Insane HD 4870X2 Crossfire-X scaling action!

[Malmedahl]

I saw so much difference in the reviews of the 4870x2 so I decided to sit down this weeken and see for myself how well it performs and compares.




e8500 @ 4275MHz, 450x9,5
4gb 800MHz 4-4-4-18 @SPP
4gb 900MHz 5-5-5-18 @X48
xfx 780i SLI, p07 BIOS
Gigabyte x48-dq6, F7 BIOS
Vista U64
CCC 8.9
FORCEW 177.92

Assassins Creed. 2560x1600, MAX-DET, DX10
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI 36 97 58
4870x2 36 164 76
4870x2CFX 41 120 74

Bioshock. 2560x1600, MAX-DET, DX10
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI 41 180 78
4870x2 45 238 111
4870x2CFX 20 254 126

Doom 3. 2560x1600, MAX-DET, 4xAA
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI 124
4870x2 140
4870x2CFX 131

Race Driver Grid. 2560x1600, MAX-DET, 2xAA
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI 57 89 68
4870x2 23 110 85
4870x2CFX 77 141 115

Lost Planet. 2560x1600, MAX-DET, 4xAA, DX10
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI 16 50 34
4870x2 13 43 28
4870x2CFX F_A_I_L_E_D (To low performance)

STALKER. 2560x1600, MAX-DET, FULL-DYN-LIGHT, MAX AA
MIN-MAX- AVG
8800U-SLI 13 1913 138
4870x2 14 2360 141
4870x2CFX 17 2192 207

STALKER-Clear Sky. 2560x1600, MAX-DET, FULL-Enhanced-DYN-LIGHT(dx10)
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI 8 25 12
4870x2 9 28 13
4870x2CFX 12 58 21


Crysis. 2560x1600, VERY-HIGH, DX10
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI F_A_I_L_E_D (NVLDDMKM.SYS) sigh...
4870x2 13 25 22
4870x2CFX 17 46 31


World in Conflict. 2560x1600, VERY-HIGH, 4xAA, 4xANISO, DX10
MIN-MAX-AVG
8800U-SLI 23 74 39
4870x2 20 69 38 (Massive stuttering)
4870x2CFX 16 115 42 (Massive stuttering)