The test system and testing methodology:

We tested the video card produced by Palit on the following test system:

 These are the included applications, divided into two different types:

Synthetic Benchmark:

• 3D Mark Vantage - DX10
• 3D Mark 2011 - DX11
• Unigine Heaven Benchmark V 2.1 - DX11
• Stone Giant Benchmark - Dx11
• ComputeMark - DX11.

Games:

• Crysis Warhead - DX10
• FarCry2 - DX10
• Mafia 2 - DX10
• Resident Evil 5 - DX10
• Final Fantasy XIV - DX10
• Colin McRae DiRT 2 - DX11
• Aliens vs Predator - DX11
• Metro 2033 - DX11
• Stalker Call of Pripyat - DX11
• Lost Planet 2 - DX11
• Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 - DX11
• Formula 1 2010 - DX11

The tests were performed using the system described in the diagram above, using Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 operating system updated to Microsoft's official SP1.

The drivers used for this test are as follows:

• Catalyst amd_catalyst_11.5a_hotfix_8.85.6rc1_win7_may5 for the Radeon HD 6990 4GB
• Catalyst 11.5 WQHL for 1GB Radeon HD 6790
• 11.3 WHQL Catalyst for Radeon HD 6800 series, Radeon HD 6970, Radeon HD 6950, Radeon HD 5700 series
• Catalyst 8.84.2 RC2 Win7 March 23 for AMD Radeon HD 6450, HD 6570 and HD 6670
• Forceware 260.99 WHQL for GeForce GTX 400 series
• Forceware 266.58 for GeForce GTX 500 series
• Forceware 270.xx for the GeForce GTX 550 Ti
• Forceware 275.33 for the Sonic Palit GeForce GTX 560 Platinum.