[Testing] XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition

[mascaras]

XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition










Specs:








GPU-Z Inf






- Core clock : 666Mhz (Vs 576Mhz Standard)

- Shader Clock: 1404Mhz (Vs 1240Mhz Standard)

- Memory Clock : 2300Mhz (Vs 1998Mhz Standard)









Photos

















System








CPU : Intel Core i7 920
VGA : XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition
Motherboard : Gigabyte UX58-UD5
RAM : 3Gb Corsair DDR3-1600Mhz Tri-Channel
PSU : Corsair TX750W
HDD : Samsung F1 750GB
Monitor: LCD HP L2335
OS: Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1
Driver : Forceware 180.48
Software Tools: Rivatuner , Fraps & ATiTool
Case : Antec Nine Hundred (3x Fans 120mm & 1x Fan 200mm)
Cooling: Watercooling @ CPU




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Temps








Temp Ambiente : ~17º
XFX GTX260 Fan Speed : Auto (40%)




Clocks 2D & Idle Temp



Idle Temp = 37º




Clocks 2D

Core : 300Mhz core
Shaders: 600Mhz
Memorias: 100Mhz






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Clocks 3D & Load Temp (Crysis benchmark)





Load Temp = 68º



Clocks 3D

Core : 666Mhz core
Shaders: 1400Mhz
Memorias: 1150Mhz (2300Mhz efectivos)







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Benchmarks





3DMark Vantage







System

Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz
XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition
Forceware 180.48
Gigabyte UX58-UD5
3GB Corsair 1540Mhz 9-9-9-24

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1




Performance




P13069 Marks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=572943



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Xtreme






X5247 Marks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=573006






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[mascaras]

Crysis 1.2.1 Benchmark DX10








System

Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz
XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition
Forceware 180.48
Gigabyte UX58-UD5
3GB Corsair 1540Mhz 9-9-9-24

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1




1680x1050 - High Settings - DX10





Average = 49 FPS
Minimum : 34.6 Fps
Maximum : 63.3 Fps




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1680x1050 - High Settings - AA 4x - DX10






Average = 38.6 FPS
Minimum : 25.7 Fps
Maximum : 49 Fps



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1680x1050 - Very High Settings - DX10




Average = 27.13 FPS
Minimum : 18.5 Fps
Maximum : 33 Fps








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Crysis Warhead Benchmark








System

Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz
XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition
Forceware 180.48
Gigabyte UX58-UD5
3GB Corsair 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1





1680x1050 - Enthusiast - DX9



Average = 39.9 Fps



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1680x1050 - Enthusiast - DX10




Average = 29.7 Fps



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1920x1200 - Enthusiast - DX9



Average = 32.3 Fps



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1920x1200 - Enthusiast - DX10




Average = 24 Fps







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Far Cry 2 Benchmark










System

Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz
XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition
Forceware 180.48
Gigabyte UX58-UD5
3GB Corsair 1540Mhz 9-9-9-24

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1





1680x1050 - Ultra High - DX10






Average = 57.5 Fps



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1680x1050 - Ultra High - AA 4x - DX10







Average = 50 Fps





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1920x1200 - Ultra High - DX10






Average = 52.30 Fps




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[mascaras]

Grand Theft Auto IV Benchmark








System

Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz
XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition
Forceware 180.48
Gigabyte UX58-UD5
3GB Corsair 1600Mhz 9-9-9-25
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1



Res: 1920x1200
Settings : High







Average = 55.78 Fps





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Grand Theft Auto IV "In Game"









CPU: Core i7 920
Board : Gigabyte UX58-UD5
VGA: XFX GTX260 216SP Black Edition
Forceware 180.48
Ram : 3GB Corsair DDR3-1600Mhz Tri-Channel
Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1







Res : 1920x1200
Settings: High/medium
















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Settings : High/High
Res: 1920x1200














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New Forceware 180.98
1920x1200
High settings





















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[mascaras]

