Sapphire HD 4850 Video Card Review
Quake 4
Contents
We upgraded Quake 4 to version 1.4.2 and ran its multiplayer demo id_perftest with SMP option enabled (which allows Quake 4 to recognize and use more than one CPU), under the same three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, first with image quality settings configured at “low” and then with image quality settings configured at “ultra.” You can check the results below, given in frames per second.
| Quake 4 – 1680×1050 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 285.30 | 18.20% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 268.80 | 11.36% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 241.38 | |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 227.75 | 5.98% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 225.52 | 7.03% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 220.48 | 9.48% |
| Quake 4 – 1920×1200 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 266.23 | 28.25% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 235.92 | 13.65% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 207.58 | |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 188.40 | 10.18% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 174.06 | 19.26% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 158.87 | 30.66% |
| Quake 4 – 2560×1600 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 197.82 | 54.55% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 168.81 | 31.88% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 128.00 | |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 116.01 | 10.34% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 114.34 | 11.95% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 100.07 | 27.91% |
| Quake 4 – 1680×1050 – Ultra | Score | Difference |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 246.39 | 1.85% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 241.91 | |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 237.98 | 1.65% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 218.80 | 10.56% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 194.65 | 24.28% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 167.26 | 44.63% |
| Quake 4 – 1920×1200 – Ultra | Score | Difference |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 224.44 | 8.13% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 218.62 | 5.32% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 207.57 | |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 158.35 | 31.08% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 158.18 | 31.22% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 144.80 | 43.35% |
| Quake 4 – 2560×1600 – Ultra | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 177.36 | 38.69% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 168.43 | 31.71% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 127.88 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 102.04 | 25.32% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 94.68 | 35.07% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 94.40 | 35.47% |