> for the HD 6770 (and the HD 4870). We use higher settings to test the HD 6970 and HD 6970 CrossFire as in our last major evaluation, <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/core-i3-2105-vs-phenom-970-x4-the-importance-of-hyperthreading-in-gaming\"><em>Core i3-2105 vs. Phenom II 970 X4 \u2013 the Importance of Hyper-Threading in Gaming<\/em><\/a>, and the differences are marked on the charts. The performance changes result solely from upgrading each driver from the previous one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vantage<\/li>\n<li>3DMark 11<\/li>\n<li><em> Batman: Arkham Asylum<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Serious Sam, Second Encounter HD (2010)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Wolfenstein<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Left 4 Dead<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Mafia II<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Crysis<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>World in Conflict<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Far Cry 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Just Cause 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Resident Evil 5<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Alien vs. Predator<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Battleforge<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> STALKER, Call of Pripyat<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>F1 2010<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Metro 2033<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Lost Planet 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> H.A.W.X. 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Civilization 5<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Total War: Shogun II<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>DiRT 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crysis 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Deus Ex: Human Revolution<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Heaven 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lets look at the Catalyst 11.11 <a href=\"http:\/\/support.amd.com\/us\/kbarticles\/Pages\/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion1111.aspx\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/support.amd.com\/us\/kbarticles\/Pages\/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion1111.aspx', 'release notes']);\" >release notes<\/a> from AMD before we head to performance testing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Release Notes for Catalyst 11.11<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Always start <a href=\"http:\/\/support.amd.com\/us\/gpudownload\/Pages\/index.aspx\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/support.amd.com\/us\/gpudownload\/Pages\/index.aspx', 'here']);\" >here<\/a> to download AMD graphics drivers.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights of the AMD Catalyst\u2122 11.11 Windows release includes:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NEW FEATURES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adobe Flash Player 11 support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enables full support of the GPU accelerated Stage 3D API and Stage 3D applications<\/li>\n<li>Supported on the AMD Radeon HD Series of GPUs, A-Series APU and E-Series APU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RESOLVED ISSUES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst\u2122 11.11 software suite for Windows 7. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Images and textures are no longer corrupted (Blue) in Rage.<\/li>\n<li>Bezel compensation now works correctly with Far Cry 2.<\/li>\n<li>Screen tearing is no longer randomly observed while moving a window on the desktop while in Clone mode or Eyefinity mode.<\/li>\n<li>A black screen is no longer observed when extending displays.<\/li>\n<li>Homefront no longer crashes randomly when Crossfire is enabled.<\/li>\n<li>DC \u2013 Universe Online no longer hangs soon after selecting a character and entering the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">KNOWN ISSUES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst\u2122. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screen tearing may be observed occasionally while playing Portal 2 in DirectX 9 mode.<\/li>\n<li>Shogun 2 may exhibit screen corruption while playing on low resolution settings in 2&#215;1 Eyefinity mode.<\/li>\n<li>Choppy playback may be observed playing interlaced DVD content in full screen mode using PowerDVD 11.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0 BSOD error may occur while playing Call of Duty \u2013 Black Ops in Multiplayer mode with Crossfire enabled.<\/li>\n<li>Video corruption may be observed while playing World of Warcraft in windowed mode and AVI file simultaneously.<\/li>\n<li>Dragon Age 2 may exhibit corruption during in game cinematics when run in DirectX 9 mode.<\/li>\n<li>Lost Planet 2 my display random corruption and flickering when run in DirectX 9 mode.