Call Of Duty World At War






System

Core i7 920 @ 3.8ghz
Gigabyte UX58-UD5
3GB DDr3-1600Mhz
XFX GTX260 Black Edition
Forceware 180.84
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1


Resol : 1920x1200
Settings : High
AA : 4x







Images:












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Need For Speed Undercover







System

Core i7 920 @ 3.8ghz
Gigabyte UX58-UD5
3GB DDr3-1600Mhz
XFX GTX260 Black Edition
Forceware 180.84
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1


Resol : 1920x1200
Settings : High
AA : 2x










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Flight Simulator X







Core i7 920 @ 3.6ghz
Giga EX58-UD5
3Gb Corsair DDR3-1600Mhz
XFX GTX260 Black Edition
Windows Vista 64bit

1920x1200
Setings : Ultra
AA & AF














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Best regards

Mascaras

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[manyga]

Great review!

I'm have got BFG GTX260 OC Maxcore 216sp too!

[RPGWiZaRD]

I'm suprised it runs GTAIV this great. Or is the performance issues I've seen for this game only an issue for ATI cards? Or then simply i7 pwnz in this game.

[mascaras]

I'm suprised it runs GTAIV this great. Or is the performance issues I've seen for this game only an issue for ATI cards? Or then simply i7 pwnz in this game.

hi

I never tested the game with ATI card yet , but I think NFS Undercover also have issues/breaks with ATi cards (drivers) , maybe GTA IV have the same problem .


But seems like GTA IV is also CPU dependent :

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,6...essors/?page=2


QX6850 @3.0Ghz = +10 fps average than E8400@ 3.0Ghz

QX6850 @3.0Ghz = +5 fps average than E8500@ 4.0Ghz

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As GPU power is concerned, we can give an all-clear. Even at 2,560 x 1,600 (but also at 800 x 600) a Geforce 9800 GT is only slightly slower than a GTX 280 - GTA 4 primarily requires CPU power, reducing the resolution doesn't result in much more fps


http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,6...13_processors/


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With Core i7 920 and GTX260 Black edition the game runs great !!


regards

[RPGWiZaRD]

Aha yea seems like a very CPU demanding game and heavily quad core optimized game if a Quad at 3GHz easily beats Dual at 4GHz+ and looks like a dual core would need to be clocked towards 5GHz to match the quads in performance. While it sux for us dual core owners I enjoy seeing such progress that also CPU matters for PC gaming, so yea your 3.8GHz i7 is doing a great job for this game + tests shows that NVIDIA cards currently perform better with quads than ATI cards but I expect that to eventually change as ATI updates the drivers.

[mascaras]

Hi

added few more tests (NFS undercover , COD5 , etc )


regards

[PaRn ssR]

Great reviews

[jaredpace]

wow, great job mascaras!

[VOID WARRANTY]

Aha yea seems like a very CPU demanding game and heavily quad core optimized game if a Quad at 3GHz easily beats Dual at 4GHz+ and looks like a dual core would need to be clocked towards 5GHz to match the quads in performance. While it sux for us dual core owners I enjoy seeing such progress that also CPU matters for PC gaming, so yea your 3.8GHz i7 is doing a great job for this game + tests shows that NVIDIA cards currently perform better with quads than ATI cards but I expect that to eventually change as ATI updates the drivers.

wow a game that actualy makes a difference if you run it on a quad....if this keeps up i may have to go quad soon...my E8400 is overclocked to 4.45ghz so were see how much of a performance hit i take for 2 cores....it may be time to pump more juice to it..

[Blacklash]

Overclocked GTX 260 cards are great. I manually OC myself.

