Review: ASUS vs. ASUS: GeForce GTX 260 MATRIX against Radeon HD 4890 Voltage Tweak

by Tarinder Sandhu on 7 May 2009, 05:00 3.35

Tags: Radeon HD 4890 Voltage Tweak, ASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MB , ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), PC

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
ASUS HD 4890 VT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
93.582.5595.3592.65112.45106.797.4


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
ASUS HD 4890 VT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
79.4569.5578.776.593.1588.583


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
ASUS HD 4890 VT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBASUS ENGTX260 MATRIX 896MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
50.9544.8350.1548.8559.9556.753.45


The two ASUS cards produce eerily similar performance here, and the good-looking game is eminently smooth at 1,920x1,200 with most of the bells and whistles turned on.