Sapphire HD 4870 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 |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 14.39% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15623 | 9.91% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14904 | 4.85% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 14878 | 4.66% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 14215 | |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 13701 | 3.75% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 12759 | 11.41% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 11842 | 20.04% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 10694 | 32.93% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15547 | 19.44% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 18.99% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14215 | 9.20% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 13730 | 5.48% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 13017 | |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 12668 | 2.75% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 11631 | 11.92% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 10691 | 21.76% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 9454 | 37.69% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13015 | 28.11% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 21.22% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 11766 | 15.82% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 10977 | 8.05% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 10159 | |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 9894 | 2.68% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8743 | 16.20% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 8077 | 25.78% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6823 | 48.89% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 46.98% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13900 | 25.64% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 12157 | 9.89% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 11703 | 5.79% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 11063 | |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 10617 | 4.20% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8981 | 23.18% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 8881 | 24.57% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6915 | 59.99% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 54.67% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 12213 | 21.96% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 10991 | 9.76% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 10512 | 4.97% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 10014 | |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 9450 | 5.97% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 7972 | 25.61% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 7811 | 28.20% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6114 | 63.79% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 63.11% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 9829 | 30.19% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 8704 | 15.28% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 8165 | 8.15% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 7550 | |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 7285 | 3.64% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 5896 | 28.05% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 5774 | 30.76% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 4319 | 74.81% |