[section_title title=”Test Setup”]
Test Setup
CPU:Intel Core i7-4770K @4.5GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z87X-OC
RAM: G.SKILL RipJawsX 2400MHz 2x4GB (8GB) CAS10
PSU: Enermax MaxRevo 1350W 80PLUS Gold rated
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Methodology:
All benchmarks are done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit that is fully up-to-date with Windows Updates to ensure that the performance reflects a real-world scenario and not that of a tweaked benchmarking system. Every benchmark runs for a total of three times and then an average is taken of those results.
Some games do not give the minimum, average and maximum FPS so for that reason, they are recorded using FRAPS to ensure that they are always recorded.
3D Benchmarks:
3DMark 11 – Performance and Extreme presets
3DMark Fire Strike – Normal and Extreme presets
Unigine Heaven 4.0 – Basic and Extreme presets
Unigine Valley – Extreme and Extreme (HD) presets
Gaming Benchmarks:
F1 2012
Hitman Absolution
Metro: Last Light
Tomb Raider
[…] will be taking a look at today features their IceQ X2 cooler and if we go back to my review of the HIS 7950 IceQ X², you’ll notice that the cooler is more or less identical to that. In fact, it is the same cooler […]