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Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB TOXIC Video Card
 
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Max Slowik
Kurtis
Sapphire
Nov. 3, 2008
DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics


Half-Life 2 Episode 2 @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
126
125
120
115
0
FPS (higher is better)
144.9
 
 
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
126
120
114
105
0
FPS (higher is better)
144.9
 
 

Half-Life 2 Episode 2 @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
119
112
111
107
0
FPS (higher is better)
136.85
 
 
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
113
112
94
84
0
FPS (higher is better)
136.85
 
 


Quake Wars @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
124
102
101
91
0
FPS (higher is better)
142.6
 
 
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
124
100
93
88
0
FPS (higher is better)
142.6
 
 

Quake Wars @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
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
119
101
98
90
0
FPS (higher is better)
136.85
 
 
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
119
96
85
77
0
FPS (higher is better)
136.85
 
 


3DMark Vantage @ 1280x1024
(Show All Graphs)
Score GPU CPU
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
7871
7777
6698
5215
0
Score (higher is better)
10041.8
 
 
Score GPU CPU
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
8732
8607
6941
5005
0
Score (higher is better)
10041.8
 
 
Score GPU CPU
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
6095
6061
6031
5967
0
Score (higher is better)
10041.8
 
 


3DMark '06 @ 1280x1024
(Show All Graphs)
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
13409
13281
12451
12364
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
6241
5892
5680
5205
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
7023
6735
6304
5801
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
2757
2754
2708
2706
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 


PCMark Vantage @ 1280x1024
(Show All Graphs)
TV & Movies Gaming
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
2632
2535
2477
2345
0
Score (higher is better)
5444.1
 
 
TV & Movies Gaming
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
4734
4621
4449
4432
0
Score (higher is better)
5444.1
 
 


Windows Vista Experience
(Show All Graphs)
Aero Graphics Gaming Graphics
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
5.9
5.9
5.9
5.9
0
Score (higher is better)
6.785
 
 
Aero Graphics Gaming Graphics
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB XLR8
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
5.9
5.9
5.9
5.9
0
Score (higher is better)
6.785
 
 

Performance Notes

Here, the Toxic does worse than a lower-clocked 4870, when running synthetic tests. I'm going to chalk this up as a driver issue, since it's clearly as fast or faster with the video game tests. Not much faster, but damn, those numbers are really good to begin with.

 
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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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