Testing – Benchmarks
3DMark contains 3 benchmarks, but we will be running the “Fire Strike” benchmark as it is the most GPU intensive. We will be running the normal benchmark and then again on the extreme setting
Next up we have 3DMark 11. 3DMark11 is a notoriously popular method of gauging 3D performance, producing a score at the end of the run. Utilizing DirectX 11 (hence the name), advanced lighting, shadows, tessellation and others, it makes sure to test the capabilities of your hardware. We tested with two different settings: Performance, which optimizes 3DMark11 for a 720p environment, and then Extreme, which optimizes for a 1080p environment.
Unigine Heaven is an extremely popular tool for measuring GPU performance. It is used in almost every hardware test you’ll have seen in the last 2 years, omitting it simply isn’t an option. We are currently using v4.0 of the benchmark. The settings we used are: DirectX 11, Quality: Ultra, Tessellation: Normal, Anti-Aliasing: x8, full screen at 1920 x 1080.
It’s huge, I don’t think I would get a graphics card that size, seriously though it’s huge. Nevertheless nice review, I kinda wish I had money to burn becasue I would upgrade the EVGA GeForce GTX 670 to the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 especially with all the new feature it has to offer, maybe next year when we wait for the newer 20nm to launch the following year.
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evga 970 have heatsink problem also i think 980 is expensive you can buy 2x gtx 970 nearly same price with more performance.
I’m a little bit confused. The GTX970G1 is overclocked and assumable needs more power than the reference GTX970, so I have a Corsair TX750 PSU and I plan to buy 2x GTX970G1 for SLI setup. do I have to upgrade the PSU or is it going to be fine? I have 1 SSD and 1 Green 6TB HDD + a corsair H100 water cooling for my i7 3770k (may be will be overclocked to 4.5GHz). I need help as I calculated the power needed and it says I need only 655W PSU but I still need to be sure! any advice?