Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1	Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1 (no Physx) Performance Overall: (P) Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 9116 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 8852 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 8358 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 5579 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 5149 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 6572 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 8383 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire (OC'd) 9934 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 6327 ASUS EAH4550 512M 1184 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 6600 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 9986 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 5335 GPU Score: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 12983 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 12252 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 9471 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 5905 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 5269 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 6701 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 9462 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire (OC'd) 12464 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 6418 ASUS EAH4550 512M 932 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 6694 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 12508 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 4266 CPU score: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 4814 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 4830 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 6180 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 4786 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 4821 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 6213 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 6246 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire (OC'd) 6174 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 6070 ASUS EAH4550 512M 6197 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 6334 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 6223

Overclocking has a pretty large impact on the Gigabyte GV-R477DR5-512H-B videocard's performance in 3Dmark Vantage. The result is enough to push the Crossfire'd Radeon HD 4770's to a score of P9934 from P6572 for one videocard.

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.

Crysis 1.2 (no AA) - DirectX10 1280x1024 HQ Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 40.46 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 39.7 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 39.105 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 39.4 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 58.54 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 40.835 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 36.55 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 43.4 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 53.28 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 40.86 ASUS EAH4550 512M 9.77 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 49.16 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 64.63 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 31.23 1600x1200 HQ Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 38.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 34.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 37.17 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 33.8 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 46.35 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 30.79 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 27.46 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 32.02 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 49.37 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 30.87 ASUS EAH4550 512M 7.05 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 37.67 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 58.88 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 22.84 1920x1200 HQ Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 35 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 29.9 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 34.07 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 29.7 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 41.07 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 26.2 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 23.43 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 28.68 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 43.97 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 27.78 ASUS EAH4550 512M 6.38 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 33.56 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 50.4 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 19.4

Crysis shows very promising results at 1920 X 1200 for the Gigabyte GV-R477DR5-512H-B in Crossfire with a second HD 4770 graphics card. The card keeps framerates faster than the Radeon HD 4890 and 4870X2, although it's still a little slower than a pair of Geforce GTS 250s in SLI mode. Most likely the Geforce cards will run into trouble once anti-aliasing is turned up later on.