Sapphire HD 4870 Video Card Review
Call of Duty 4
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Call of Duty 4 is a DirectX 9 game implementing high-dynamic range (HDR) and its own physics engine, which is used to calculate how objects interact. For example, if you shoot, what exactly will h
appen to the object when the bullet hits it? Will it break? Will it move? Will the bullet bounce back? It gives a more realistic experience to the user.
We ran this program at three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, maxing out all image quality controls (i.e., everything was put on the maximum values on the Graphics and Texture menus). We used the game internal benchmarking feature, running a demo provided by NVIDIA called “wetwork.” We are putting this demo for downloading here if you want to run your own benchmarks. The game was updated to version 1.6.
| Call of Duty 4 – 1680×1050 – Maximum | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 106.2 | 13.70% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 105.3 | 12.74% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 98.7 | 5.67% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 93.4 | |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 91.0 | 2.64% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 75.7 | 23.38% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 72.4 | 29.01% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 69.1 | 35.17% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 43.0 | 117.21% |
| Call of Duty 4 – 1920×1200 – Maximum | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 94.5 | 23.69% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 91.7 | 20.03% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 84.8 | 10.99% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 77.1 | 0.92% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 76.4 | |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 61.3 | 24.63% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 59.1 | 29.27% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 57.7 | 32.41% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 35.4 | 115.82% |
| Call of Duty 4 – 2560×1600 – Maximum | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 64.8 | 34.72% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 64.8 | 34.72% |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 58.1 | 20.79% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 53.5 | 11.23% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 48.1 | |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 40.6 | 18.47% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 38.3 | 25.59% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 36.7 | 31.06% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 22.4 | 114.73% |