Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB - CrossFire making sense?

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Published: Thursday 13th November, 2008 | Author: Tarinder Sandhu
Products: Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
Companies: Sapphire (All Sapphire content)
External reviews: Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E

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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts DX10

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

Sapphire HD 4830 512MB

Sapphire HD 4830 XF

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850

Force3D HD 4870

ZOTAC GTX 260 896MB

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAX

BFG GeForce GTX 280 OCX

38.02

72.34

46.35

55.58

70.37

83.57

94.45

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

Sapphire HD 4830 512MB

Sapphire HD 4830 XF

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850

Force3D HD 4870

ZOTAC GTX 260 896MB

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAX

BFG GeForce GTX 280 OCX

33.14

62.85

39.12

46.13

58.48

69.06

79.52

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

Sapphire HD 4830 512MB

Sapphire HD 4830 XF

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850

Force3D HD 4870

ZOTAC GTX 260 896MB

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAX

BFG GeForce GTX 280 OCX

21.61

43.13

24.11

29.8

37.29

44.53

51.52

Run via the taxing DX10 codepath, single-GPU numbers aren't fantastic at any resolution.

Put two cards together and we see some almost-perfect scaling, and the numbers are good enough that 2,560x1,600 is faster than single-card 1,680x1,050.

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Company	Price (exc. VAT)	Price (inc. VAT)	Price Date	Price History
SCAN	£72.68 ( £-2.00)	£83.58	18:00 on Mon 6th Apr 2009	history

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