Review: Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OC vs. Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870: the aftermath

by Parm Mann on 27 January 2009, 12:57 2.8

Tags: GeForce GTX 260 OC, Radeon HD 4870 1024MB (Cat 9.3), Gigabyte (TPE:2376), AMD (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), Inno3D, PC

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Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 1,680x1,050 4xAA MaxAF
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870XFX GeForce GTX 280Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OC
72.5954.370.0464.46


Far Cry 2 1,920x1,200 4xAA MaxAF
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870XFX GeForce GTX 280Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OC
68.1249.1761.2856.37


Far Cry 2 2,560x1,600 4xAA MaxAF
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870XFX GeForce GTX 280Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OC
47.7632.9742.3838.63


Pushing our cards a little bit harder, Ubisoft's Far Cry 2 gives the GeForce GTX 260 OC an average performance advantage of eight frames per second over the Radeon HD 4870 1GB.

We're seeing a familiar trend, however. For an additional £5, the Radeon HD 4850 X2 can offer up to a 24 per cent performance increase over the GeForce GTX 260 OC.