Test setup and Overclocking
First up let me give you an idea on the test system i will be using.
| CPU | Intel Core i5 2500K |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Asus P8Z68 Deluxe |
| Ram | Kingston 1600Mhz 16GB DDr3 |
| Storage | Western Digital 320GB HDD (WD320AAKX) |
| Video Card | Asus matrix Platinum HD 7970 |
| Cooling | Noctua NH D14 with Scythe Gentle Typhoon’s |
| Case | Ghetto made bench table |
| Power supply Unit | Corsair AX 1200W |
Drivers used
Catalyst 13.1 WHQL
Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7 for Crysis 3 and Tomb raider.
Stock settings:
Now coming to the overclocking part. Overclocking the 7970 was a breeze with all the features included.now we already know the Matrix Platinum comes overclocked out of the box so i didn’t expect too much of an overclock on air.
Overclocking was fairly easy with the bundled Asus GPU Tweak utility. Once we got the hang of the different options we settled with a healthy overclock of 1200Mhz on the core. I didn’t touch the memory clock since the scores were negatively affected with memory overclocking. Seems like the Hynix memory chips doesn’t play well on air.
Now over the next few pages I will show the stock performance and the overclocking performances,read on..
