Radeon 4830 512MB to Radeon 6870 1GB Review! Now With OC Benchmarks!!

[Termie]

Absolutely the same. I just played 5 mins of close combat and then 5 mins of sniping and the performance fell in line with the data in the OP. I wont be able to bench the 4830 against the 6870 for now, but I will be able to bench the 6870 and the 6870 OCed.

How do you bench single player in BC2? Once I get past a part I cant go back. It autosaves and i'd have to redo the entire campaign!

There's an option to reload a specific scene. It's under "Single Player," "My Campaign," and then "Select Mission." You'll still need to restart each scene (chapter), but that's fine for benching.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

There's an option to reload a specific scene. It's under "Single Player," "My Campaign," and then "Select Mission." You'll still need to restart each scene (chapter), but that's fine for benching.

Thanks. I'll have that done in the next day or two. I didn't see that :\

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Battlefield Bad Company 2 single player benches added.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Street Fighter 4, Grand Theft Auto 4 and CS:S Video Stress Test Added!

 

[BlueWeasel]

Can you give us benchmarks for Civilization 2? :biggrin:

Congrats on the upgrade. When I finally decide to get rid of my 4890, the 6870 looks like a great upgrade. I tend to upgrade video cards when they hit ~$180 and usually keep them for a while.

I'm curious how the 6870 would pair well with my E8400 @ 3.9Ghz, or if I should make the jump to i5/i7/Sandy Bridge at the same time.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Can you give us benchmarks for Civilization 2? :biggrin:

Congrats on the upgrade. When I finally decide to get rid of my 4890, the 6870 looks like a great upgrade. I tend to upgrade video cards when they hit ~$180 and usually keep them for a while.

I'm curious how the 6870 would pair well with my E8400 @ 3.9Ghz, or if I should make the jump to i5/i7/Sandy Bridge at the same time.

I'm thinking I'm I/O limited in Civilization 2. Gonna go SSD for that one 😀

Completely depends on the games you play on whether you should upgrade the GPU now. Any game that wants 3+ cores you should be thinking CPU upgrade. If it's an older game or one that is solely GPU dependant then totally upgrade the GPU.

Keep in mind my CPU is 1.1ghz lower in single threaded apps, with lower cache. In Source games like CS:S, TF2 and DOD:S your computer should be amazing. L4D wants 3+ cores I believe.