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The main result that stands out from the figures is that HD 4850 has approximately double the performance of HD 3850 and it has more than enough oomph to play Crysis. HD 4870 offers 25 per cent more of the same and is superb for gaming.

Crysis Results

AMD RV770 - Crysis Results

Average frame rates
Longer bars are better

3DMark06 Results

AMD RV770 - 3DMark06 Results

Longer bars are better

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Latest Comments

EPIC FAIL!

What were you thinking when you made those graphs?

They tell you nothing, NOTHING I tell you!

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And another thing...

Can't understand folks' bleating about the PowerPlay thing. There are so many folk giving it "ooh once again ATi screws us with the drivers, this is a joke, I'm sticking with nVidia at least the drivers work"

1) nVidia are just as bad if not worse for feature support in early drivers - look at the 7800GX2 fiasco.

2) If you want to spend more money on a card that will do the same job and consume more power then go ahead and quit whining

3) Er, wait a few weeks?

The only way I can see the "ZOMG the drivurz are skrewd and now I have to w8 a hole month" argument making any sense is if you're a spoilt kid buying into the latest architecture every time. Even then they don't come out often enough to make much sense out of such pissy bitchy whining.

PS: I'm not an ATi fanboy (until a few weeks ago I was poised to buy a 9800GTX) but I am a big fan of not having to filter out pissy whiny moans whilst reading comments on a mature IT news site.

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Crysis?

Come on guys, everyone knows that Crysis is not an accurate Benchmark. It has been dropped from tests on a number of occasions.

Im waiting for anyone to do a fanless 4850 for xFire

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