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Review: ASUS vs. ASUS: GeForce GTX 260 MATRIX against Radeon HD 4890 Voltage Tweak

by Tarinder Sandhu on 7 May 2009, 05:00 3.35

Tags: Radeon HD 4890 Voltage Tweak, ASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MB , ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), PC

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Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
ASUS HD 4890 VT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
105.2292.1464.2566.1890.0275.63110.8


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
ASUS HD 4890 VT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
86.2580.51159.266861.0790.38


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF
ASUS HD 4890 VT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
60.4450.11139.2847.7741.1863.99


What's going on here, then? We're using R185.6x drivers for the GeForce GTX 260 cards and it results in hugely variable frame-rates from one run to the next, so much so that we cannot give the ASUS card an average score that's represtative of gameplay.

The yellow-coloured bar denotes a standard-clocked GeForce GTX 260's performance, which are also variable, so take the posted results with a pinch of salt.