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Review: Three-way shootout: XFX XXX 4870 vs. HIS IceQ4+ Turbo 4870 vs. Inno3D iChiLL GTX 260

by Tarinder Sandhu on 24 March 2009, 10:50 3.65

Tags: XFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX , HIS Radeon HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo , XFX (HKG:1079), HiS Graphics, Inno3D

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qargb

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System setup and notes

Graphics cards Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 iChiLL 896MB Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 
896MB
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked 1,024MB XFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1,024MB HIS Radeon HD 4870 IceQ4+ Turbo 1,024MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
512MB
XFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MB
Current pricing, including VAT £210 (estimated)
£175 estimated £144.60  £178.24
£205.95
£143.72 £124.99
Shader model 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Stream processors 216 216 128 800 800 800 800
GPU clock speed (MHz) 620 576 770 775 770 750 650
Shader clock speed (MHz) 1,360 1,242 1,890 775 770 750 650
Memory clock speed (MHz) 2,100 1,998 2,246 3,800 4,000 3,600 2,100
Memory bus width (bits) 448 448 256 256 256 256 256
CPU Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core, LGA1,366)
Motherboard Foxconn Bloodrage X58
Motherboard BIOS P04
Mainboard software Intel Inf 9.1.0.1012
Memory 6GB Corsair DOMINATOR PC12,800
Memory timings and speed 9-9-9-24 1T @ DDR3-1,333
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1,000W
Monitor Dell 30in 3007WFP - 2,560x1,600px
Disk drive(s) Seagate 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (3Gb/s mode)
Graphics driver ForceWare 182.06 ForceWare 182.06 ForceWare 182.06 (non-WHQL) Catalyst 9.2 Catalyst 9.2 Catalyst 9.2 Catalyst 9.2
Operating system Windows Vista Business SP1, 64-bit

Software

3D Benchmarks Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare v1.7, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark: DX9 - very high quality
Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts v2.103: DX10 - very high quality
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark. OpenGL - very high quality
Far Cry 2 v1.01 - very high quality
Race Driver: GRID v1.2, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark - ultra quality

Notes

A total of seven cards based on four different SKUs. We benchmark them at 1,680x1,050, 1,920x1,200, and 2,560x1,600, along with decent image-quality settings.