4870 benchmark request

[rounddodger]

Does a 4870 owner with GRID mind doing a 30 sec fraps bench with ULTRA settings 8XMSAA @ 1920 x 1080 (or 1680 x 1050 if you can't do that) and post the results?

I just want to see a genuine bench in a real world situation, so let's say around 30 secs racing in Race Day in the Porsche GT3 (first race I think). Hit the bench key on the starting grid and race as normal, obviously be honest and don't just stop and let other cars bugger off.

Cheers peeps!

EDIT- Actually make it 60 secs.

EDIT 2 :-

Here where my results on said settings :-

Min Max Avg
54 82 70.733

FPS
70
69
67
65
70
76
78
76
77
78
74
68
68
70
74
82
80
77
75
75
75
75
77
71
70
69
72
66
61
61
60
61
65
67
69
67
71
72
67
71
63
59
67
73
76
75
81
79
73
71
69
75
77
73
76
72
62
62
69
55

 

[J.D]

Why?. So you can highlight that your GTX 280 can manage the same settings fine due to having more vram . This is when the 4870s hit the vram limitation. I can just get away with 4xAA @ 2048x1536.

It's a pretty pathetic reason to have a jab at the opposing card when you own the card more capable due to having more vram. Shame on you for creating a scenario where the GTX 280 cannot lose . Why do it?. To feel better about your purchase or trying to get more people to buy GTX 280s? .

I tried 8xAA and trust me, playing with 4xAA is no big loss. In fact, it's darn fast, looks great and plays fantastically .

This thread has fail written all over it.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Post up your results first.

 

[TheMagic1an]

Well theres plenty of benchmarks just have to google them, no point in asking others to do it just so you can feel better about your card. We all know what the results will be.

Anyway i personally don't see the need for a lot of AA in racing games at high res.

 

[rounddodger]

Why?. So you can highlight that your GTX 280 can manage the same settings fine due to having more vram . This is when the 4870s hit the vram limitation. I can just get away with 4xAA @ 2048x1536.

It's a pretty pathetic reason to have a jab at the opposing card when you own the card more capable due to having more vram. Shame on you for creating a scenario where the GTX 280 cannot lose . Why do it?. To feel better about your purchase or trying to get more people to buy GTX 280s? .

I tried 8xAA and trust me, playing with 4xAA is no big loss. In fact, it's darn fast, looks great and plays fantastically .

This thread has fail written all over it.

Whooaaa there horsey. I just was curious to see how the 4870 performs at this level as everyone mentions it. No malice or nasty stuff intended!

Here where my results on said settings :-

Min Max Avg
54 82 70.733

FPS
70
69
67
65
70
76
78
76
77
78
74
68
68
70
74
82
80
77
75
75
75
75
77
71
70
69
72
66
61
61
60
61
65
67
69
67
71
72
67
71
63
59
67
73
76
75
81
79
73
71
69
75
77
73
76
72
62
62
69
55

 

[J.D]

Post up your results first.

That's what he's waiting for. He's seen or read somewhere about the vram limitation and as soon as someone posts their results he will be waiting with an itchy trigger finger to post his ones so he can stick his tongue out and dance around his card naked whilst chanting.

It's just so funny with him being a GTX 280 owner and asking for settings in which the GTX 280 will shine. It's so clear to see what this thread is about.

EDIT: Say what you want Rounddodger. I know exactly what you're doing with this thread and where it is heading .

 

[rounddodger]

On this note I should have posted my results first so apologies it wasn't intended to become a card bitch-fest. I only posted as I hear a lot about how well the 4870 stacks up with 8xAA and couldn't find many benchies with these settings and games I like. IE. not Crysis or the like yawn.

 

[rounddodger]

That's what he's waiting for. He's seen or read somewhere about the vram limitation and as soon as someone posts their results he will be waiting with an itchy trigger finger to post his ones so he can stick his tongue out and dance around his card naked whilst chanting.

