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Review: XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2: the last performance bastion for AMD?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 26 March 2009, 10:41 3.35

Tags: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB (9.3), XFX (HKG:1079), PC

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Call of Duty 4: MW

Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MBXFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GBXFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 iChiLL Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
93.33145.482.13142.238278


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MBXFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GBXFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 iChiLL Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
82.73128.4368.13120.870.3766.45


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MBXFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GBXFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 iChiLL Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
55.7391.4344.580.747.8542.1


If you're looking to spend this kind of money on a single graphics card, some £300, the cards to look out for are the Radeon HD 4870 X2, GeForce GTX 285, and GTX 295.

Twin-GPU cards hold sway, and the XFX HD 4870 X2 only gives any meaningful performance away at 2,560x1,600, when compared to the more-expensive GTX 295. It's also handsomely faster than the GTX 285, too.