GTX 260 vs HD 4870

http://www.techspot.com/article/118-crysis-warhead-performance/page4.html

GTX 260 wins. :cry:

Remember nvidia spending 4/5 million on Crysis marketing?

That may be one of the reasons of the poor performance on ATI cards.

http://www.techspot.com/review/109-geforce-gtx-260-280-versus-radeon-4850-4870/

Better comparisons.

4870 is the better card.Spybot_9

[QUOTE="Spybot_9"]4870 is the better card.Jamiemydearx3

Who need a link just google it and you'll get 25 reviews. ;)

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="Spybot_9"]4870 is the better card.swehunt

Who need a link just google it and you'll get 25 reviews. ;)

[QUOTE="swehunt"]

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="Spybot_9"]4870 is the better card.Jamiemydearx3

Who need a link just google it and you'll get 25 reviews. ;)

They perform very similar. When AA/AF comes into play the HD4870 starts showing its lead.

[QUOTE="swehunt"]

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="Spybot_9"]4870 is the better card.Jamiemydearx3

Who need a link just google it and you'll get 25 reviews. ;)

Well I can start with a well respectated and a moust serious review.

Great review with may cards to compare with, even CF and SLI is there.

www.anandtech.com HD4xxx /gtx2x0 review.

HD4870 WINS in ALL games except oblivion, and a few times it's a good bit ahead the GTX280, so there is nothing even about this review.

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="swehunt"]

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="Spybot_9"]4870 is the better card.swehunt

Who need a link just google it and you'll get 25 reviews. ;)

Well I can start with a well respectated and a moust serious review.

Great review with may cards to compare with, even CF and SLI is there.

www.anandtech.com HD4xxx /gtx2x0 review.

HD4870 WINS in ALL games except oblivion, and a few times it's a good bit ahead the GTX280, so there is nothing even about this review.

[QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="swehunt"]

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="Spybot_9"]4870 is the better card.Jamiemydearx3

Who need a link just google it and you'll get 25 reviews. ;)

Well I can start with a well respectated and a moust serious review.

Great review with may cards to compare with, even CF and SLI is there.

www.anandtech.com HD4xxx /gtx2x0 review.

HD4870 WINS in ALL games except oblivion, and a few times it's a good bit ahead the GTX280, so there is nothing even about this review.

Are you joking me?

Well then i'll give you the second review wich happen to be named this:

(Tomshardware review!)

Are you going to negligate the two biggest hardware reviewing sites on this planet? :shock:

Iv'e given you the two biggest sites with english speaking content and both give very simular benchmarks, HD4870 beat the gtx280 in almoust evry game except oblivion.

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="swehunt"]

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="Spybot_9"]4870 is the better card.swehunt

Who need a link just google it and you'll get 25 reviews. ;)

Well I can start with a well respectated and a moust serious review.

Great review with may cards to compare with, even CF and SLI is there.

www.anandtech.com HD4xxx /gtx2x0 review.

HD4870 WINS in ALL games except oblivion, and a few times it's a good bit ahead the GTX280, so there is nothing even about this review.

Are you joking me?

Well then i'll give you the second review wich happen to be named this:

(Tomshardware review!)

Are you going to negligate the two biggest hardware reviewing sites on this planet? :shock:

Iv'e given you the two biggest sites with english speaking content and both give very simular benchmarks, HD4870 beat the gtx280 in almoust evry game except oblivion.

Yeah the 48710 is better in most games, i think crysis is the main exception!

Although iots worth noting the new revised 260 GTX closes the gap making it about the same performance!

I can't say because a lot of games are catered and optimized for Nvidia which has led me to wanting to go with Nvidia cards in the future. I'm not satisfied with my HD4870's performance. :(Elann2008

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]I can't say because a lot of games are catered and optimized for Nvidia which has led me to wanting to go with Nvidia cards in the future. I'm not satisfied with my HD4870's performance. :(Jamiemydearx3

Hehe, naw. I'm done with Crysis, long ago, and it ran okay at about 30-35fps, with very bad dips.

Just to give you some examples, Company of Heroes all settings maxed out, I get 32 fps average. Framerates jump from 30-60fps, but it usually averages around that 32 mark.

The Witcher all settings maxed out, I get about 40-60fps. Some areas it will dip into the mid 30's, then it'll bounce back up.

I play on 1920x1200 resolution btw.

Besides the original Crysis, I'd like a graphics card that can run around 50-60fps, consistently. No less. I get in to a habit of playing a lot of games that are optimized for Nvidia as well. Grr.. I'm looking to switch to GTX 280, or the new GTX300 series if speculations are true.

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"][QUOTE="Elann2008"]I can't say because a lot of games are catered and optimized for Nvidia which has led me to wanting to go with Nvidia cards in the future. I'm not satisfied with my HD4870's performance. :(Elann2008

Hehe, naw. I'm done with Crysis, long ago, and it ran okay at about 30-35fps, with very bad dips.

Just to give you some examples, Company of Heroes all settings maxed out, I get 32 fps average. Framerates jump from 30-60fps, but it usually averages around that 32 mark.

The Witcher all settings maxed out, I get about 40-60fps. Some areas it will dip into the mid 30's, then it'll bounce back up.

I play on 1920x1200 resolution btw.

Besides the original Crysis, I'd like a graphics card that can run around 50-60fps, consistently. No less. I get in to a habit of playing a lot of games that are optimized for Nvidia as well. Grr.. I'm looking to switch to GTX 280, or the new GTX300 series if speculations are true.

Trust me those games dont play any better on a gtx260. I cant use dx10 in COH, The Witcher stutters like a bastard, and Crysis is Crysis I needed sli to plat that on Very High. My chipset drivers didnt help, Im sure. My board died so I have a p45 on the way. Ill see what kind of performance I get with that. But, the grass isnt so green on this side either.

Grrr, Firefox is giving me problems. I posted three times, lol.

Thanks for the feedback, Artie. That was really helpful.

I gather it's more of a "game" issue than a GPU problem. I wonder how the GTX 280 performs with these games and settings.

HD4870 beats GTX280 in Crysis warhead

HD4870 beats GTX280 in Crysis warhead

PC_X360

yea by 1 FPS with 16 AA. But the gtx 280 beat it without AA by 6...

The Witcher is just like that it's very buggy. My board caused some problems,too. Nfarce chipsets are pretty bad. COH never ran well with dx10 it may have been a driver issue with my gtx260. I had alot of those, although its gotton better with driver 177.83. In fact thats the only driver that has ever treated me well. Crysis on very high with 2 cards in sli @ 1680x1050 would dip just under 30 fps during heavy combat in certain areas like relic. Since I lost my board I might sell off my cards, deffinetly one, and my p7n when I get a replacement and pick up a 4870x2, or mabey just a 4870.artiedeadat40

I figured The Witcher was buggy. Not to mention the little bits of screen-tearing as well. Other than that, it runs pretty okay. I would go with the 4870x2. My initial plan was to get that card but I couldn't wait so I settled for the 4870. I'm even thinking about selling my HD 4870 and putting it towards an HD 4870x2.

So you have two GTX 260s in SLi? Ah okay, I see it in your sig. That's pretty sick.

Well, I hope you get your new stuff soon so you could be up and running again.

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HD4870 beats GTX280 in Crysis warhead

blade55555

yea by 1 FPS with 16 AA. But the gtx 280 beat it without AA by 6...

"Benchmarked on Windows XP." What about Vista users? :shock: I dont even want to know the results. *Googles for benchmarks* :P