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AMD And Nvidia Based Products In The New Benchmark (Part 3)

4/16/2013 11:34:14 AM

Ice Storm

Ice Storm is not able to express the full potential

Ice Storm is not able to express the full potential

As expected, the Ice Storm could not reveal the full potentials of most graphics cards we tested, because their performance is limited by the CPU and platform. Although we used a six-core CPU, high-end cards which offer the same performance, while the GeForce GTX 690 dual-processor is a bit faster than the Radeon HD 7970 single processor.

The scores even varied more in the mini graphics tests, but, as we shall see later, did not reflect the performance situation well enough.

Products based on Nvidia excelled in the low-price market

Products based on Nvidia excelled in the low-price market.

Anyway, we can notice that while graphics cards are not much different in the high-end market, the products based on Nvidia are superior in the low-price market.

The mini physical test used a single core CPU, leaving the GPU in idle mode. Here are the results:

Using only one CPU core

Using only one CPU core

Our testing operated at the same rate regardless of the types of cards based on AMD that we installed. Nvidia-based cards made outputs more volatile. Measurement standards developers actually warned that this could happen because the load would be too slow for modern desktops.

Cloud Gate

Cloud Gate is more complex, but not enough to reveal differences

Cloud Gate is more complex, but not enough to reveal differences

The Cloud Gate situations are more complex than Ice Storm, but not complex enough to reveal differences between the modern graphics cards. However, the mini graphical tests provided some interesting figures:

The GeForce GTX 690 is still in the leading place

The GeForce GTX 690 is still in the leading place

The GeForce GTX 690 is still in the leading place. It will still be the world's fastest graphics card until the Titan GeForce or the AMD processor card appears. The following is the Radeon HD 7970, which is followed closely by the GeForce GTX 680. The GeForce GTX 670 competes with the Radeon HD 7950. In the medium price market, we saw that the Radeon HD 7870 competed with the GeForce GTX 660 Ti and the Radeon HD 7850 competed with the GeForce GTX 660. All of them obviously were overclocked by the factory. The pair of AMD-based cards for the new user market is much slower than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti; however, the AMD can only make them appealing through the low prices.

There is nothing to compare in our physical tests that used all 6 cores of the CPU:

The physical test

The physical test

We can only predict the accuracy of the measurements here.

Fire Strike

Fire Strike

Fire Strike

Fire Strike was a different story. This situation used encrusted stone, shiny maps, post-processed filters, and many other effects. As a result, loading the graphical system was very high, which makes it easy for us to compare graphics cards with each other, especially for the graphics scores:

Comparing graphics cards scores with each other

Comparing graphics cards scores with each other

The GeForce GTX 690 was 50% faster than the Radeon HD 7970 here. The latter, in its turn, was better than the GeForce GTX 680, but then the picture changed. The GeForce GTX 670 was not slower but faster than the Radeon HD 7950. The GeForce GTX 660 Ti was similar to the Radeon HD 7870, and the GeForce GTX 660 was equal to the Radeon HD 7850. Judged by the results of 3DMark, AMD should make up for the gap between the Radeon HD 7850 and the HD 7770 with a few new products because the GeForce GTX 650 Ti is preferred more than the Radeon HD 7770 among those most reasonable mid-priced gaming graphics card.

The mini physical test ddid not need our comment:

The physical testing

The physical testing

AMD-based products seemed to be preferred in the mini-test combined with where both the CPU and the CPU were loaded.

AMD-based products seemed to be preferred.

AMD-based products seemed to be preferred.

Again, it did not include the Radeon HD 7770.

Fire Strike Extreme

The Extreme setting of Fire Strike situation could present the same chart, except for the obvious slowdown of the Radeon HD 7770 and the HD 7750.

The Extreme setting

The Extreme settings

The mimi graphics score was equal to the overall scores:

The graphic test

The graphic test

The mini physical test did not prove anything.

The physical testing

The physical testing

The GeForce GTX 690 led in the mini test but its advantages beyond that of the Radeon HD 7970 was hardly impressive.

The GeForce GTX 690 led in the mini test.

The GeForce GTX 690 led in the mini test.

The GeForce GTX 680 and GTX 670 stayed in the third and fifth positions, respectively, separated by the Radeon HD 7950. The next pair of AMD-based and Nvidia-based cards could be compared with each other again while the Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce GTX 660 had the same scores.

Conclusion

3DMark was as effective as Futuremark’s previous products. It supports the full functionalities of DirectX 11 and the modern graphics technology, flexible installation and the opportunity to publish the results online or export them as XML format when completed makes it handy and even an indispensable tool to measure any graphics card. Moreover, considering the increasing popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices, 3DMark is now also able to check their graphical capabilities. Ice Storm situation is clearly not aimed at the modern separate graphics cards but can be used to measure the CPU. Cloud Gate Situations are better for measuring GPU standrards, but they are most appropriate for the new and mainstream products. Beautiful scene demanding much of the resource is Fire Strike, especially with Extreme settings. Only in 3DMark could we use it to measure the future generations of GPUs and graphics cards.

For hardware, we did not see anything surprising in the new 3DMark. The dual-processor GeForce GTX 690 easily led in all the tests because we did not have a GeForce GTX Titan or a Radeon HD 7990 in this test. The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition product is better than single GPUs, beating the GeForce GTX 680 in every mini-test combined with graphics cards. This pair was followed by the GeForce GTX 670 and the Radeon HD 7950, which could be compared with each other and never separated by more than 1 or 2%. Similar performance could also be observed in the pair of the Radeon HD 7870 with the GeForce GTX 660 Ti and the Radeon HD 7850 with the GeForce GTX 660, although AMD products are preferred in terms of price. Unfortunately, rudimentary solutions based on AMD were too weak for 3DMark and failed to compete with the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. We also did not include any slower graphics card in the gaming test, which was proved to be a right decision (evaluated by the results of the HD 7750).

We can also add that the physical impact test did not depend much, if there was any, on the mini graphics systems and therefore, it’s suitable for measuring CPUs and platforms in general.

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