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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2,048MB: big frame-buffer useful?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 1 April 2009, 09:48 3.1

Tags: Radeon HD 4870 2GB Vapor-X, Sapphire, PC

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Call of Duty 4

Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire HD 4870 512MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBBFG GTX 260 896MB eVGA GTS 250 SC 1,024MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB
7878.4477.570.8393.3378.1


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire HD 4870 512MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBBFG GTX 260 896MB eVGA GTS 250 SC 1,024MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB
66.4566.1566.3759.482.7366.5


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire HD 4870 512MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBBFG GTX 260 896MB eVGA GTS 250 SC 1,024MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB
42.143.7544.83955.7343.6


Going right up to 2,560x1,600, there is no real difference in the Radeon HD 4870 benchmarks, irrespective of frame-buffer, and the cards generally match the performance of a GeForce GTX 260 896MB.