Mixed crossfire review: Sapphire 4850 1GB + Sapphire 4870 1GB
Pulled my 4850 X2 and 4870 X2 out of the case and decided to throw my singles in for another crossfire configurations. Lets see how a 4850 + 4870 stack up against the 4850 X2. And yes this will be a pci-e 2.0 8X/8X configurations, so those still believing that misinforming tweaktown article, can see the truth about the bandwidth of pci-e 2.0 8X/8X.
SAPPHIRE Radeon 4870 1GB & SAPPHIRE Radeon 4850 1GB
Installed
Close up
Catalyst Control Center (CCC): Graphics Software info
Driver Packaging Version 8.62-090520m1-081756C-ATI
Catalyst Version 09.6
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.909
2D Driver File Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0004
Direct3D Version 8.14.10.0671
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.8673
Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2009.0520.1631.27815
Catalyst Control Center (CCC): Graphics hardware info
Primary Adapter
Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by ATI
Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Device ID 9440
Vendor 1002
Subsystem ID 0851
Subsystem Vendor ID 174B
Graphics Bus Capability PCI Express 2.0
Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express 2.0 x8
BIOS Version 011.012.000.002
BIOS Part Number 113-AX89100-100
BIOS Date 2008/12/09
Memory Size 1024 MB
Memory Type GDDR5
Core Clock in MHz 750 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 900 MHz
Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 115.2 GByte/s
Linked Adapter
Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by ATI
Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Device ID 9442
Vendor 1002
Subsystem ID E810
Subsystem Vendor ID 174B
Graphics Bus Capability PCI Express 2.0
Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express 2.0 x8
BIOS Version 011.004.000.000
BIOS Part Number 11X-B50102-X06
BIOS Date 2008/07/11
Memory Size 1024 MB
Memory Type GDDR3
Core Clock in MHz 625 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 993 MHz
Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 63.6 GByte/s
Catalyst Control Center (CCC): CrossfireX configuration
Catalyst Control Center (CCC): ATI Overdrive Configuration
GPU-Z technical info
GPU-Z clock, idle temps., and fan speed info
GPU-Z load temps. info
Testbed:
E8300 @ 3.6G & 4.0G
ASUS P5Q-PRO
6Gb DDR2
ATI Catalyst 9.6
SAPPHIRE Radeon 4850 1GB
SAPPHIRE Radeon 4870 1GB
SAPPHIRE Radeon 4870 X2 2GB
Testing
3DMark 2006
3DMark Vantage
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Juarez
Crysis
(review part 2)
Devil May Cry 4
(review part 2)
Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars
(review part 2)
FarCry 2
(review part 2)
Furmark
(review part 2)
Left 4 Dead
(review part 2)
Resident Evil 5
(review part 3)
Sanctuary
(review part 3)
Street Fight IV
(review part 3)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky
(review part 3)
X3 Terran Conflict
(review part 3)
3DMark 2006:
4850 X2 = 17847
4850 + 4870 = 18803 (5% gain over X2)
3Dmark Vantage: Performance
4850 X2 = P10537
4850 + 4870 = P11034 (4% gain over X2)
Call of Duty: World at War
1,680 x 1,050 4xAA 16xAF, DX9, Maximum Detail
4850 X2 = 129 average fps
4850 + 4870 = 133 average fps (3% gain over X2)
1,920 x 1,080 4xAA 16xAF, DX9, Maximum Detail
4850 X2 = 120 average fps
4850 + 4870 = 125 average fps (4% gain over X2)
Call of Juarez:
1680 x 1050, 4xAA, DX10, highest quality settings
4850 X2 = 61.4 average fps
4850 + 4870 = 63.1 average fps (2% gain over X2)
1920 x 1200, 4xAA, DX10, highest quality settings
4850 X2 = 52.9 average fps
4850 + 4870 = 56.4 average fps (6% gain over X2)
To be continued.......