Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.4
by
Tino Kreiss
Larger variations are normal in higher resolutions. In fact, the frame rate can even go up because the graphics card gets more work to do and CPU power can be used for the 3D engine again. CrossFire with dual-chip cards, SLI, and single-card CrossFire don’t provide any advantages, as the frame rates are almost always lower due to a taxed CPU. For good frame rates in Quake Wars, one fast graphics chip is enough.
Driver Comparison: Catalyst 8.9 Versus Catalyst 8.10 w/ Radeon HD 4870 X2
You can see a slight drop in performance, but the values are within measurement tolerances. The break at 1680x1050 without anti-aliasing (0AA) is unexpected, but we tested several times to confirm that these numbers are correct.
| ET: Quake Wars in fps | 1280 0xAA | 1680 0xAA | 1920 0xAA | 1280 4xAA | 1680 4xAA | 1920 4xAA | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 4870 X2 8.10 QX@3.67 | 90.1 | 87.6 | 89.1 | 86.4 | 86.3 | 86.1 | 525.6 |
| HD 4870 X2 8.9 QX@3.67 | 91.1 | 91.4 | 89.4 | 87.9 | 87.3 | 86.8 | 533.9 |
| Performance difference in percent | -1.1 | -4.2 | -0.3 | -1.7 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -1.6 |
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I Liked this Article, didn't read it word for word so im not going to nit-pic for the sake of it, it confirmed my choice of video card (asus top)and gave benchmarks based on the Processor and speeds i run at....
also goes to show that anyone who bought a 9800gx2 is still sitting pretty.
Thanks Guys.
erm, are you sure about those figures for the 9800GX2 for crysis VHQ @ 1920x1200?
less than 1 frame a second???
otherwise graphics cards comparison article, keep 'em comin'!
cheers,
bill
p.s. stuff and nonsense: http://www.eupeople.net/forum
I believe the less than 1fps crysis result was the problem they were referring to in the text, it is a driver bug with the card if I'm not mistaken.
Would have been nice to see the 4650 in crossfire since it'd be comparable with my 2x3850 setup.
Well done Tino.
Great article.
What is the cooler you have on that processor? Would you recommend that.
Got a quad core thats reaching 70 degrees celsius, seems to high. So i am looking to invest in some non-stock cooling
Great article btw, love the ATI's for now
What was the actaul timedemo used for the Crysis VHQ benchmark ?
hi,
i have a 4870 (1024mb) and i am concidering to get a second, with a asus p6t mobo, will i just beable to plug it in then add the crossfire cable and then use it or is there some fiddling involved. also there is a fairly small gap inbetween the 2 card about 3mm will that still be sufficiant for cooling
kit cowan