3-18-2011 AUSUM Mode review by tweaktown

AUSUM mode helps take this video card to a higher level, which is exactly what AMD wanted to do with the Dual BIOS switch. Outside of the extra performance, the heat also goes up to another level, as does the power consumption. The heat tipped almost 90 degrees Celsius. The good news is that the noise levels are the same because the fan speed doesn't go up.

Compared To:

AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB, HIS Radeon HD 6860 1GB, HIS Radeon HD 6950 2GB, MSI GeForce GTX 580 1536MB, Palit GTX 560 Ti 1GB Sonic Platinum.

Benchmarks:

3D Mark 2011, 3D Mark Vantage, Aliens vs. Predator, Batman Arkham Aslyum, Fan Noise, Far Cry 2, H.A.W.X 2, High Quality AA and AF, Lost Planet 2, Mafia II, Overall Performance, Power Draw, Resident Evil V, Sound Test, Street Fighter IV, Temperature Test, Total Value, Unigine Heaven Benchmark.

Test Setup:

• CPU cooler : Noctua-NH-U12P
• Mainboard: ASRock X58 Extreme-3
• Memory: 3x2GB Kingston HyperX 2000MHz DDR3 PC16000
• OS: W7 Ultimate x64
• Power Supply : Corsair AX1200
• Solid State Disk : Kingston SSDNow V+128GB

3-14-2011 review by overclockersclub

This video card just cleans up and delivers FPS numbers that can't be matched by any single video card currently on the market. OCed it even moves one step further up the performance ladder, this card is a real winner for AMD.

Overclocking:

The GPU Core Clock was OCed @ 940MHz and the GDDR5 RAM @ 1473MHz.

Compared To:

• ASUS ENGTX465, GTX570 SLI, GTX580 SLI
• EVGA GTX460 FTW
• Galaxy GTX470 GC, HD6950, HD6970
• NVIDIA GTX480, GTX570, GTX580
• Sapphire HD5850 Toxic 2GB, HD5870, HD5970 2GB
• XFX HD6850

Test Setup:

• Computer Case : Cooler Master HAF 932
• CPU : Intel Core I7 920
• CPU Cooler : Noctua NH-U12P
• Graphics Card : Sapphire HD6990
• HDD : Seagate 1TB SATA
• Mainboard : ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition
• Operating System : Windows 7 Professional x64
• Optical Drive : LG DVD-RW
• PSU : Mushkin 1000 watt
• RAM : Mushkin 996805 Redline PC3 12800 1600MHz

Benchmarks:

3D Mark 2011, 3D Mark Vantage, Aliens vs Predator, Batman Arkham Asylum, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Crysis Warhead, Just Cause 2, Metro 2033, Power Consumption, Temperatures, Unigine Heaven Benchamrk 2.1.