From a purely framerate perspective, NVIDIA’s svelte little card is simply a resounding success when compared to the HD 5850. Much like the GTX 480, the GTX 470 really stretches its legs when AA is enabled and other IQ settings are turned up in which case is outstrips the competition by a good margin. To make matters even better, the minimum framerates show it pulling even further ahead. Most people looking at this card will likely be using a 27” or smaller monitor sporting a resolution of around 1920 x 1200 and it is exactly within that range where the GTX 470 is able to put down some of its most convincing wins. Its performance in DX11 games in particular was impressive and if those results are in any way representative of what we can expect in the future, this $349 card may lead a very long life indeed.
Originally Posted by ajaidev
Performance is really interesting. At 1680 x 1050 the card flies along with it at times beating out the HD 5870. As we move up the resolution table the picture changes. Even though the card carries with it more memory, we often saw that the performance between the GTX 470 and HD 5850 became quite close at 1920 x 1200 and the HD 5850 often being able to overtake the GTX 470 at 2560 x 1600.
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