Test Systems and Procedures
Before we delve into any testing we would like to take this opportunity to overview our test system. All tests will be conducted with the latest stable drivers available, with results will be taken from an average of three tests. All tests will be conducted using the highest factory setting if multiple options are available.
Test System
- Motherboard – Gigabyte X99-Gaming G1 WiFi LGA 2011-3 Motherboard
- Processor – Intel Core i7 5820K at Stock 3.3GHz
- RAM – 16GB (4 X 4GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400MHz
- CPU Cooler – Thermaltake Water 3.0 with Gelid GC-Extreme
- Power Supply – BeQuiet Dark Power Pro 11 1200w
- Main Storage Drive – Crucial M550 512GB
- Chassis – Lian Li T80 Test Bench
- Displays – AOC U2868PQU 4K
- Operating System – Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
Driver Details
Games Used
- Batman: Arkham Knight
Settings used
Test Procedure
The test is to be run across 1080p, 1440p and 4k resolutions on each graphics card that can handle each setting. Cards such as the NVIDIA GTX 950, GTX 960 and AMD R9 380 may not feature on the 4K benchmarks due to extremely low FPS results.
Due to the slightly different method of displaying the results, each graph will be split down into each graphics card to keep the data large enough to read. Each card will have OR (Original Release), UD (Update) or RR (Re-release) within the name to differentiate between the updates.
Testing Cards
Due to the length of some of the names, the list of used graphics cards is here to display as much of the information in the charts as possible.
NVIDIA
- MSI Gaming GTX 950 2GB
- ASUS STRIX GTX 960 2GB
- Gainward Phantom GTX 970 4GB
- GTX 980 4GB
- GTX 980Ti 6GB
- Titan X 12GB
AMD
