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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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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (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
81.8582.5592.1373.37115.884.35


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (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
6969.5576.1758.996.3371.5


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (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
44.2544.8348.6736.6762.645.05


Enemy Territory, too, shows little preference for a larger-than 1GB frame-buffer, even at 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF VHQ settings. Pure clock-speed is better than frame-buffer here, as well.