Wired2Fire Diablo GTX Gaming System Review (4.8ghz @ £999)

Today, we are testing the Wire2Fire system with a series of synthetic and real world suites, applications and games. The Diablo GTX will be used as a gaming machine, but there will be a large audience who need a machine to do everything. It has been a while since we have looked at a Core i5 2500k system running at 4.8ghz so it will be good to revisit some of our tests and analyse performance from the GTX570 graphics card with Direct X 10/11 game engines and when delivering CUDA acceleration for media playback and encoding.

Software:
Unigine Heaven Benchmark.
PCMark Vantage.
SiSoft Sandra.
PCMark 7.
3DMark Vantage.
3DMark 11.
Fraps Professional.
Cinebench R11.5 64 bit.
Steam Client.
FurMark.

Technical Monitoring and Test Equipment:
Nikon D3X with R1C1 kit.
Olympus E-PL1.
Keithley Integra unit.
Thermal Diodes.
Calibrated Power Meter.
Raytek Laser Temp Gun 3i LSRC/MT4 Mini Temp.
Extech digital sound level meter & SkyTronic DSL 2 Digital Sound Level Meter.
Dell U2410 Monitor.
Games:
Alien V Predator.
Resident Evil 5.
Dirt 3.
Lost Planet 2.
Total War: Shogun 2.
Dead Island.
FEAR 3.
F1 2011.
Just Cause 2.

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.

Some game descriptions and information are taken with courtesy from Wikipedia.

Become a Patron!