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Palit Radeon HD 4870 X2 Videocard Review
Palit Radeon HD 4870 X2 Videocard Review - PCSTATS
Today PCSTATS is testing Palit's latest videocard, the Radeon HD 4870 X2, sporting a pair of ATI/AMD's powerful 4870 (Radeon 770) GPUs. This dual slot card is intended to provide gamers with the power of a dual video card Crossfire setup in a single unit, and features a huge 2GB of onboard GDDR5 video memory.
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External Mfg. Website: Palit Sep 07 2008   Max Page  
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Advanced Video card Benchmarks: Crysis, Quake 4

Crysis 1.2

Source: Electronic Arts

Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter developed by Crytek. Crysis uses Microsoft's new API, DirectX 10 for graphics rendering, and includes the new engine—the CryEngine 2—that is the successor to Far Cry's CryEngine. CryEngine 2 is among the first engines to use the DirectX 10 framework of Windows Vista, but can also run using DirectX 9, both on Vista and Windows XP.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportCrysis 1.2 1600x1200 HQ - AA/AF
1600x1200 4xAA Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 36.8
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 21.8
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 25.2
Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 27.95
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 24.7
1600x1200 8xAA Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 37.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 28.2
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 28.8
Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 34.52
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 26.9
1900x1200 4xAA Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 33.8
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 20.3
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 14.5
Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 24.69
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 18
1900x1200 8xAA Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 34.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 24
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 24.3
Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 30.88
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 23.4

The Palit HD4870X2 videocard performs faster than two Radeon 3870X2 videocards in Crossfire even with 8xAA turned on. With the game running at a resolution 1900x1200 on the test platforms Asus MK241 24" display, things look fantastic.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3

Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on video cards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportID Software Quake 4 1.3 Custom Demo UQ 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests
8x AA: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 140.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 101.3
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.5
Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 134.1
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 103.1
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 151.6
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 130.7
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 131.3
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 128
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 123.4
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 152.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 130.7
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 124.3
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 134.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 71.8
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 74.9
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.8
4x AA / 4x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 140.7
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 115
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 105.1
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 132
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 156.5
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 138
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 137.5
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 137
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 130.9
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 153.9
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 131.4
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 125.3
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 108.7
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 82.3
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 86.3
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 88.8
8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 142.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 105
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.8
Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 133.6
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 123.9
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 137.3
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 106.2
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 105.2
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 105.2
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 98.2
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 121.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 99.8
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 91.8
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 87.6
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 51.7
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 53.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.7
16xQ AA / 16x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 132.4
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 72.5
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 67.9
Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Crossfire 92.9
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 102.2
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 122.9
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 127.4
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 93.8
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 93.9
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 91.6
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 86.5
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 100.3
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 69.9
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 68.5
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 83.1
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 31.6
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 32.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 73.75

If you like first person shooters and want to play with AA/AF enabled, the Palit HD4870X2 videocard will keep you in the game. With everything enabled the Palit HD4870X2 gets 132.4 FPS!

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Contents of Article: Palit Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
 Pg 1.  Palit Radeon HD 4870 X2 Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 Technology
 Pg 3.  Power Consumption, Thermal Solution, Noise
 Pg 4.  Overclocking the Twin Radeon 4870 GPUs
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: System Specs, 3DMark Vantage
 Pg 6.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark 3DMark06
 Pg 7.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Crysis, Call of Juaraz
 Pg 8.  DX10 Video card Benchmarks: Lost Planet
 Pg 9.  Videocard Benchmarks: Quake 4
 Pg 10.  Video card Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 11.  — Advanced Video card Benchmarks: Crysis, Quake 4
 Pg 12.  Advanced Video card Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 13.  Conclusions: Palit's Radeon HD4870X2 Rocks!

 
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