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Date: September 2nd, 2009
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner / Head Editor)
Product was submitted by: XFX
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VIDEOCARD OVERCLOCKING

With a stock baseline set at 750Mhz Core and 800Mhz memory, through constant testing and benchmarking, I was able to push the core up to 820Mhz for an additional 70Mhz and the memory could be increased all the way up to 830Mhz for a 30Mhz increase. This is a 10Mhz decrease from previous HD4770 models previously reviewed and it has to be directly due to the poor memory cooling. but will it affect the overclocking over all performance? You will see in the upcoming benchmarking results.

 

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 HD4850 X2 Check Prices
XFX Black Edition 9800GTX+ Check Prices
Sapphire HD 4770 Check Prices
HIS HD4870 IcQ4+ 1Gb Check Prices

Benchmarking Programs Are:

3DMark Vantage
3DMark2006
Half Life 2 Episode 2 HOC Benchmark
Far Cry 2 ( 8x AA / 16x AF)
Quake Wars: Enemy Territory ( 8x AA / 16x AF)
Devil May Cry 4 ( 8x AA / 16x AF)
Crysis ( 8x AA / 16x AF)
Crysis WarHead ( 8x AA / 16x AF)

 

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