Some of you may know me from Anandtech.com, but for those who don't frequent Anandtech, here are some benchmarks of a 6950 unlocked and overclocked to 1000 core and 1400 memory:
Just throwing some benchmarks in here:
6950 Modded with unlocked shaders running at 1000/1400 1.3V with a Shaman cooler mounted - Max temp 57 degrees Celsius. Noise level cannot distinguish over my case fans.
Metro 2033
I maxed out everything I could see on the menu and turned on everything I could.
My Results at 1920x1200 - Quality Very High - DirectX 11 - AAA - AFx16 - Tessellation ON - DOF ON
MIN: 20
AVG: 33.947
MAX: 57
Reference: http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-gtx-560-ti-soc-review/16
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Priyapat
I used the same exact settings as the ones listed in the reference.
http://img543.imageshack.us/i/copz.jpg/
Reference: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=23490&page=24
BFBC2
I just played BFBC2's first level with everything maxed out and vsync off.
MIN: 18
AVG: 67.862
MAX: 127
Reference: http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-gtx-560-ti-soc-review/18
Crysis - The original beast
For this game I used the benchmark tool on 1920x1200 resolution everything set to Very High with 2xAA and 16xAF - Basically the same settings Alienbabeltech used in their benches.
Reference:http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=22392&page=15
AvP :
Same settings as Reference
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU I Intel64 Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
Motherboard: ECS P55H-A 1.0
Installed RAM: 3.99 GB
Operating System: Windows 7 x64
Video adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Video Processor: ATI display adapter (0x6719)
Video driver: Catalyst 10.11 (8.82.2-110119a-112250E-ATI)
1920 x 1200/Very High/High/16/SSAO On/TS On/AS On/2X
Used AvP_D3D11_Benchmark.exe
Number of frames: 5083
Average Frame Time: 20.6ms
Average FPS: 48.5
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Reference:http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=23490&page=27
I used FRAPS to record my FPS as I was playing through the games (except for Call of Priyapat, AVP and Crysis).
For about $310 that spent (260 for the 6950 2 GB and the Shaman cooler) I think I got a pretty good deal, my results indicate performance right in the ballpark with a GTX 580, sometimes exceeding it which I think it pretty awesome.
Any games you guys want me to test let me know, I will test them if I have them. If anyone wants the CSVs that FRAPS creates, send me a PM I will gladly send them over to you.
I will of course add more benchmarks as I have time - Thanks for looking.
NOTE: The sites listed as reference are the setting I was using in an attempt to create a fair comparison, if anything seems off please let me know.