Nightwing749
Limp Gawd
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I know, I'm way overdue for an upgrade. I recently bought a Zotac GTX 970 and 2500k earlier this week, however, I'm still shopping for a z68 or z77 board for the 2500k. So naturally, I installed the GTX 970 on my phenom x4 945 and ran some benchmarks.
The Test:
For the testing, I ran the phenom at a very stable overclock of 3.4 ghz. Same for my gtx 570 @840 mhz (I should of ran some stock benchmarks but I was too eager to install my new gtx 970). In my initial testing, I ran my gtx 970 at stock speeds because I felt my phenom x4 945 would bottleneck any noticeable gains. However, I eventually did overclock the gtx 970 @ 1450 mhz and saw some nice gains of an additonal 5-7 FPS.
Finally, I ran a few benchmarks with my Phenom 945 overclocked at it's max stable speed of 3.8 ghz with the 970 oc'd @ 1450 mhz. Interesting, I did not think the 1-2 additonal FPS was worth the cost of the phenom at max voltage in those final benchmarks.
The Test Setup
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 945 (OC @ 3.4 Ghz)
OS:Windows 7 (Service Pack 1) 64bit
SDD: 840 EVO 250GB
RAM: 8GB (4 x 2GB) PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Kingston HyperX
The Graphic Cards:
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 570 (FTW SCC OC @840 mhz)
GPU: Zotac Geforce GTX 970 (Stock @1076 mhz) & ( OC'd @ 1450 mhz)
The Benchmarks:
Heaven 4.0
3dMark06
3dMark Vantage
3dMark11
3dMark (I'll post later)
Batman Arkham City (1080p Max settings; MSAA 8x)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings except: AF 4x, PhysX Off, DOF Off)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings with AF 16x, PhysX On, DOF On)
Heaven 4.0 (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
3dMark06 (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
3dMark Vantage (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
3dMark11 (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
Batman Arkham City: Settings
Batman Arkham City (1080p Max settings; MSAA 8x)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings except: AF 4x, PhysX Off, DOF Off)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings with AF 16x, PhysX On, DOF On)
OVERCLOCKING
Heaven 4.0 (GTX 970 oc'd @ 1450 mhz) (Phenom II x4 945 @ 3.4 ghz vs 3.8 ghz)
Metro 2033 (Phenom II x4 945 @ 3.4 ghz / GTX 970 oc'd @ 1450mhz)
Metro 2033 (Phenom II x4 945 @ 3.8 ghz / GTX 970 oc'd @ 1450mhz)
Thanks for reading. I'll post updates when I get the 2500k installed.
P.S. WTB Z68/Z77 board, PM if you have one laying around collecting dust. Thanks.
The Test:
For the testing, I ran the phenom at a very stable overclock of 3.4 ghz. Same for my gtx 570 @840 mhz (I should of ran some stock benchmarks but I was too eager to install my new gtx 970). In my initial testing, I ran my gtx 970 at stock speeds because I felt my phenom x4 945 would bottleneck any noticeable gains. However, I eventually did overclock the gtx 970 @ 1450 mhz and saw some nice gains of an additonal 5-7 FPS.
Finally, I ran a few benchmarks with my Phenom 945 overclocked at it's max stable speed of 3.8 ghz with the 970 oc'd @ 1450 mhz. Interesting, I did not think the 1-2 additonal FPS was worth the cost of the phenom at max voltage in those final benchmarks.
The Test Setup
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 945 (OC @ 3.4 Ghz)
OS:Windows 7 (Service Pack 1) 64bit
SDD: 840 EVO 250GB
RAM: 8GB (4 x 2GB) PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Kingston HyperX
The Graphic Cards:
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 570 (FTW SCC OC @840 mhz)
GPU: Zotac Geforce GTX 970 (Stock @1076 mhz) & ( OC'd @ 1450 mhz)
The Benchmarks:
Heaven 4.0
3dMark06
3dMark Vantage
3dMark11
3dMark (I'll post later)
Batman Arkham City (1080p Max settings; MSAA 8x)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings except: AF 4x, PhysX Off, DOF Off)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings with AF 16x, PhysX On, DOF On)
Heaven 4.0 (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
3dMark06 (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
3dMark Vantage (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
3dMark11 (Phenom x4 945 3.4 ghz / GTX 570 OC 840 mhz / GTX 970 stock 1076 mhz)
Batman Arkham City: Settings
Batman Arkham City (1080p Max settings; MSAA 8x)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings except: AF 4x, PhysX Off, DOF Off)
Metro 2033 (1080p Max settings with AF 16x, PhysX On, DOF On)
OVERCLOCKING
Heaven 4.0 (GTX 970 oc'd @ 1450 mhz) (Phenom II x4 945 @ 3.4 ghz vs 3.8 ghz)
Metro 2033 (Phenom II x4 945 @ 3.4 ghz / GTX 970 oc'd @ 1450mhz)
Metro 2033 (Phenom II x4 945 @ 3.8 ghz / GTX 970 oc'd @ 1450mhz)
Thanks for reading. I'll post updates when I get the 2500k installed.
P.S. WTB Z68/Z77 board, PM if you have one laying around collecting dust. Thanks.
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