Sapphire HD 4850 X2 Video Card Review
3DMark06 Professional
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3DMark06 measures Shader 3.0 (i.e., DirectX 9.0c) performance. We run this software under three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, first with no image quality enhancements enabled – results we call “low” on the charts and tables below –, then setting 4x anti-aliasing and 16x anisotropic filtering. See the results below.
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 17557 | 4.95% |
| Radeon HD 4850 X2 | 16729 | |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 2.88% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 16221 | 3.13% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15623 | 7.08% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14904 | 12.25% |
| Radeon HD 4870 | 14215 | 17.69% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 13701 | 22.10% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 13355 | 25.26% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 12759 | 31.12% |
| Radeon HD 4850 | 11842 | 41.27% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 11471 | 45.84% |
| Radeon HD 4830 | 10898 | 53.51% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 10694 | 56.43% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 17414 | 6.87% |
| Radeon HD 4850 X2 | 16294 | |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15547 | 4.80% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 5.20% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 15486 | 5.22% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14215 | 14.63% |
| Radeon HD 4870 | 13017 | 25.17% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 12668 | 28.62% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 12206 | 33.49% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 11631 | 40.09% |
| Radeon HD 4850 | 10691 | 52.41% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 10253 | 58.92% |
| Radeon HD 4830 | 9787 | 66.49% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 9454 | 72.35% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 15920 | 12.59% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 14146 | 0.05% |
| Radeon HD 4850 X2 | 14140 | |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13015 | 8.64% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 14.82% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 11766 | 20.18% |
| Radeon HD 4870 | 10159 | 39.19% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 9894 | 42.91% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 9365 | 50.99% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8743 | 61.73% |
| Radeon HD 4850 | 8077 | 75.06% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 7679 | 84.14% |
| Radeon HD 4830 | 7308 | 93.49% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6823 | 107.24% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 8.42% |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 16134 | 7.58% |
| Radeon HD 4850 X2 | 14997 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 13946 | 7.54% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13900 | 7.89% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 12157 | 23.36% |
| Radeon HD 4870 | 11063 | 35.56% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 10617 | 41.25% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 9391 | 59.70% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8981 | 66.99% |
| Radeon HD 4850 | 8881 | 68.87% |
| Radeon HD 4830 | 7943 | 88.81% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 7899 | 89.86% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6915 | 116.88% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 12.17% |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 15313 | 10.89% |
| Radeon HD 4850 X2 | 13809 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 13091 | 5.48% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 12213 | 13.07% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 10991 | 25.64% |
| Radeon HD 4870 | 10014 | 37.90% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 9450 | 4 6.13% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 8144 | 69.56% |
| Radeon HD 4850 | 7972 | 73.22% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 7811 | 76.79% |
| Radeon HD 4830 | 7109 | 94.25% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 6826 | 102.30% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6114 | 125.86% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 12479 | 14.97% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 13.46% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 10893 | 0.36% |
| Radeon HD 4850 X2 | 10854 | |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 9829 | 10.43% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 8704 | 24.70% |
| Radeon HD 4870 | 7550 | 43.76% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 7285 | 48.99% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 6065 | 78.96% |
| Radeon HD 4850 | 5896 | 84.09% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 5774 | 87.98% |
| Radeon HD 4830 | 5213 | 108.21% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 5045 | 115.14% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 4319 | 151.31% |