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Review: ATI rolls out Catalyst 9.3 with official Windows 7 support: HEXUS benchmarks high-end graphics

by Tarinder Sandhu on 18 March 2009, 05:00

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), XFX (HKG:1079), BFG Technologies

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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 *Win7*XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 *Win7*
119.95101.98143.43104.38


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 *Win7*XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 *Win7*
103.8992.58128.3795.22


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 *Win7*XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 *Win7*
76.0760.388.0666.27


Graphics cards/performance difference Win7 vs. Vista XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2,048MB BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
1,680x1,050  2.35
19.5
1,920x1,200 2.81
23.6
2,560x1,600 9.95
15.8

We've double-checked the numbers and both cards perform better under Windows 7 than with Vista, especially the GeForce GTX 295, which shows a significant performance increase at every resolution.