Quote Originally Posted by ownage View Post
Latest rumours: nVidia score are pretty much reliable ATI's score less at this moment.

Vantage Xtreme settings, 1920*1200+4aa+16af

GTX 280 = X4098
GTX 260 = X3782
9800GX2 = 3608
HD4870XT = X2595
HD3870X2 =2582
8800ULTRA = 2.403
HD4850PRO = X1981
HD3870 = X1440

Just rumours. I think we'll see more benchmarks soon.
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Hmm, those scores look pretty good for the 4870XT. Just a bit faster than the HD3870X2 (as many said it would be comparable) and much faster than the 3870. And with that amount of AA and AF, looks like they fixed a lot of the AA and AF issues. Plus, if ATI cars in Vantage aren't doing so well and can increase in performance once fixed, it will certainly be a good % faster than the Ultra, which at those settings still beats 9800GTX. So it's in line with the idea that the 4870XT is ~20-30% faster than the 9800GTX.

HD4850PRO looks like a great deal at its price range too.

Hopefully those GTX280 scores will be higher, but at the same time, in synthetic tests, dual GPU cards tend to be more optimized than real-world performance would indicate.