Let's see how another DX10 game, Assassin's Creed does.  All in game graphics settings were set at their maximum level with screen resolution set to 1920 x 1440 with FSAA was turned off through the Catalyst Control Panel as there is no in game setting to turn FSAA on or off.  This is a now standard bench setting we use here so these results will be comparable to other VGA reviews we've done.

Unreal Tournament 3 is our only DX9 based game.  Its graphics engine has a lot to challenge any VGA card however.  Using the Defiance map with 12 bots in Deathmatch we took a look at our card's performance.  All settings within the game were set to max with FSAA turned off through the Catalyst Control Panel as there is no in game setting to turn FSAA on or off.  Screen resolution is set to 1920 x 1440.

So it seems that upgrading to this monster depends on the color of your fancy.  More graphically intensive games like Crysis can really put the extra muscle of the HD4870x2 to work where as some other games can't.  Let's look at some canned benchmarks with Futuremark's 3DMark06 and Vantage benchmarking programs.

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Pg. 1 - Introduction
Pg. 2 - The Card/Installation/Noise
Pg. 3 - Test Bed/Benchmarks
Pg. 4 - Benchmarks
Pg. 5 - Image Quality/Overclocking/Conclusion