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Gaming Tests The one place where the 4670 should easily outpace the 4550 is in gaming performance. At 320 shaders versus 80 shaders, this really should be a no-brainer. For our testing, we are going to go with a more gaming appropriate setup.
First up, let's take a quick look at the good ol' standby, 3DMark06: 3DMark06:
At 7909, the 4670 doubles the score of the 4550. It's not a groundbreaking score, but a pretty good improvement considering that the 4670 is about $30 more than the 4550. 3DMark Vantage "Performance":
For the Performance test, the 4670 runs about triple the score of the 4550. Not a bad gain for minimal extra cost. Next up, we will take a look at a real time gaming bench. Crysis:
Benching Crysis on this card was a bit of a rough experience. Even with settings down to Medium, the highest playable resolution is 1280x1024 at 2xAA:
Crysis Warhead: Crysis Warhead actually ran quite a bit better. The 4670 was able to handle the "Mainstream" settings all the way up got 1680x1050 at 4xAA and still maintain an average of 33.55 FPS:
Far Cry 2: In order to test the capabilities of the 4670 in a realistic gaming situation, we used the built-in benchmark in Far Cry 2. For both runs, we usedall settings at Medium. The first run was tested at 1280x1024, 0xAA, and the second run used 1680x1050, 4xAA:
At 1280x1024, the 4670 pulled in an average framerate of 60.84, very playable at these settings.
At 1680x1050, the card has reached its limit for Far Cry 2. The average framerate at these settings runs 34.44 FPS.
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