Performance in Third-Person 3D Shooters

Devil May Cry 4

Like in many other tests, top-performance multi-GPU solutions deliver similar results at every resolution from 1280x1024 and higher. And our opinion has not changed: if you are interested in assembling a top-speed gaming platform with more than two GPUs, you should consider the configuration with three Radeon HD 4890 in the first place as it is the quietest and most economical among the platforms that equal each other in terms of performance. On the other hand, even a single Radeon HD 4890 is quite enough even for playing the game on a 30-inch monitor.

Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia is a more demanding application and the single Radeon HD 4890 cannot deliver a playable speed at 1920x1200. The GeForce GTX 295 can’t cope with the task at 2560x1600 whereas the GeForce GTX 285 SLI and Radeon HD 4890 CrossFireX tandems are sufficiently fast then and have rather acceptable noise and power consumption parameters.

Yes, the more advanced configurations ensure a large reserve of speed but the Radeon HD 4890 3-way CrossFireX is the only one of them which is more or less comfortable for your ears. And that configuration is somewhat inferior to the Radeon HD 4870 X2 tandem as well as to the GeForce GTX 285 3-way SLI.