System Overview & Testing Procedures
We will be testing the Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme in our graphics card test bench.
It is made up of the following components:
Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme
Motherboard: ASRock X299 Taichi
Memory: Ballistix Tactical Tracer RGB DDR4-2666 32GB
Storage: Gigabyte UD Pro 512GB
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Case: Primochill Praxis Wetbench
Opening up GPU-Z we can verify the speeds of the card.
We will be comparing the following cards:
– Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme
– AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G
– Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti AMP! Edition
– MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
NVIDIA Cards tested on: 417.35 – WHQL
Benchmarking Information
We have an entire benchmarking suite to test these cards to their full potential. Games will be run at 1080p, 1440p and 4K resolutions. Our benchmarking suite also includes synthetic tests as well.
Synthetic Tests
3DMark
– Time Spy
– Fire Strike
– Fire Strike Extreme
– Fire Strike Ultra
VRMark
– Orange Room
UNIGINE SuperPosition Benchmark
– 1080p High Benchmark
– 1080p Extreme Benchmark
– 4K Optimized Becnhmark
Game Tests
Ashes of The Singularity
Battlefield V
The Division
FarCry 5
Final Fantasy XV
Metro Last Light Redux
Other Tests
Power Consumption
– Kill-a-watt meter (whole system)
Temperatures
– AIDA64 GPU Diode Reading
Now let’s get to testing!
