Benchmarks - part two
Far Cry 2
| Far Cry 2 - 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF |
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| Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC | BFG GeForce GTX 285 | BFG GeForce GTX 295 | BFG GeForce GTX 285 SLI | XFX GeForce GTX 275 | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 XF | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| 39.23 | 36 | 60.67 | 75.54 | 38.1 | 57.42 | 99.14 | 56.61 |
Race Driver: GRID
| GRID Race Day 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF |
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| Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC | BFG GeForce GTX 285 | BFG GeForce GTX 295 | BFG GeForce GTX 285 SLI | XFX GeForce GTX 275 | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 XF | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| 60.96 | 58.39 | 88.95 | 106.83 | 51.22 | 87.22 | 151.86 | 91.17 |
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
| H.A.W.X - 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF |
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| Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC | BFG GeForce GTX 285 | BFG GeForce GTX 295 | BFG GeForce GTX 285 SLI | XFX GeForce GTX 275 | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 XF | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| 45.5 | 36 | 59.5 | 73.5 | 35.5 | 56 | 93.5 | 71.5 |
The maturity of both CrossFireX and SLI technologies is plain to see. The GeForce GTX 285 in particular shows that in certain scenarios a performance increase of over 90 per cent can be had when a second GPU is added to the mix.
If you're in the market for a multi-GPU setup, though, expense isn't likely to be a limiting factor and there's no quicker multi-GPU configuration of single-GPU cards than the Radeon HD 5870s in CrossFireX. For the modest reader, it's worth noting that a handful of our lesser benchmarked cards offer perfectly playable framerates at 2,560x1,600 - the Radeon HD 4890 OC, priced at around £170, being a prime example.
