NVIDIA GTS 450 SLI Reference Review

Test System

•            Intel Core i7-980X CPU running at 4.02GHz

•            24GB of Kingston DDR3-1866MHz memory

•            Thermaltake SpinQ CPU cooler

•            2 128GB Kingston SSD V+ Now SSD drives in RAID 0 mode

•            Cooler Master 1000W PSU

•            ASUS 16X DVD-R drive

•            NVIDIA reference GeForce GTS 450 running Forceware 260.52

•            2 NVIDIA reference GeForce GTS 450s running in SLI mode (CPU as PhysX)

•            ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard with latest drivers and BIOS

•            Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate Edition

Tests

•            Dirt 2 1920x1200 8x FSAA 16x AF Benchmark

•            AvP 1920x1200 8x FSAA 16x AF Custom FRAPS walkthrough

•            COD2 1920x1200 8x FSAA 16x AF Custom FRAPS walkthrough

•            Crysis Warhead 1920x1200 8x FSAA, 16x AF Custom FRAPS walkthrough

•            3DMark Vantage 1280x1024

•            Uningine Heaven benchmark 1920x1200 8x FSAA 16x AF

•            Just Cause 2 1920x1200 4x AA 16x AF Benchmark