<\/li>\n<li>Lost Planet 2 may crash randomly when Crossfire is enabled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following games may experience random flashing textures during gameplay :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Homefront<\/li>\n<li>Metro 2033<\/li>\n<li>Far Cry 2<\/li>\n<li>Stalker : Call of Pripyat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst\u2122. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Aero options may be missing after installing the driver.<\/li>\n<li>A \u2018ghost\u2019 cursor may be observed when playing Dragon Age 2 in Crossfire mode.<\/li>\n<li>The character avatar in Dragon Age 2 may display random flickering.<\/li>\n<li>HAWX 2 may experience random system reboots when run in Eyefinity mode.<\/li>\n<li>Civilization V may experience random crashing when run at medium or high in game settings.<\/li>\n<li>Bulletstorm may experience random flashing during gameplay.<\/li>\n<li>Dead Space 2 may hang occasionally soon after game launch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s head to the charts and see if there are any improvements in 22 games and 3 synthetic benches since we tested last.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><!--pagetitle: Test Configuration--><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle: Conclusion--><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Benchmarks &amp; Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The HD 6970\/CrossFire are tested at higher settings and resolutions generally than the midrange HD 6770 and older generation HD 4870, as noted on the charts. All of our games are tested at two of these three resolutions: 2560&#215;1600, 1920&#215;1080, 1680&#215;1050, with 16xAF, and we use DX11\/10\/10.1 whenever possible with an emphasis on DX11 games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We are also going to evaluate our DX10.1 HD 4870-1GB at the same settings we test HD 6770\/5770.\u00a0 However, since the HD 4000 series cannot run DX11, we will drop down to DX10.1 or 10 when possible, noting that some tests are DX11-only.\u00a0 Here are the results of our twenty-five benchmarks &#8211; twenty-two games and three synthetics &#8211; compared between Catalyst 11.11 and 11.10<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Results are measured in frames per second (fps) for games and &#8220;wins&#8221;marked in <strong>bold<\/strong> between 11.10 and 11.11; if there is a tie, both results will be in bold type.\u00a0 Vantage and 3DMark 11 are measured by &#8220;points&#8221; (and the HD 4870&#8217;s Vantage score is 11163 &#8211; there is no decimal point).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27784\" title=\"Chart-1\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-1.jpg?resize=550%2C362\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-1.jpg?resize=550%2C362 951w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-1-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27783\" title=\"Chart-2\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-2.jpg?resize=550%2C362\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-2.jpg?resize=550%2C362 954w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chart-2-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We note very little performance improvement over Catalyst 11.10 with Catalyst 11.11 in most games<em>.<\/em> Much of what we see, appear to be fixes and refinements.\u00a0 We we unable to complete benching for <em>Crysis 2<\/em> as we reached our activation limit and will have to contact EA.\u00a0 Next month, we will add <em>Battlefield 3<\/em> and replace <em>Left 4 Dead<\/em> with <em>Left 4 Dead 2<\/em> in our benchmark suite.<\/p>\n<p>Do not forget to download and install the Catalyst Application Profiles for multi-GPU if applicable to your PC; they are downloaded <em>in addition <\/em>to Catalyst 11.11 from the same AMD support page.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, we would recommend upgrading to Catalyst 11.1 because there are are a few advantages, and the pluses that we found nearly equal the few negatives. We also feel that it makes reasonable sense to generally use the latest WHQL drivers.<\/p>\n<p>We will be back later this month to compare performance of Catalyst 11.12 versus 11.11. Perhaps we can also cover the new GeForce WHQLs when they are also released<em><\/em>.\u00a0 In the meantime, we have a Thermaltake MEKA compact gaming keyboard due this weekend. \u00a0 Happy gaming!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=27769\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=top title=\"Author: Mark Poppin\" src=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/cat11-11-final.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2533,7814,5,4454,4453,7],"tags":[72,4931,4976,4977,2398,4797,4253,4562,3338],"class_list":["post-27769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abt-news","category-articles","category-gaming","category-mini-reviews","category-software-2","category-technology","tag-amd","tag-catalyst-11-10","tag-catalyst-11-11","tag-driver-review","tag-hd-5770","tag-hd-6770","tag-hd-6970","tag-hd-6970-crossfire","tag-performance-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}