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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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Far Cry 2, and Race Driver: GRID

Far Cry 2 1,680x1,050 4xAA MaxAF
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
64.6190.0956.8389.657.4650.03


Far Cry 2 1,920x1,200 4xAA MaxAF
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
57.6784.4951.3282.4850.5743.23


Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
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
103.26136.8596.52150.286.4492.98


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
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
86.9126.7682.99131.1674.2680.08


Far Cry 2 and Race Driver: GRID both run very, very smoothly on the twin-GPU card - fast enough to trouble the ~£100 more-expensive GeForce GTX 295.