Test Setup:
AMD 940 X4 Phenom II
MSI Dragon Platform
4GB (2x2GB)Mushkin DDR2 PC8500
Seagate 500GB 7200.11 Hard Drive
HIS ATI 4890
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64bit
Gaming and Benchmarks Used:
- 3D Mark Vantage
- Stalker- Clear Sky
- Unigine Tropics
- Left 4 Dead
- Devil May Cry 4
- Crysis Warhead
- Farcry 2
3D Mark Vantage:
|
ATI Radeon 4870
|
HIS Radeon 4890 OC
|
|
| Performance |
10125
|
11005
|
| High |
6536
|
6755
|
| Extreme |
4430
|
4654
|
Stalker- Clear Sky:
|
ATI Radeon 4870
|
HIS Radeon 4890 OC
|
|
| 1024 X 768 |
38.5 fps
|
41.3 fps
|
| 1200 X 1600 |
29.1 fps
|
32.5 fps
|
| 1920 X 1200 |
25.4 fps
|
28.6 fps
|
Unigine Tropics:
|
ATI Radeon 4870
|
HIS Radeon 4890 OC
|
|
| 1024 X 768 8xAA 16x AF |
35.5 fps
|
40.4 fps
|
| 1200 X 1600 8xAA 16x AF |
27.2 fps
|
33.3 fps
|
| 1920 X 1200 8xAA 16x AF |
22.2 fps
|
26.7 fp
|
Left 4 Dead:
|
ATI Radeon 4870
|
HIS Radeon 4890 OC
|
|
| 1024 X 768 8xAA 16x AF |
120.8 fps
|
131.2 fps
|
| 1200 X 1600 8xAA 16x AF |
101.6 fps
|
111.3 fps
|
| 1920 X 1200 8xAA 16x AF |
85.3 fps
|
95.4 fp
|
Devil May Cry 4:
|
ATI Radeon 4870
|
HIS Radeon 4890 OC
|
|
| 1024 X 768 4xAA 8x AF |
95.5 fps
|
98.4 fps
|
| 1200 X 1600 4xAA 8x AF |
77.1 fps
|
81.5 fps
|
| 1920 X 1200 4xAA 8x AF |
62.5 fps
|
68.7 fps
|
Crysis Warhead:
|
ATI Radeon 4870
|
HIS Radeon 4890 OC
|
|
| 1024 X 768 |
34.8 fps
|
41.1 fps
|
| 1200 X 1600 |
26.2 fps
|
31.3 fps
|
| 1920 X 1200 |
23.2 fps
|
28.9 fps
|
Farcry 2:
|
ATI Radeon 4870
|
HIS Radeon 4890 OC
|
|
| 1024 X 768 4xAA 8x AF |
42.5 fps
|
47.3 fps
|
| 1200 X 1600 4xAA 8x AF |
38.9 fps
|
43.0 fps
|
| 1920 X 1200 4xAA 8x AF |
35.0 fps
|
39.5 fps
|
Analysis of Results:
It always amazes me how Crysis can bring a system to its knees. What we see across the board is as expected the ATI 4890 provides a consistent domination over the older 4870. In every case the 4890 comes out ahead and does so by a minimum of 3 to 10 fps. At the street price that AMD expects the 4890 to be selling at the 4890 will be THE card to have if you are an ATI fan.
