Here are the frame rates and the percentage evaluation results at 1680x1050, split by anti-aliasing setting. This makes comparison easier if you are looking for a graphics card for a particular screen size or resolution.
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1680x1050 without AA
fps
Percent
GeForce GTX 280 (1024 MB)
628.9
335.6
Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB)
595.8
317.9
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI (512 MB)
591.5
315.6
GeForce 9800 GTX SLI (512 MB)
589.3
314.5
GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB)
587.8
313.7
GeForce 9800 GX2 (2x512 MB)
582.3
310.7
GeForce 8800 GT SLI (1024 MB)
577.3
308.1
GeForce 8800 GT SLI (512 MB)
573.3
305.9
GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI (768 MB)
568.9
303.6
Radeon HD 4870 CF (512 MB)
560.5
299.1
GeForce GTX 280 SLI (1024 MB)
559.4
298.5
GeForce GTX 260 SLI (896 MB)
556.9
297.2
GeForce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB)
555.0
296.2
GeForce 8800 GTS OC (512 MB)
545.4
291.0
Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB)
536.8
286.4
Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB)
536.5
286.3
GeForce 9800 GTX (512 MB)
534.8
285.4
GeForce 8800 Ultra (768 MB)
534.0
285.0
GeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB)
523.3
279.2
Radeon HD 3870 CF (512 MB)
513.4
274.0
GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
507.3
270.7
Radeon HD 3870 X2 (2x512 MB)
494.8
264.0
Radeon HD 3850 CF (256 MB)
493.6
263.4
GeForce 8800 GT (1024 MB)
490.6
261.8
GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
488.4
260.6
Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB)
464.9
248.1
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI (320 MB)
460.6
245.8
GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB)
434.0
231.6
GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB)
426.0
227.3
Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB)
410.2
218.9
GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB)
401.2
214.1
GeForce 8600 GTS SLI (256 MB)
345.0
184.1
Radeon HD 3650 CF (512 MB)
328.8
175.5
GeForce 8600 GT SLI (256 MB)
296.7
158.3
GeForce 8600 GTS (512 MB)
233.3
124.5
GeForce 8600 GTS (256 MB)
226.6
120.9
Radeon HD 3650 (512 MB)
205.2
109.5
GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
187.4
100.0
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1680x1050 with AA
fps
Percent
GeForce GTX 280 (1024 MB)
634.0
583.3
GeForce GTX 280 SLI (1024 MB)
610.7
561.8
Radeon HD 4870 CF (512 MB)
602.8
554.6
GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI (768 MB)
602.5
554.3
GeForce GTX 260 SLI (896 MB)
600.6
552.5
GeForce 9800 GTX SLI (512 MB)
595.6
547.9
GeForce 8800 GT SLI (1024 MB)
584.9
538.1
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI (512 MB)
580.4
533.9
GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB)
565.8
520.5
GeForce 8800 GT SLI (512 MB)
564.1
519.0
GeForce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB)
558.3
513.6
GeForce 9800 GX2 (2x512 MB)
538.8
495.7
Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB)
532.9
490.2
Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB)
512.7
471.7
GeForce 8800 Ultra (768 MB)
498.2
458.3
GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
466.3
429.0
GeForce 8800 GTS OC (512 MB)
462.1
425.1
GeForce 9800 GTX (512 MB)
458.4
421.7
Radeon HD 3870 CF (512 MB)
445.7
410.0
GeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB)
445.5
409.8
Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB)
441.7
406.3
Radeon HD 3870 X2 (2x512 MB)
432.8
398.2
GeForce 8800 GT (1024 MB)
430.0
395.6
GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
414.3
381.1
GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB)
376.6
346.5
Radeon HD 3850 CF (256 MB)
372.2
342.4
GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB)
362.9
333.9
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI (320 MB)
354.9
326.5
Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB)
316.8
291.4
GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB)
310.1
285.3
Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB)
258.0
237.4
GeForce 8600 GTS SLI (256 MB)
246.2
226.5
Radeon HD 3650 CF (512 MB)
210.5
193.7
GeForce 8600 GT SLI (256 MB)
206.5
190.0
GeForce 8600 GTS (512 MB)
176.2
162.1
GeForce 8600 GTS (256 MB)
131.0
120.5
Radeon HD 3650 (512 MB)
117.9
108.5
GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
108.7
100.0
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Not a bad article, really comprehensive.
My one complaint? Why use that CPU when you know that the test cards are going to max it out? Why not a quad core OC'ed to 4GHz? It'd give far more meaning to the SLI results. We don't want results that we can duplicate at home, we want results that show what these cards can do. Its a GPU card comparason, not a complain about not having a powerful enough CPU story.
Oh? And please get a native english speaker to give it the once over for spelling and grammar errors, although this one had far less then many articles posted lately.
It'd be a good article if you'd used a powerful enough CPU and up to date Radeon drivers (considering we're now up to 8.8 now), I mean are those even the 'hotfix' 8.6's or just the vanilla drivers?
at 1280, all of the highend cards were CPU limited. at that resolution, you need a 3.2-3.4 c2d to feed a 3870... this article had so much potential, and yet... so much work, so much testing, fast for nothing, because most of the results are very cpu limited (except 1920@AA).
@pulasky - Rage much? It's called driver issues you dumbass. Some games are more optimised for multicard setups than others, and even then some favour SLi to Crossfire. And if you actually READ the article rather than let your shrinken libido get the better of you, you'll find that Crossfire does indeed work in CoD4.