[lakeside2189]

I was sent the Asus earlier and now the XFX cards...I was asked to compare the two cards using the same set-up (H20)..I asked if they would be Cherry picked and I was told they would be sent from Newegg or Diger Direct. They wanted a air or H20 comparison...I made things as equal as i could..We had a cold front for both of these but i had the house at 71....
I believe i am actually doing someones homework but i will push anything in my cube for a freebie..That didn't sound right did it??? Benching referral only....
There are many of you that can get more out of these than i can but I made things equal as far as what i did.
Right now because of Bots i am sticking with 1 card comparisons..If you are a regular guy (air or water) multi cards don't really help...I will get to the multi later for my own pleasure...

First off I have to say I was under the impression when i started that the XFX XXX card was only worth the extra money if you wanted the double lifetime warranty because the OC clock that comes with them is really a down clock..900-1300.. compared to the Asus 1200-1400..It does run a higher clock at stock but i had to reduce the clock to 850-1200 for it to game without issues...
If you don't mind flashing the bios like I did with the help (BIG TIME) of Gutterz the XFX card runs smooth as silk then and is a bit stronger...You might say " they are all ATI reference cards except the bios but I believe XFX is cherry picking there gpu's or something because they do run a bit faster and cooler...

Sorry about the long windedness....

Vantage with the Asus the best i could get out of it at 4.500 was 19,800...with the XFX XXX with the Asus bios I hit 21,145 at 4.500 around 1400 points better consistently


3D06 was close but the XFX edged it out 28,060 and 28,172 at 4.525 ..What is really freaky is this single GPU card with a so so clocker at best beat the 4870x2 with 2 gpu's....



I put 2 of the 3D06 runs here..I stayed in between these 2 scores for 4.525..both are 100+ ponts better than i did with the Asus...



3D03 with the Asus was 92,200...with the XXX card was about 600 points better..I did atleast 3 runs...4.650



3D05 was close but still about 200-260 better for the XXX at 4.650 36,400 for Asus and 36760ish for the XXX



Aqua was also close but always stayed ahead..You know how Aqua jumps a bit..I was around 1000 points faster with the XXX...333,000 with the Asus and this with the XXX




I didn't put these up here to show how well i clocked them...
Anyone who knows me knows i am a hardware Junkie not a great clocker..I feel actually lonely with this 1 card..I have room to put a Turkey or my work boots in the cube....

Also I am not cutting down the Asus..lets face it..Without there bios they would kill these XFX cards...Also i have been accused of being a bit of an Asus fanboy ( that is what the XFX guy said).

The fact is even though it was close and you can see different ram clocks which I used everything I did for both the XFX pulled ahead on every bench i did....

I forgot to mention that I used the same GPU OC but the XXX seemed to take more OC than the Asus did..I didn't put those in the mix...

Now to refine this and burn it on a CD and send it in....I hope my Asus guy doesn't see this....!!!!!!!

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