It's just so funny with him being a GTX 280 owner and asking for settings in which the GTX 280 will shine. It's so clear to see what this thread is about.

EDIT: Say what you want Rounddodger. I know exactly what you're doing with this thread and where it is heading .

LOL! That was actually really funny, actually burst out laughing with the chanting naked bit!

I all seriousness I actually fully expect the 4870 to be close, the vram thing was not in my mind as I thought that only kicked in at 2560x1600?

 

[J.D]

LOL! That was actually really funny, actually burst out laughing with the chanting naked bit!

I all seriousness I actually fully expect the 4870 to be close, the vram thing was not in my mind as I thought that only kicked in at 2560x1600?

It's all good in the hood m8.

The 4870 does well at 8xAA in a few things I've heard (not tried myself) but Grid is one of those games where it isn't to be. I've just searched through about 10 reviews and not one had Grid x8 AA performance and I know why. Because it sucks. Tried it myself and it made Grid cry.

4xAA @ 2048x1536 is playable but I had an overclock going too, either @ 835Mhz Core and 1050Mhz memory or 850Mhz core and same memory.

The reason I called you out on the opening question that I know first hand that the 4870 will be whooped here due to the bigger bandwidth of the GTX 280 when stressed past the 512mb available to ATI. In all honesty though, 8xAA over 4xAA isn't a big deal in this game to me personally. Someone else's eyes might bleed due to not having it at 8xAA or higher but it isn't me .

What I seen, was a situation that the 4870 would be beaten (without a doubt) and probably quite heavily and that the question was raised from the owner of the opposing card (GTX 280). That just seems very coincidental that you've chosen the exact scenario where the 4870 would fail . I think a lot of the other games won't fall over at 8xAA as I'm sure I've read about good performances at this level of AA but Grid isn't one of them. 8xAA/Grid/4870 isn't a good combination but the majority are at this level.

 

[Final8y]

It's all good in the hood m8.

The 4870 does well at 8xAA in a few things I've heard (not tried myself) but Grid is one of those games where it isn't to be. I've just searched through about 10 reviews and not one had Grid x8 AA performance and I know why. Because it sucks. Tried it myself and it made Grid cry.

4xAA @ 2048x1536 is playable but I had an overclock going too, either @ 835Mhz Core and 1050Mhz memory or 850Mhz core and same memory.

The reason I called you out on the opening question that I know first hand that the 4870 will be whooped here due to the bigger bandwidth of the GTX 280 when stressed past the 512mb available to ATI. In all honesty though, 8xAA over 4xAA isn't a big deal in this game to me personally. Someone else's eyes might bleed due to not having it at 8xAA or higher but it isn't me .

What I seen, was a situation that the 4870 would be beaten (without a doubt) and probably quite heavily and that the question was raised from the owner of the opposing card (GTX 280). That just seems very coincidental that you've chosen the exact scenario where the 4870 would fail . I think a lot of the other games won't fall over at 8xAA as I'm sure I've read about good performances at this level of AA but Grid isn't one of them. 8xAA/Grid/4870 isn't a good combination but the majority are at this level.

Spot on!

 

[rounddodger]

It's all good in the hood m8.

The 4870 does well at 8xAA in a few things I've heard (not tried myself) but Grid is one of those games where it isn't to be. I've just searched through about 10 reviews and not one had Grid x8 AA performance and I know why. Because it sucks. Tried it myself and it made Grid cry.

4xAA @ 2048x1536 is playable but I had an overclock going too, either @ 835Mhz Core and 1050Mhz memory or 850Mhz core and same memory.

The reason I called you out on the opening question that I know first hand that the 4870 will be whooped here due to the bigger bandwidth of the GTX 280 when stressed past the 512mb available to ATI. In all honesty though, 8xAA over 4xAA isn't a big deal in this game to me personally. Someone else's eyes might bleed due to not having it at 8xAA or higher but it isn't me .