I also got lucky and scored two Evga GTX 260 Core 216 cards from Newegg for the price of the vanilla GTX 260. I ordered one of the vanilla cards and they sent me a Core 216 @ 626|2106 with a stock GTX 260 cooler on it in a regular box. My GPU-Z and nVidia CP info are below-

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...1&postcount=14

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...2&postcount=18

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...4&postcount=19

I ordered another card vanilla card and got another 216SP model from Evga. Both cards shipped from the NJ warehouse. The second card was 216SP and stock clocks. I saved and flashed the first card's BIOS into it so they would be identical. Both cards can do 730 1532 unlinked on air if I manually control their fans to keep them cool.

GTX 260s take off nicely @ around 660 on the core. I love mine. They're ideal 1920x with AA cards.

[Ming@s]

Gooodddd Reviews.

[George_o/c]

Aha yea seems like a very CPU demanding game and heavily quad core optimized game if a Quad at 3GHz easily beats Dual at 4GHz+ and looks like a dual core would need to be clocked towards 5GHz to match the quads in performance. While it sux for us dual core owners I enjoy seeing such progress that also CPU matters for PC gaming, so yea your 3.8GHz i7 is doing a great job for this game + tests shows that NVIDIA cards currently perform better with quads than ATI cards but I expect that to eventually change as ATI updates the drivers.

It's THAT cpu demanding, because it's not well optimized
Terrible work done there by Rockstar
We shouldn't need Kentsfield's and Yorkfield's and i7's just to play games ... I know that that's going to happen eventually some day (and I'm happy for it ), but trust me these days are not here yet ...
It's just not fair for someone that has a 4870X2 and an E8400 @ 4GHz (just an example), not being able to play a pc game ...

And guess what ... I'm not a dual core owner either, I'm just standing for what's right

Great review mascaras, as always !
My 1MB/s poor internet connection, can not load all screenshots

[mascaras]

i need a last help mascaras

the LAST ! promise you

Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz
3GB DDr3 1600Mhz
XFX GTX260 Black Edition
forceware 180.84

1680x1050
High
Highest
distance : 36
Detail: 100

[noinimod]

crazily detailed review.. and very nice card. xfx always comes out with lovely packaging for their cards.

[dan7777]

gtx260-216 maxcore they run games awsome and overclock well got mine at 750-1500-1250 runs any game maxed out crysis wars max 8AA 38fps far cry 2 max 8AA\ dx10 of course 57fps average of far cry 2 think it performs better or very similar to gtx280 cards overclocked that is or better, just watched a utube clip of someone running far cry 2 on gtx280 maxed out barely getting 30fps sumut wrong there lol

[Beefy22]

Great testing Mascaras! Would it be at all possible to show max bench/stress stable OC(s)? I would love to see if this card can run the 1512mhz+ shader strap... Thanks.

[mascaras]

Great testing Mascaras! Would it be at all possible to show max bench/stress stable OC(s)? I would love to see if this card can run the 1512mhz+ shader strap... Thanks.

Hi

OC with C2D E8600 and XFX GTX260 BE (from a friend mine _JP_)


No problem running 740Mhz core , 2450Mhz Memory & 1560Mhz shader

[Beefy22]

Thanks for the quick reply; btw noice OC.

Damn, now really I want a new GPU, but I have to spend all my disposable income on others this holiday season...

[mascaras]

Thanks for the quick reply; btw noice OC.

Damn, now really I want a new GPU, but I have to spend all my disposable income on others this holiday season...

hi

yep the card is great , i also bought one for myself


Now waiting for new Nvidia 55nm to review


regards

[PaRn ssR]

I like colour XFX

[mascaras]

Hi again guys


new GTA IV tests



Core i7 920 @ 3600Mhz
3GB DDR3- 1520Mhz
XFX GTX260 BE
Forceware 180.84
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1

Statistics

Average FPS: 59.37
Duration: 37.09 sec
CPU Usage: 31%
System memory usage: 84%
Video memory usage: 93%



Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37


Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz

Statistics

Average FPS: 58.43
Duration: 37.07 sec
CPU Usage: 30%
System memory usage: 78%
Video memory usage: 98%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 50

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli

regards

[Xiphos]

very nice review, I can't wait to see what XFX can do with Ati cards