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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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Company of Heroes: OF

Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
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
59.5561.7280.3458.26102.3361.39


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
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
51.9652.3666.8648.4885.5252.26


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF
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
33.8535.1843.6730.9356.4235.19


Company of Heroes: OF (DX10) runs better on price-comparable NVIDIA cards, evinced by the GeForce GTX 260 beating, handily so, the trio of Radeon HD 4870 cards. Again, there's no perceivable benefit from a 2GB frame-buffer.