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Diamond Radeon HD 4870 1GB
 
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Max Slowik
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Smooth Creations
Feb. 25, 2009
DirectX 10 Titles


Company of Heroes @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
114
105
83
77
73
0
FPS (higher is better)
131.1
 
 
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
112
100
78
73
67
0
FPS (higher is better)
131.1
 
 

Company of Heroes @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
103
92
74
68
64
0
FPS (higher is better)
118.45
 
 
No AA 2xAA
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
100
90
68
62
57
0
FPS (higher is better)
118.45
 
 


Crysis @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
Medium High
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
53
53
52
52
52
0
FPS (higher is better)
60.95
 
 
Medium High
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
42
42
42
41
33
0
FPS (higher is better)
60.95
 
 

Crysis @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
Medium High
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
52
52
52
51
51
0
FPS (higher is better)
59.8
 
 
Medium High
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
40
39
37
37
30
0
FPS (higher is better)
59.8
 
 


Unreal Tournament 3 @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
104
102
102
97
95
0
FPS (higher is better)
119.6
 
 
No AA 4xAA
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
97
95
89
76
59
0
FPS (higher is better)
119.6
 
 

Unreal Tournament 3 @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
99
99
97
95
93
0
FPS (higher is better)
113.85
 
 
No AA 4xAA
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 1GB AMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Viper HD 4870 1024MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
97
95
72
58
54
0
FPS (higher is better)
113.85
 
 

Performance Notes

The gap between the 4870 1GB and a 4850 is startling, unlike the more subtle jump from 512MB 4870 to 1GB 4870. It finally competes against the GTX 260 and 280, and shows no weaknesses with these DX10 titles, not the least of which is Crysis, but doesn't showcase the framebuffer at these levels; it wants to play at higher resolutions or with more antialiasing. Still, the apples-to-apples reads that the GTX competition is considerable.

 
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