Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 (GV-N770OC-2GD) vs. ASUS Matrix Platinum (R9280X-P-3GD5) Video Card Review

How We Tested

During our benchmarking sessions, we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions, the only variable was the video card being tested.

Hardware Configuration

• CPU: AMD FX 8350
• Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer
• Memory: 16 GiB DDR3-2133/PC3-17000, four G.Skill F3-17000CL9Q 4 GiB memory modules 
• Hard disk drive: Seagate Desktop SSHD 2 TB
• Video monitor: Philips 236VL
• Power Supply: Seventeam ST-550P-AM
• CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120XL

Software Configuration

• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Video resolution: 1920×1080 @ 60 Hz

Driver Versions

• AMD video driver version: Catalyst 14.3
• NVIDIA video driver version: 335.23

Software Used

• 3DMark 1.2.362
• Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
• Battlefield 4
• F1 2013
• Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
• Metro Last Light
• Splinter Cell Blacklist

Error Margin

We adopted a 3% error margin. Thus, differences below 3% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 3% should be considered as having similar performance.