Futuremark 3DMark Vantage

We minimize the CPU’s influence by using the Extreme profile (1920x1200, 4x FSAA and anisotropic filtering).

2 gigabytes of onboard memory are a factor, and the Radeon HD 4870 X2 performs better than the Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire.

Thanks to fast memory the Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire is superior in the first test, enjoying a 20% lead and leaving no chance to the GeForce GTX 280. The gap grows wider, to 35%, in the second test due to the higher efficiency of ATI’s texture processors that are also clocked at a much higher frequency than those of the Radeon HD 4850 CrossFire.