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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB - CrossFire making sense?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 13 November 2008, 14:31

Tags: Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E, Sapphire

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire HD 4830 512MBZOTAC GTX 260 896MBBFG GeForce GTX 280 OCXBFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXSapphire HD 4830 XFForce3D HD 4870PowerColor Radeon HD 4850
56.386.4110.63101.989.6782.3362


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire HD 4830 512MBZOTAC GTX 260 896MBBFG GeForce GTX 280 OCXBFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXSapphire HD 4830 XFForce3D HD 4870PowerColor Radeon HD 4850
47.637295.285.1378.670.0752.27


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire HD 4830 512MBZOTAC GTX 260 896MBBFG GeForce GTX 280 OCXBFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXSapphire HD 4830 XFForce3D HD 4870PowerColor Radeon HD 4850
30.1745.9362.154.6352.7743.9732.47


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars' single-card numbers are pretty good to begin with, and adding a second brings performance close to a pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 260 (216-core).

What's telling is that the dual cards are quicker than a single Radeon HD 4870 512MB.