Sapphire HD 4870 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 | |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 7.98% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 16221 | 8.24% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15623 | 12.38% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14904 | 17.80% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 14215 | 23.51% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 13701 | 28.14% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 13355 | 31.46% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 12759 | 37.60% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 11842 | 48.26% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 11471 | 53.06% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 10694 | 64.18% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 17414 | |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15547 | 12.01% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 12.43% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 15486 | 12.45% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14215 | 22.50% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 13017 | 33.78% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 12668 | 37.46% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 12206 | 42.67% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 11631 | 49.72% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 10691 | 62.88% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 10253 | 69.84% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 9454 | 84.20% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 15920 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 14146 | 12.54% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13015 | 22.32% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 29.27% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 11766 | 35.31% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 10159 | 56.71% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 9894 | 60.91% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 9365 | 69.99% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8743 | 82.09% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 8077 | 97.10% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 7679 | 107.32% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6823 | 133.33% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 0.78% |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 16134 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 13946 | 15.69% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13900 | 16.07% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 12157 | 32.71% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 11063 | 45.84% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 10617 | 51.96% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 9391 | 71.80% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8981 | 79.65% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 8881 | 81.67% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 7899 | 104.25% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6915 | 133.32% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 1.15% |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 15313 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 13091 | 16.97% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 12213 | 25.38% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 10991 | 39.32% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 10014 | 52.92% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 9450 | 62.04% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 8144 | 88.03% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 7972 | 92.08% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 7811 | 96.04% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 6826 | 124.33% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6114 | 150.46% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | 12479 | |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 1.33% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | 10893 | 14.56% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 9829 | 26.96% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 8704 | 43.37% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 7550 | 65.28% |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 7285 | 71.30% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX+ | 6065 | 105.75% |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 5896 | 111.65% |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 5774 | 116.12% |
| GeForce 9800 GT | 5045 | 147.35% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 4319 | 188.93% |