PCMARK VANTAGE
PCMark® Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Microsoft® Windows Vista®. PCMark Vantage is perfectly suited for benchmarking any type of Microsoft® Windows Vista PC from multimedia home entertainment systems and laptops to dedicated workstations and hi-end gaming rigs. Regardless of whether the nench mark is an artist or an IT Professional, PCMark Vantage shows the user where their system soars or falls flat, and how to get the most performance possible out of their hardware. PCMark Vantage is easy enough for even the most casual enthusiast to use yet supports in-depth, professional industry grade testing.
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9800 GTX+ 6418 PCMarks |
4870 X2 6154 PCMarks |
Crysis:
Crysis, a science fiction first person shooter set in the year 2020. You play as Lieutenant Jack Dunn, codename “Nomad”, a United States Army Delta Force operative. The game starts out with a group of archaeologists doing research on an island in the South China Sea. As they were doing their research, minding their own business, they suddenly became overrun and taken captive by the North Korean Army. This is when the US Delta Forces were deployed to rescue the scientists. As the game goes on, you soon find out that the North Koreans are not the only threat on this island. Crysis uses DirectX 10 and is one of the most demanding game out there.
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Crysis, a PC game that is so demanding when it comes to graphics, the Sparkle Calibre 9800 GTX+ seems to perform pretty well. Comparing Calibre results to the ATI 4870, the 4870 takes the lead in Frames Per Second (FPS) in most settings. The Calibre did take the lead over the ATI 4870 in all the medium settings benchmarks by a good number of FPS.
Crysis Warhead:
Crysis Warhead updates and refines the game play of the original game through a side story plot involving Psycho, one of previous protagonist Nomad’s allies. The game is a parallel story that follows Sergeant Michael “Psycho” Sykes,a character from the original Crysis, as he faces his own trials and challenges on the other side of the island during the time period of the first game. It features new fully customizable weapons, vehicles and enemies, along with new multi player content. It also showcases a new, enhanced and optimized version of CryEngine 2 and is the first game developed by Crytek’s Budapest studio. Crysis Warhead seems to be the most demanding game out on the market to date.
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Crysis Warhead is like it predecessor a very graphics card demanding game and with the benchmarks listed above, the Calibre 9800 GTX+ took the lead over its competitor ATI 4870. In most benchmarks the Geforce 9800 GTX+ came in at least 10 FPS more than the ATI 4870 and with the Gamer setting we were able to get 28.04 FPS which is fair to play competitively against other human competitors in mid-range to close combat.
