The test system and testing methodology

We tested the video card produced by PNY 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 the Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 x64-bit. The processor also has been set to 4 GHz.