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Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB TOXIC Video Card
 
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Max Slowik
Kurtis
Sapphire
Nov. 3, 2008
DirectX 10 Titles


Company of Heroes @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 2xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
105
85
76
73
0
FPS (higher is better)
120.75
 
 
No AA 2xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
100
80
69
67
0
FPS (higher is better)
120.75
 
 

Company of Heroes @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 2xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
92
76
64
64
0
FPS (higher is better)
105.8
 
 
No AA 2xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
90
69
57
57
0
FPS (higher is better)
105.8
 
 


Crysis @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
Medium High
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
53
53
52
50
0
FPS (higher is better)
60.95
 
 
Medium High
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
43
41
33
31
0
FPS (higher is better)
60.95
 
 

Crysis @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
Medium High
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
51
51
51
48
0
FPS (higher is better)
58.65
 
 
Medium High
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
39
38
30
28
0
FPS (higher is better)
58.65
 
 


Unreal Tournament 3 @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
104
99
95
93
0
FPS (higher is better)
119.6
 
 
No AA 4xAA
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
98
95
86
76
0
FPS (higher is better)
119.6
 
 

Unreal Tournament 3 @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
96
95
93
92
0
FPS (higher is better)
110.4
 
 
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
95
82
71
54
0
FPS (higher is better)
110.4
 
 

Performance Notes

The improved clocks don't do a whole lot for the card, but are an unmistakable improvement. I'm looking at 2FPS improvement at best over a stock HD 4870. Of course, that, under the right circumstance, may mean the difference between 2xAA and 4xAA, but really, it's just performance insurance.

 
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Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup
Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles
Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics
Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking
Page 6: Conclusion


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