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POV GEFORCE GTX 260 REVIEW

"Pov GeForce GTX 260 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The Pov GeForce GTX 260 has a 25% lower clock speed than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 and 45% lower memory speed. Software used for testing was 3dmark 2006, Vantage, Battlefield 2142 and Bio-Shock."

POV GEFORCE GTX 260


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD POV GEFORCE GTX 260
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v180.48 WHQL
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.12 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM X4 9950
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

3DMARK 2006

FINAL SCORE

POV GEFORCE GTX 26012054
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487012708

SHADER MODEL 2.0

POV GEFORCE GTX 2605689
GAINWARD RADEON HD 48705697

SHADER MODEL 3.0

POV GEFORCE GTX 2606105
GAINWARD RADEON HD 48706984

POV GEFORCE GTX 260 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "The Pov GeForce GTX 260 is not able to outperform the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 when using 3dmark 2006. The Pov GeForce GTX 260 loses to the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 by between 0% to 14%."

3DMARK VANTAGE

FINAL SCORE

POV GEFORCE GTX 2603755
GAINWARD RADEON HD 48703325

POV GEFORCE GTX 260 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "The Pov GeForce GTX 260 beats the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 by an impressive 11% when using the more technically advanced 3dmark Vantage."

BATTLEFIELD 2142

NORMAL QUALITY

POV GEFORCE GTX 26094
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487094

HIGH QUALITY

POV GEFORCE GTX 26093
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487092

EXTREME QUALITY

POV GEFORCE GTX 26089
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487087

POV GEFORCE GTX 260 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "The Pov GeForce GTX 260 wins by between 0% to 2% over the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 for a slim victory."

BIO-SHOCK

NORMAL QUALITY

POV GEFORCE GTX 260118
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870115

HIGH QUALITY

POV GEFORCE GTX 26091
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870101

EXTREME QUALITY

POV GEFORCE GTX 26080
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487091

POV GEFORCE GTX 260 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "The Pov GeForce GTX 260 puts in a slim victory over the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 at Normal settings. However the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 proves that it owns Bio-Shock by outperforming the Pov GeForce GTX 260 by between 11% to 14%."

POV GEFORCE GTX 260 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - POV GEFORCE GTX 260 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE, BATTLEFIELD 2142 AND BIO-SHOCK
PAGE 3 - CALL OF DUTY 4, ELDER SCROLLS IV, QUAKE WARS AND FINAL RESULT

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