What I seen, was a situation that the 4870 would be beaten (without a doubt) and probably quite heavily and that the question was raised from the owner of the opposing card (GTX 280). That just seems very coincidental that you've chosen the exact scenario where the 4870 would fail . I think a lot of the other games won't fall over at 8xAA as I'm sure I've read about good performances at this level of AA but Grid isn't one of them. 8xAA/Grid/4870 isn't a good combination but the majority are at this level.

Cool maybe a bad choice of game as I honestly didn't know the 4870 would get trounced in this game, haven't actually seen any benchies of it at all (GRID I mean).

For the record I actually play this game @ 4xMSAA with VSYNC on and 60fps limit for smoothness as with 8xMSAA the odd frame drops here and there and its bloody distracting.

 

[mmj_uk]

That's what he's waiting for. He's seen or read somewhere about the vram limitation and as soon as someone posts their results he will be waiting with an itchy trigger finger to post his ones so he can stick his tongue out and dance around his card naked whilst chanting.

It's just so funny with him being a GTX 280 owner and asking for settings in which the GTX 280 will shine. It's so clear to see what this thread is about.

EDIT: Say what you want Rounddodger. I know exactly what you're doing with this thread and where it is heading .

Well in virtually every thread debating 4870 512 v GT280 some ATI fanboy claims that due to better compression they're equivalent, which is a total myth as far as I'm concerned.

So rather than take offense why not just humour him and put these claims to the test?

 

[Final8y]

Well in virtually every thread debating 4870 512 v GT280 some ATI fanboy claims that due to better compression they're equivalent, which is a total myth as far as I'm concerned.

So rather than take offense why not just humour him and put these claims to the test?

Its not a myth but its already known that Grid is just to much no matter what & no one claim that the ati compression would be equal to a NV 1GB card.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
10029, 106349, 69, 109, 94.303

At 1680x1050, not bad, i can see it doing well at 1920 rez as well.

 

[J.D]

Cool maybe a bad choice of game as I honestly didn't know the 4870 would get trounced in this game, haven't actually seen any benchies of it at all (GRID I mean).

For the record I actually play this game @ 4xMSAA with VSYNC on and 60fps limit for smoothness as with 8xMSAA the odd frame drops here and there and its bloody distracting.

Aye it was one of the worst choices for 8xAA you could have made as it would have been a severe trouncing. I can't remember the other title that 8xAA sucked on the ATI 4 series cards and it wasn't Crysis (8xAA in Crysis lol ). If I remember I'll post.

Yeah anything higher than 4xAA @ 1920x1200 for me then the frame drops get bloody distracting also . Although my dips are like 99% of the time .

4xAA and it runs like melted butter. Although not tried with Vsync I'd be pretty confident it would be ok. Maybe even at 75hrtz @ 1920x1200 would be fine also.

Well in virtually every thread debating 4870 512 v GT280 some ATI fanboy claims that due to better compression they're equivalent, which is a total myth as far as I'm concerned.

So rather than take offense why not just humour him and put these claims to the test?

Its not a myth but its already known that Grid is just to much no matter what & no one claim that the ati compression would be equal to a NV 1GB card.

Well said.

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@mmj_uk. What is the point of putting these claims to the test?. I know the outcome already . What about 8xAA where the 4870 isn't crippled?. How about those benchmarks to show against the GTX280 where both cards are performing well and not just the one game where it's a big factor and favours Nvidia?.

 

[J.D]

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
10029, 106349, 69, 109, 94.303

At 1680x1050, not bad, i can see it doing well at 1920 rez as well.

Try it . It won't be good. My m8 on E6850 @ 3.6Ghz, 4gb of Ram, X48 DFI TR-2 mobo and two 4870s struggled at 1920x1200 @ 8xAA. Not sure if Crossfire was enabled though as he was having problems pre SP1.