Review: Supercharging the Radeon HD 4870 - PowerColor does it properly

by Tarinder Sandhu on 19 September 2008, 08:31

Tags: HD 4870 1GB PCS+, PowerColor (6150.TWO), AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - 1,680x1,050 - 4xAA 16xAF
PowerColor HD 4850PowerColor HD 4870 1GB PCS+Leadtek 9800 GTX+Force3D HD 4870ZOTAC GTX 260
6289.4771.982.3386.4

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - 1,920x1,200 - 4xAA 16xAF
PowerColor HD 4850PowerColor HD 4870 1GB PCS+Leadtek 9800 GTX+Force3D HD 4870ZOTAC GTX 260
52.2775.3357.5370.0772

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - 1,920x1,200 - 4xAA 16xAF
PowerColor HD 4850PowerColor HD 4870 1GB PCS+Leadtek 9800 GTX+Force3D HD 4870ZOTAC GTX 260
32.4648.3734.5743.9745.93

The increased clockspeeds and memory capacity of the PCS+ gives it enough of a boost over the 512MB-equipped reference HD 4870 such that it sees off the GTX 260 and claim top spot in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.