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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512MB in CrossFireX: beating up on high-end GPUs?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 5 May 2009, 10:08 3.85

Tags: Radeon HD 4770 in CrossFire, AMD (NYSE:AMD), Sapphire, ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBBFG GTX 260 896MB BFG GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4770 XF 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
96.4592.13109.1106.7113.7597.482.55


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBBFG GTX 260 896MB BFG GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4770 XF 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
82.376.1790.588.597.758369.55


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBBFG GTX 260 896MB BFG GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4770 XF 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
5348.6757.8556.761.753.4544.83


We're back on track in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The HD 4770 CrossFire setup is over 15 per cent faster than a Radeon HD 4890 OC. The benchmark runs are slightly more inconsistent, leading to five per cent deviations from run to run, but there's no denying the oomph on tap.