SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730 REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 also featuring the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 has a 8% higher clock speed, 48% higher memory speed and 576 extra pixel shaders compared to the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2. Software used for testing was Far Cry 2, Fear and Unreal Tournament 3."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730

	SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730
	BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2
PROCESSOR	AMD PHENOM II X4 955
MOTHERBOARD	MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
ATI DRIVER	CATALYST v9.7 WHQL
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v190.38 WHQL
MEMORY	CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS VISTA

FARCRY 2

NORMAL QUALITY

	62
	47

HIGH QUALITY

	44
	33

EXTREME QUALITY

	29
	25

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730 BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2

COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 puts in a great performance beating the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 by 23% with Farcry 2."

FEAR

NORMAL QUALITY

	135
	145

HIGH QUALITY

	114
	120

EXTREME QUALITY

	70
	71

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730 BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2

COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 puts in a good performance but is beaten by the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 by 6% with Fear."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 3

NORMAL QUALITY

	182
	140

HIGH QUALITY

	131
	103

EXTREME QUALITY

	86
	72

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730 BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2

COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 puts in a great performance beating the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 by 22% with Unreal Tournament 3."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 gave some impressive performances especailly with Far Cry 2 and Unreal Tournament 3. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 was more than a match for the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 winning by 12% overall. However the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 gave good performance too and it's performance got close to the Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 thanks to it being the factory overclocked version. There has to be a winner and that winner is the Sapphire Radeon HD 4730!"

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730 SCORES 9/10!

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4730 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, CALL OF DUTY 4 AND ENEMY TERRITORY QUAKE WARS

PAGE 3 - FAR CRY 2, FEAR, UNREAL TOURNAMENT 3 AND FINAL RESULT

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