Results: 3D Mark Vantage
Though getting a bit long in the tooth now, it is still a nice benchmark to see DirectX 10 programming in action. The Performance preset was used.
We seem to notice that not a whole lot of separation is going on between these graphs. The R7870 is holding firm in last, the last gen N580 GTX is next, the R7950 is steady at second, and the R7970 has a somewhat decisive lead over the competition. Hopefully the game benchmarks will show a bit more separation than we are seeing here.
399$ also buy ya a gtx670.
399$ also buy ya a gtx670. Title says 670 but in the benchmark graph’s list a 580.
In the “Test Setup” section I
In the “Test Setup” section I explained what cards I used in this review. So far I have no GTX 670 or 680 boards in residence for comparison purposes.
Interesting Josh doesn’t have
Interesting Josh doesn’t have an SSD in his rig
heh, yeah Allyn needs to hook
heh, yeah Allyn needs to hook him up 😛
Probably because of all the games he has to keep installed on there
Yeah, that would really only
Yeah, that would really only affect loading times, which I don’t test when doing a vid card review. But Allyn is always welcome to throw me some SSDs whenever he feels like it!