august 27 2010 review by anandtech

Conclusion: The adjustable Vortex fan is a useless gimmick in the tests. Extending the fan doesn't change the temperatures and it even makes the card slightly louder. The overall cooler design is very good. With the factory overclock it's faster than a reference model and it comes in a smaller package. This video card is not competitively priced, it should be possible to find a similarly performing card for less money.

Overclocking: The reviewers were able to increase the GPU core clock to 970MHz(14% above reference) and the GDR5 memory to 1350Mhz(12.5% above reference). Temperatures rose app. 3 degrees Celsius in both Crysis and FurMark, and roughly a 1dB(A) increase in noise. The power consumption rose 5W-10W.

Benchmarks:

Power, Temperature, Noise levels, BattleForge, Crysis: Warhead, Furmark, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat.

Compared to:

This test includes the ATI RADEON HD5950, 5870, 5970 and the GeForce GTX 460, 470, 580 and many more ATI and Nvidia models.

Test Setup:

• Mainboard : Asus Rampage II Extreme
• Processor : Intel Core i7-920
• RAM : 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Patriot Viper
• SSD : 120GB OCZ Summit