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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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Far Cry 2 and Race Driver: GRID

Far Cry 2 1,680x1,050 4xAA MaxAF
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
50.0355.4254.4845.5964.6155.03


Far Cry 2 1,920x1,200 4xAA MaxAF
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
43.2350.0647.8939.2257.6749.7


Move on to Far Cry 2 and the 512MB-equipped Radeon HD 4870 begins to falter as the load becomes too much the bear, necessitating swapping out to main memory.

Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: GRID (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
92.9892.1481.8869.49103.2693.74


Race Driver: GRID (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
80.0880.5169.4657.4686.980.22


Race Driver: GRID, however, isn't as taxing.