ASUS GTX 280 TOP compared to ASUS 4870 TOP CrossFire in all 3Dmarks

[Achill3uS]

hi there,
around the weekend i've got few vga's to test from ASUS, so decided to make a 3Dmark roundup (in Vantage tests i didnt used any Physix booster drivers) on just air/water cooling btw i was curious to the P5Q3 Deluxe's performance in CF, and it was a surprise, i didnt expected as good scores compared to Rampage Extreme (X48), ive got almost the same results, differences was less than 1%
here is the setup:


Intel E8500
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe
2*1GB Kingmax DDR3-1600
ASUS GTX 280 TOP 1GB
2*ASUS HD4870 TOP 512MB
WD Raptor 36GB
Ultra X3 1000W

set for stock runs: 4.05GHz, 1800 7-6-5-18
set for OC runs: 4.50GHz, 1600 7-6-5-18

system pics



so let's see the numbers...

3Dmark01

GTX 280 TOP @ stock clocks [78421]
4870 TOP CF @ stock clocks [81098]




GTX 280 TOP @ 750/1300 [87629]
4870 TOP CF @ 850/1000 [89351]




3Dmark03

GTX 280 TOP @ stock clocks [60005]
4870 TOP CF @ stock clocks [93843]




GTX 280 TOP @ 730/1250 [65405]
4870 TOP CF @ 850/1000 [99800]




3Dmark05

GTX 280 TOP @ stock clocks [25231]
4870 TOP CF @ stock clocks [27072]




GTX 280 TOP @ 730/1250 [27743]
4870 TOP CF @ 850/1000 [29688]




3Dmark06

GTX 280 TOP @ stock clocks [17843]
4870 TOP CF @ stock clocks [19774]




GTX 280 TOP @ 730/1250 [19539]
4870 TOP CF @ 850/1000 [21603]




3Dmark Vantage
Performance

GTX 280 TOP @ stock clocks [10440]
4870 TOP CF @ stock clocks [12768]




GTX 280 TOP @ 730/1250 [11241]
4870 TOP CF @ 850/1000 [13743]




3Dmark Vantage
Extreme

GTX 280 TOP @ stock clocks [5823]
4870 TOP CF @ stock clocks [6232]




GTX 280 TOP @ 730/1250 [6181]
4870 TOP CF @ 850/1000 [7149]




hope you'll enjoy it
Bala