Am i getting the max out of my card? (HD5970)

[torana9x]

Hi,

Basically I'm interested to know if I'm getting the max out of my GFX card.

Here are my specs:

Mainboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD7
CPU: Intel Core i7 930 @ 3.8GHz (Cooled with Corsair H70)
GPU: HIS HD5970
Memory: 12GB G.Skill RIPJAWS DDR3 @ 1800MHz
HDD: 240GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
PSU: Tagan Platinum Series 1100W

And my BIOS:

BIOS Version F7

Advanced Frequency Settings

CPU Clock Ratio ....................... [21x]
CPU Frequency ......................... 3.76GHz (180x21)
Advanced CPU Core Features ............ [Press Enter]
QPI Clock Ratio ....................... [Auto]
QPI Link Speed ........................ 6.48GHz
Uncore Clock Ratio .................... [x20]
Uncore Frequency ...................... 3600MHz

>>>>> Standard Clock Control

Base Clock(BCLK) Control .............. [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency(MHz) ................... [180]
Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplyer (SPD) ........ [10.0]
Memory Frequency(MHz) ................. 1800
PCI Express Frequency(MHz) ............ [100]

>>>>> Advanced Clock Control

CPU Clock Drive ....................... [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ............... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ........................ [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ........................ [0ps]

Advanced CPU Core Features

Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ............. [Disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ..................... [All]
CPU Multi-Threading ................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ............... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ................ [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ..................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ................ [Enabled]

Advanced Memory Settings

Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplyer .............. [10.0]
Memory Frequency(MHz) ................. 1800
Performance Enhance ................... [Standard]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Expert]
Profile DDR Voltage ................... 1.5v
Profile QPI Voltage ................... 1.2v
X Channel Interleaving ................ 6 Auto
X Rank Interleaving ................... 4 Auto

>>>>> Channel A

Channel A Standard Timing Control

X CAS Latency Time .................... 9
X tRCD ................................ 9
X tRP ................................. 9
X tRAS ................................ 27

Channel A Advanced Timing Control

X tRC ................................. 27 Auto
X tRDD ................................ 4 Auto
X tWTR ................................ 4 Auto
X tWR ................................. 8 Auto
X tWTP ................................ 19 Auto
X tWL ................................. 7 Auto
X tRFC ................................ 60 Auto
X tRTP ................................ 4 Auto
X tFAW ................................ 16 Auto
X Command Rate(CMD) ................... 1

Channel A Misc Timing Control

X B2B CAS Delay ....................... - Auto
X Round Trip Latency .................. 51 Auto

Advanced Voltage Settings

>>>>> CPU

Load-Line Calibration ................. [Standard]
CPU Vcore ............................. 1.26250v]
X Dynamic Vcore(DVID).................. +0.00000v Auto
QPI/VTT Voltage ....................... [1.420v]
CPU PLL ............................... [1.800v]

>>>>> MCH/ICH

PCIE .................................. [1.500v]
QPI PLL ............................... [1.200v]
IOH Core .............................. [1.140v]
ICH I/O ............................... [1.500v]
ICH Core .............................. [1.100v]

>>>>> DRAM

DRAM Voltage .......................... [1.660v]
DRAM Termination ...................... [Auto]
Ch-A Data VRef ........................ [Auto]
Ch-B Data VRef ........................ [Auto]
Ch-C Data VRef ........................ [Auto]
Ch-A Address VRef ..................... [Auto]
Ch-B Address VRef ..................... [Auto]
Ch-C Address VRef ..................... [Auto]

Miscellaneous Settings

Isochronous Support ................... [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ............. [Enabled]

After running Heaven v2.1 these are my results:

FPS: 37.8
Scores: 951
Min FPS: 12.2
Max FPS: 70.8
Hardware Binary: Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system: Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz
CPU flags: 3780MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model: ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series 8.771.0.0 CrossFireX 1024Mb

Settings:
Render: direct3d11
Mode: 1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen
Shaders: high
Textures: high
Filter: trilinear
Anisotropy: 16x
Occlusion: enabled
Refraction: enabled
Volumetric: enabled
Replication: disabled
Tessellation: normal

I really thought I'd get a better score than this.. What do you's think?

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Am i getting the max out of my card? (HD5970)

I think that's better than the Heaven scores I got with 5870, check my review linked in my signature.

[torana9x]

Re: Am i getting the max out of my card? (HD5970)

Heaven v2.1 DX10 @ 1920x1080 no AA, x4AF = AVG 100FPS. Score 2526. 5870 SOC = 1864
Heaven v2.1 DX10 @ 1920x1080 8AA, x16AF = AVG 60FPS. Score 1531. 5870 SOC = 1087

Heaven v2.1 DX11 @ 1920x1080 no AA, x4AF = AVG 55.6FPS. Score 1400. 5870 SOC = 1064
Heaven v2.1 DX11 @ 1920x1080 8AA, x16AF = AVG 37.8FPS. Score 953. 5870 SOC = 704

Not too bad really..

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Am i getting the max out of my card? (HD5970)

Ya I thought it performed pretty well, especially compared to the 4890 I pitted it against :)

It's behind your card by a fair amount though!