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Review: ATI rolls out Catalyst 9.3 with official Windows 7 support: HEXUS benchmarks high-end graphics

by Tarinder Sandhu on 18 March 2009, 05:00

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), XFX (HKG:1079), BFG Technologies

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Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 *Win7*XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 *Win7*
136.85150.2143.43152.2


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 *Win7*XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 *Win7*
126.76131.16120.02131.78


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 *Win7*XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 *Win7*
85.6895.3481.4494.51


Graphics cards/performance difference Win7 vs. Vista XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2,048MB BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
1,680x1,050  1.33
4.75
1,920x1,200 0.45
-5.36
2,560x1,600 -0.83 -5.02

ATI's performance continues to remain steady in Race Driver: GRID, but NVIDIA's chops and changes, doing well at 1,680x1,050 but losing out to the tune of five per cent at the higher resolutions the card will most likely be pitted at.