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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Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Call Of Duty 4: MW - 1,680x1,050 - 4xAA 16xAF
PowerColor HD 4850PowerColor HD 4870 1GB PCS+Leadtek 9800 GTX+Force3D HD 4870ZOTAC GTX 260
63.8384.876176.968.67

Call Of Duty 4: MW - 1,920x1,200 - 4xAA 16xAF
PowerColor HD 4850PowerColor HD 4870 1GB PCS+Leadtek 9800 GTX+Force3D HD 4870ZOTAC GTX 260
53.2370.7750.8365.958.77

Call Of Duty 4: MW - 2,560x1,600 - 4xAA 16xAF
PowerColor HD 4850PowerColor HD 4870 1GB PCS+Leadtek 9800 GTX+Force3D HD 4870ZOTAC GTX 260
33.934630.7342.239.87

ATI cards hold the advantage in Call Of Duty 4, and the PowerColor HD 4870 1GB PCS+ picks up another clear performance victory - offering a 10 per cent boost over the reference Force3D design..

What's more, the game is eminently playable at 2,560x1,600.