Date: December 8th, 2010
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner / Head Editor)
Product was submitted by: Asus
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VIDEOCARD OVERCLOCKING
With a stock value of 700Mhz core, 1400Mhz shader and 800Mhz DDR3 memory set, using MSI AfterBurner I tried to push the card to its 100% stable ceiling. Through several hours of testing and benchmarking, I finally found a 100% stable overclock of 862Mhz core and 1725Mhz shader and 905Mhz DDR3 memory which resulted in an amazing 162Mhz core, 325Mhz shader and 105Mhz DDR3 overclock.
Needless to say, this low cost videocard is a very decent overclocker and should yield some impressive benchmarking scores when compared to stock trim. With the additional 2.6GPixel's Pixel Fillrate, 2.4 GTexel's of GPU capability along with the added 3.4 GB/s memory bandwidth, a performance improvement should be noticeable. This brings a lot more value to this card and could interest some buyers that might want to tweak their card for a little more performance.
VIDEOCARD BENCHMARKING
The Testbed is comprised of:
Intel QX9770 Extreme Quad Core 3.2Ghz Processor Check Prices
Gigabyte P35-DS4 Premium Motherboard Check Prices
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2Gig PC-8500 DDR2 Memory Check Prices
Windows Vista Ultimate Premium Check Prices
Maxtor 250gig SATA-150 HD Check Prices
PCI Express Videocards Benchmarked Against:
Sapphire Ultimate HD 5550
Axle GT 220
Asus ENGT240
HIS 5570 Low Profile
Asus EAH5670
HIS Silence 5570 DDR3
Benchmarking Programs Are:
3DMark Vantage
3DMark2006
Far Cry 2 ( 2x AA / 4x AF)
Quake Wars: Enemy Territory ( 2x AA / 4x AF)
Devil May Cry 4 ( 2x AA / 4x AF)
Crysis ( 2x AA / 4x AF)
Crysis WarHead ( 2x AA / 4x AF)
Stalker: Call of Pripyat DX10 Benchmark ( 2x AA / 4x AF)
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