Back in the Fray - ATI Radeon HD 4890
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Windows Vista Results - Crysis Warhead & Far Cry 2
Windows Vista Results - Crysis Warhead & Far Cry 2
The super-intensive and resource hungry CryENGINE really put our cards to the test and given the similar clock speeds of the ASUS EAH4890 and PowerColor HD 4890, it is not surprising to see the both of them recording nearly identical results. The Sapphire HD 4890, thanks to its slightly higher clock speeds, was a tad faster. From the graph, we can also see that the new HD 4890 offers slightly better performance than the GTX260+ and HD 4870. It was no match, however, for the GTX 285.
The HD 4890 managed Far Cry 2 pretty well. Despite our demanding graphics settings, all three cards successfully achieved playable frame rates of more than 30fps up until the most intensive setting of 1920 x 1440 with 8x anti-aliasing sampling activated. Against their intended rivals, the GTX 260+, their performance was mostly on par with a difference of at most 3fps separating them.
