GeForce GTS 450 Roundup Part 2 - New Additions Reviewed
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Test Setup
The cards will be tested using our usual Intel X58 platform which has the following specifications:
- Intel Core i7-975 (3.33GHz)
- Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P motherboard
- 3 x 1GB DDR3-1333 G.Skill memory in triple-channel mode
- Seagate 7200.10 200GB SATA hard drive
- Windows 7 Ultimate
Clock speeds are often an accurate gauge of a card’s outright performance and with that in mind, we predict a close fight for supremacy between the EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW and Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 OC, both of which have very high and competitive clock speeds. While the two battle for honors, the ECS GTS 450 Black and Leadtek WinFast GTS 450 Extreme should prove to be competitive too, seeing their comparable clock speeds. The ultra-compact Palit GeForce GTS 450 Low Profile sports reference clock speeds so in terms of performance, it’s definitely out of the running. However, that card was obviously not meant for the regular gamers but HTPC enthusiasts in need of good gaming grade card.
To spice things up, we’ve also included results from our previous GeForce GTS 450 roundup. Here’s a summary of the five cards’ clock speeds.
Cards | Core Clock Speed | Shader Clock Speed | Memory Clock Speed |
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ECS GTS 450 Black | 850MHz | 1700MHz | 4000MHz DDR |
EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW | 920MHz | 1840MHz | 4100MHz DDR |
Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 OC | 930MHz | 1860MHz | 4000MHz DDR |
Leadtek WinFast GTS 450 Extreme | 850MHz | 1700MHz | 3600MHz DDR |
Palit GeForce GTS 450 Low Profile | 783MHz | 1566MHz | 3608MHz DDR |
The full list of cards tested and the driver versions used:
- ECS GTS 450 Black (ForceWare 260.52)
- EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW (ForceWare 260.52)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 OC (ForceWare 260.52)
- Leadtek WinFast GTS 450 Extreme (ForceWare 260.52)
- Palit GeForce GTS 450 Low Profile (ForceWare 260.52)
- Galaxy GeForce GTS 450 Super OC (ForceWare 260.52)
- MSI N450GTS Cyclone (ForceWare 260.52)
- Palit GeForce GTS 450 Sonic Platinum(ForceWare 260.52)
- Sparkle Calibre X450G(ForceWare 260.52)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 (Catalyst 10.8)
The full list of benchmarks used:
- Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
- Crysis Warhead
- Far Cry 2
- Warhammer: Dawn of War 2
- Battlefield Bad Company 2
- "Heaven" from Unigine v2.1
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
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