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Synthetic Testing Continued...
3DMark Vantage
 3DMark® Vantage is the new industry standard PC
gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for
Windows Vista and DirectX10. It includes two new graphics tests, two
new CPU tests, several new feature tests, and support for the latest
hardware. 3DMark® Vantage is based on a completely new rendering
engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10,
the new graphics API from Microsoft. 3DMark Vantage can also
test your video card in several different ways. We'll be
giving results for the Performance, High and Extreme tests.
| |
gain |
Overclock gain |
| Sapphire 3870 Toxic |
| Performance |
5160 |
| High |
2792 |
| Extreme |
1700 |
|
44% |
46% |
|
52% |
55% |
|
57% |
59% |
| XFX 8800GTS Alpha Dog
Edtion |
| Performance |
5627 |
| High |
3454 |
| Extreme |
2066 |
|
38% |
41% |
|
41% |
45% |
|
48% |
51% |
| XFX 9800GTX |
| Performance |
5816 |
| High |
3539 |
| Extreme |
2113 |
|
36% |
39% |
|
39% |
43% |
|
46% |
49% |
| VisionTek HD4870 |
| Performance |
8834 |
| High |
5619 |
| Extreme |
3804 |
|
3% |
8% |
|
4% |
9% |
|
3% |
9% |
| Sapphire HD4870 Toxic |
| Performance |
9066 |
| High |
5795 |
| Extreme |
3907 |
|
|
5% |
|
|
7% |
|
|
6% |
| Sapphire HD4870 Toxic Overclocked |
| Performance |
9527 |
| High |
6174 |
| Extreme |
4138 |
|
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The HD4870 really excels at Vantage. The
overclocked settings of the Toxic card really gives it a nice
boost.
Real-World Gaming Benches
Call of Juarez
| |
1680 x 1050 |
1920 x 1200 |
| Sapphire 3870 Toxic |
| Min |
11.6 |
| Max |
41.4 |
| Avg |
23.2 |
|
| Min |
9.4 |
| Max |
31.3 |
| Avg |
19.6 |
|
| XFX 8800GTS Alpha Dog Edition |
| Min |
14.0 |
| Max |
45.0 |
| Avg |
25.7 |
|
| Min |
13.6 |
| Max |
38.3 |
| Avg |
22.3 |
|
| XFX 9800GTX |
| Min |
14.7 |
| Max |
47.5 |
| Avg |
26.8 |
|
| Min |
13.4 |
| Max |
40.7 |
| Avg |
23.2 |
|
| VisionTek HD4870 |
| Min |
16.3 |
| Max |
91.7 |
| Avg |
45.1 |
|
| Min |
15.8 |
| Max |
75.3 |
| Avg |
38.8 |
|
| Sapphire HD4870 Toxic |
| Min |
16.3 |
| Max |
88.5 |
| Avg |
41.0 |
|
| Min |
16.3 |
| Max |
73.3 |
| Avg |
35.3 |
|
| Sapphire HD4870 Toxic Overclocked |
| Min |
19.1 |
| Max |
95.0 |
| Avg |
42.9 |
|
| Min |
11.1 |
| Max |
77.8 |
| Avg |
37.3 |
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Again the HD4870 really dominates this DirectX 10
benchmark. As you can see though, the overclocked settings
really weren't enough to separate the Toxic from the reference card.
Unreal Tournament 3
Unreal was benched using the
benchmark program from HardwareOC with everything set on High.
| |
1680 x 1050 |
1920 x 1200 |
| Sapphire 3870 Toxic |
115 |
96 |
| XFX 8800GTS Alpha Dog Edition |
134 |
104 |
| XFX 9800GTX |
141 |
111 |
| VisionTek HD4870 |
161 |
148 |
| Sapphire HD4870 Toxic |
162 |
149 |
| Sapphire HD4870 Toxic Overclocked |
164 |
151 |
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