Benchmarks

We'll be comparing the ASUS EAH 4770 against a few competing products. On the bench against the 4770 Formula will be an ASUS GTS 250, and a MSI 9800 GT. While the last card isn't in the same generation, the price-point is in direct competition.

Test Setup: Intel C2D X6800, ASUS P35, 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR3, Seagate 7200.8 400GB, Windows XP SP3, Audio on.

ASUS EAH 4770 w/AMD Catalyst 9.6

ASUS GTS 250 w/GeForce Driver Release 186.18

MSI 9800 GT w/GeForce Driver Release 186.18

Games:

Call of Duty 5 - 1280x1024 default settings with 4xAA, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 default settings with no AA.

Race Driver GRID - 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 default settings no AA.

Crysis Warhead - 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 default settings no AA.

Far Cry 2 - 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, default settings no AA.

Stalker: Clear Sky - 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, default settings no AA.

Tomb Raider Underworld -  1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, default settings no AA.

Benchmarks were done with a 300 second run through using the latest version of FRAPS. These benchmarks measure true gaming performance rather than canned synthetic or scripted benchmarks. Displayed below are the average frame rates across 3 different resolutions, 1280x1024, 1680x1050, and 1920x1200.

Call of Duty 5: World at War

The game engine is not as advanced as some of the latest games out there and the 8800 GTX still does a solid job, but the HIS HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo does not suffer the same performance drops.

The game looks very good nonetheless and stayed above 40fps throughout testing.

Race Driver Grid

Neither video card had any issues with the game.

Both cards looked very good and while both performed the same on straight roads, the animation did appear to be smoother during many of my crash sequences. Unlike the older card, the newer HIS HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo was able to stay over 60fps most of the testing.