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Palit Radeon HD 4870 512MB Video Card
 
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Max Slowik
Kurtis
Palit
Jul. 23, 2008
DirectX 10 Titles


Company of Heroes @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GTX 280
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
Palit HD 4870
PNY 9800 GTX
PowerColor HD 4850
114
81
77
76
66
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GTX 280
Palit HD 4870
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
PNY 9800 GTX
PowerColor HD 4850
112
73
71
69
61
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 

Company of Heroes @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GTX 280
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
Palit HD 4870
PNY 9800 GTX
PowerColor HD 4850
103
73
68
64
57
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GTX 280
Palit HD 4870
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
PNY 9800 GTX
PowerColor HD 4850
100
62
61
57
52
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 


Crysis @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
Medium High
Zotac GTX 280
Palit HD 4870
PowerColor HD 4850
PNY 9800 GTX
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
53
52
51
50
45
0
FPS (higher is better)
100
 
 
Medium High
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
Zotac GTX 280
Palit HD 4870
PNY 9800 GTX
PowerColor HD 4850
45
42
42
31
30
0
FPS (higher is better)
100
 
 

Crysis @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
Medium High
Palit HD 4870
Zotac GTX 280
PowerColor HD 4850
PNY 9800 GTX
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
52
52
48
48
39
0
FPS (higher is better)
100
 
 
Medium High
Zotac GTX 280
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
Palit HD 4870
PowerColor HD 4850
PNY 9800 GTX
40
38
37
28
28
0
FPS (higher is better)
100
 
 


Unreal Tournament 3 @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
Palit HD 4870
PowerColor HD 4850
Zotac GTX 280
PNY 9800 GTX
129
102
101
97
93
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 
No AA 4xAA
Zotac GTX 280
PNY 9800 GTX
Palit HD 4870
PowerColor HD 4850
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
97
86
59
58
51
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 

Unreal Tournament 3 @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Palit HD 4870
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
Zotac GTX 280
PowerColor HD 4850
PNY 9800 GTX
99
97
97
93
92
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 
No AA 4xAA
Zotac GTX 280
PNY 9800 GTX
Palit HD 4870
PowerColor HD 4850
Sapphire HD 3870 X2
97
71
58
54
39
0
FPS (higher is better)
160
 
 

Performance Notes

The card does play games very well, at the top by a small margin, ahead of everything else. The GTX 280 still goes faster, sure, but it also costs double. I can't help but think that this card is limited by its 512MB framebuffer.

 
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Page 4: Video Quality, Power Usage & Noise, and Overclocking
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