Gainward HD4870 1GB GS
5. Benchmarks - Crysis (DirectX10)
Review Pages
2. Test PC setup
3. Testbed DirectX9, DirectX10
4. Benchmarks - FutureMark Hall Of Fame
5. Benchmarks - Crysis (DirectX10)
6. Benchmarks - Crysis Warhead (DirectX9, DirectX10)
7. Benchmarks - Crysis Warhead Comparison
8. Benchmarks - Company Of Heroes v1.71 (DirectX 10)
9. Benchmarks - Far Cry 2 (DirectX 9/10)
10. Overclocking
11. Conclusion
12. Benchmarks - Half Life 2 Episode 2 (DirectX 9)
Crysis is probably the de facto benchmark game since no currently sold card can have acceptable frame rates when very high quality settings are selected. All tested graphic cards offer acceptable frame rates at 1280x1024 with high quality settings enabled.
Although the Gainward HD4870 1GB GS performed better than the HD4850, it was slower than the XFX 260GTX XXX series.
The next step is to enable the "Very High Quality" settings. The impact on the performance of all the tested graphics cards is obvious. So these settings are not recommended for gameplay, but the specific test indicate the strengths of each card.
Gainward HD4870 1GB GS was "just" two FPS faster than the HD4870 and again, the XFX 260GTX XXX is at the first place with 21FPS.
Pushing resolutions even higher at 1680x1050 and 1920x1200 obviously makes the game unplayable.
The XFX 260GTX XXX and the Gainward HD4870 1GB GS had almost the same performance.
