Performance in Semi-Synthetic Benchmarks

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage

We minimize the CPU’s influence by using the Extreme profile (1920x1200, 4x FSAA and anisotropic filtering). We also publish the results of the individual tests across all display resolutions to provide a full picture.

The tested graphics cards are ranked up according to their overclocking potential, but even the Gigabyte version cannot notch 6,000 points. It outperforms the GeForce GTX 275 despite the lack of PhysX support, though.

The individual tests produce a predictable picture: overclocking makes the Radeon HD 4890 as fast as the GeForce GTX 275 and, at high resolutions, even as fast as the GeForce GTX 285. The Radeon HD 5870 is of course unrivalled. The single-chip solutions of the previous generation are no match to it.