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Palit ATI Radeon 4870 X2
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Benchmarks Continued:
Half Life 2: Episode 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Quality: 4X Anti Aliasing / 16X Anisotropic Filtering
This popular game turned benchmark features the DX10 game engine enhanced anti-aliasing support and a killer AI. All tests were run at 1920 x 1200 with High Dynamic Range enabled and all settings on maximum.
Unreal Tournament 3
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Quality: No Anti Aliasing / Maximum Settings
For the first time we see the Geforce 280 pull ahead of the 4870 X2 at a resolution of 1920 x 1200, at higher resolutions the 4870 X2 will pull ahead due to the larger onboard memory. The margin here is slim and the Geforce 2XX series are only a few frames behind. At this close a range you need to look at price to make a decision and the 4800 series just continues to come out ahead.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Quality: 4X Anti Aliasing / 16X Anisotropic Filtering
Here we see much the same story as with the Unreal Tournament 3 benchmark. The 4870 X2 and Geforce 280 go head to head and the 4870 X2 wins at higher resolutions thanks again to its massive 2GB video memory and faster GDDR5 memory. Slice it down the middle folks and then look at the pricing.
Crysis
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Quality: 4X Anti Aliasing / 16X Anisotropic Filtering
This once barely playable game that received world wide critical acclaim attention for being both ground breaking and also frustrating in terms of hardware requirements is now just entering its prime with the latest series of video cards. While none of these cards delivered an average frames per second score that I would call great they are all "playable". Considering the 4850 is the cheapest card in this lineup at an average street price of ~$150 its easy to see the revolutionary step forward that all of these cards have brought us forward. The most interesting comparison in this graph is to be found by looking at the 3870 X2 and the 4850 which both turn in performance nearly identical.
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