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Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 GeForce GTX 260 Videocard Review
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 GeForce GTX 260 Videocard Review - PCSTATS
The Geforce GX 260 core on Sparkle's videocard is clocked at the default speed of 576MHz, the shaders hum away at 1242MHz, while the GDDR3 memory runs at an even 999MHz.
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External Mfg. Website: Sparkle May 26 2009   J. Apong  
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AA/AF Videocard Benchmarks: FarCry 2, Crysis

Far Cry 2 - AA/AF Tests

Source: Ubisoft

Far Cry 2 takes place in a fictonal modern-dar East African nation in a state of anarchy and civil war. The player takes control of a mercentary on a lengthy journet to locare and assassinate 'the Jackal," a notorious arms dealer. Far Cry 2 has extensive benchmarking tests that can be configured to break down system performance in several ways.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportFar Cry 2 - Ultra HQ, DX10, 4AA/8AA
1600x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 56.25
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 47.31
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 31.12
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 30.36
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 52.27
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 44.9
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 22.17
1600x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 47.95
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 35.53
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 22.51
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 21.33
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 39.68
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 32.7
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 13.92
1900x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 55.43
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 42.93
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 28.46
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 26.71
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 46.53
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 41.94
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 17.56
1900x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 43.9
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 31.73
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 19.37
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 17.77
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 30.98
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 34.38
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 10.91

Far Cry 2 is a newer benchmark, and once the AA is turned up to max the Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 is actually faster than everything but the Radeon HD 4870 X2, a much more expensive videocard.

Crysis 1.2 - AA/AF Tests

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 HQ - 4xAA/8xAA Tests
1600x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 36.8
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 21.8
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 27.95
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 25.2
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 39.75
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 24.7
MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 22.01
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 23.2
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 42.23
Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 23.21
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 34.1
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 25.09
ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 35.28
Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 17.12
1600x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 37.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 28.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 34.52
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 28.8
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 42.89
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 26.9
MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 24.22
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 28.19
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 46.73
Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 27.97
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 32.96
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 21.25
ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 26.59
Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 16.5
1900x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 33.8
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 20.3
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 24.69
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 14.5
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 35.43
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 18
MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 18.41
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 20.24
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 28.76
Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 20.58
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 28.71
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 19.78
ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 26.21
Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 14.2
1900x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 34.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 24
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 30.88
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 24.3
Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 38.19
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 23.4
MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 21.02
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 24.52
Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 41.25
Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 23.81
Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 27.79
ASUS ENGTS250 DK 18.56
ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 21.33
Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 13.58

The Sparkle GTX 260 videocard is unable match the performance from the Radeon HD 4890 videocard once Crysis has its maximum IQ settings enabled. Dito for the super-cheap ATI Radeon HD 4770s in crossfire mode.

Now that you've seen the benchmarks, where does all this position Sparkle's GTX260 videocard? PCSTATS has the answer right after the jump, don't miss this exciting conclusion....

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Contents of Article: Sparkle GTX260 Core 216
 Pg 1.  Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 GeForce GTX 260 Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  nVidia Geforce GTX260 and the GT200 GPU
 Pg 3.  Videocard Power Consumption Measurements
 Pg 4.  Overclocking a Geforce GTX260 with nVidia nTune
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark06
 Pg 6.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, STALKER, Crysis
 Pg 7.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez
 Pg 8.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Lost Planet
 Pg 9.  Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 10.  AA/AF Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR AA/AF
 Pg 11.  — AA/AF Videocard Benchmarks: FarCry 2, Crysis
 Pg 12.  Radeon or Geforce GTX260 - Who's the better GPU?

 
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