Digital Alliance GTX 460 1GB Sonic – Extra Megahertz for Extra Performance

Test Platform

Prosesor: Intel Core i7 930 @4 GHz (200×20)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Graphics card:
Digital Alliance GTX 460 1GB Sonic
ATI HD 5830
Memory: 3×1GB Kingston KHX16000D3T1K3/3GX
Harddisk: Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB (32 MB Cache)
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 Watt
Heatsink: Gelid Tranquilo
Monitor: Philips 221E
Input: Genius (Keyboard and Mouse)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Driver:
NVIDIA Forceware 258.96
ATI Catalyst 10.5

Test Results

CRYSIS

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 10; High; No-AA

In this game, the performance of Digital Alliance’s Sonic Version, 1 GB GTX 460 is about 6% higher compared to the 768 MB version from the same brand.

LEFT4DEAD

Setting : 1920×1080; No-AA; AF-Trilinear; Maximum Quality

In this particular, source engine-powered game, the Radeon HD 5830 bested both GeForce cards. Meanwhile, the 1 GB Sonic Version managed to get ahead of the 768 MB Geforce GTX 460 by around 6%.

Batman Arkham Asylum

Setting : 1920×1080; No-AA; Maximum Quality; No PhysX

The 1 GB Sonic Version produced 144 FPS in our Batman: Arkham Asylum benchmark, about 10% faster than the 768 MB version.

Devil May Cry 4

Setting : 1920×1080; No-AA; Super High

Digital Alliance GTX 460 1GB Sonic Version performed better than both the 768 MB version of GTX 460 and HD 5830 in Scene 1 and Scene 2, while the Radeon card took over the lead in Scene 3 and Scene 4.