MSI N580GTX M2D15D5 Review– A Reference Card with Some Interesting Extras

Test Platform

We used the following hardware combination for our performance test. A couple of adversaries are also thrown on the table for comparison purposes.

• Processor : Intel Core i7 930 @4 GHz (200×20)
• Motherboard : Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
• Graphics card : MSI N580GTX M2D15D5; NVIDIA GTX 480; 2x NVIDIA GTX 460 768MB; 2x NVIDIA GTX 460 1GB; AMD Radeon HD 5970; 2x AMD Radeon HD 6850
• Memory : 3×1GB Kingston KHX16000D3T1K3/3GX
• Storage : Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB (32 MB Cache)
• Power Supply : Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 Watt
• Heatsink : Gelid Tranquilo
• Monitor : Philips 221E
• Input Devices: Genius (Keyboard and Mouse)
• OS : Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
• Driver : Forceware 262.99; Catalyst 10.10c

Test Results

First Person Shooter Games

Alien VS Predator

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 11; Texture Quality-Very High; Shadow Quality- High; SSAO-On; AF x16; No-MSAA

LEFT4DEAD

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

Metro 2033

Setting : 1920×1080; Advance DOF, No-Advance PhysX, MSAA x4, AF x16