3D Power Sorted By Resolution And Anti-aliasing Settings
Here you’ll find the results of the frame rates and relative percentages, sorted by resolution and anti-aliasing settings. This makes it easier to compare the graphics cards when looking for a specific screen size or resolution.
Remember that the image quality of LCD screens appears best when run at their native resolution (for example 22 inches at 1680x1050 pixels).
| 1280x1024 0AA | fps | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.8 | 642.6 | 137.8 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.6 | 633.9 | 136.0 |
| GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB) | 625.8 | 134.2 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB) | 600.3 | 128.8 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX (512 MB) | 596.8 | 128.0 |
| Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) | 595.1 | 127.6 |
| GeForce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB) | 590.3 | 126.6 |
| GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) | 565.6 | 121.3 |
| GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) | 564.2 | 121.0 |
| Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB) | 564.2 | 121.0 |
| Sparkle GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 546.9 | 117.3 |
| Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) | 539.5 | 115.7 |
| Palit GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 535.2 | 114.8 |
| MSI GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 527.4 | 113.1 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 177.92 | 512.4 | 109.9 |
| Asus GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 512.2 | 109.9 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 175.16 | 500.2 | 107.3 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB) | 486.4 | 104.3 |
| Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB) | 475.3 | 102.0 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB) | 466.2 | 100.0 |
The reference 9600 GT was tested with the ForceWare 175.16 and GeForce 177.92 drivers, the HD 4870 with the Catalyst 8.6 and 8.8 drivers. The new graphics drivers contribute 2% to the results.
| 1280x1024 with AA | fps | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB) | 645.1 | 194.5 |
| GeForce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB) | 612.6 | 184.7 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.8 | 601.0 | 181.2 |
| Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB) | 596.5 | 179.8 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.6 | 595.1 | 179.4 |
| GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) | 541.7 | 163.3 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX (512 MB) | 537.9 | 162.2 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB) | 536.0 | 161.6 |
| Sparkle GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 515.9 | 155.5 |
| Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) | 513.2 | 154.7 |
| GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) | 505.7 | 152.5 |
| Palit GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 503.5 | 151.8 |
| MSI GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 492.7 | 148.5 |
| Asus GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 477.5 | 144.0 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 177.92 | 476.6 | 143.7 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 175.16 | 463.1 | 139.6 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB) | 447.4 | 134.9 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB) | 409.6 | 123.5 |
| Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) | 394.9 | 119.1 |
| Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB) | 331.7 | 100.0 |
Without anti-aliasing activated, the performance gain of the new driver versions is still roughly 2%.
| 1680x1050 0AA | fps | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.8 | 596.5 | 148.7 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.6 | 595.8 | 148.5 |
| GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB) | 587.8 | 146.5 |
| GeForce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB) | 555.0 | 138.3 |
| Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB) | 536.8 | 133.8 |
| Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) | 536.5 | 133.7 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX (512 MB) | 534.8 | 133.3 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB) | 523.3 | 130.4 |
| GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) | 507.3 | 126.4 |
| GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) | 488.4 | 121.7 |
| Sparkle GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 477.8 | 119.1 |
| Palit GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 469.1 | 116.9 |
| Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) | 464.9 | 115.9 |
| MSI GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 458.3 | 114.2 |
| Asus GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 447.5 | 111.5 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 177.92 | 444.2 | 110.7 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 175.16 | 434.0 | 108.2 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB) | 426.0 | 106.2 |
| Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB) | 410.2 | 102.2 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB) | 401.2 | 100.0 |
At 1680x1050 pixels, you can’t see a significant difference in the performance of the HD 4870 between the Catalyst graphics drivers 8.6 and 8.8. Nvidia’s 9600 GT gains slightly more than 2% in performance from the driver update.
| 1680x1050 with AA | fps | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Geforce GTX 260 (896 MB) | 565.8 | 219.3 |
| Geforce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB) | 558.3 | 216.4 |
| Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB) | 532.9 | 206.6 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.8 | 515.9 | 200.0 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.6 | 512.7 | 198.7 |
| Geforce 8800 GTX (768 MB) | 466.3 | 180.7 |
| Geforce 9800 GTX (512 MB) | 458.4 | 177.7 |
| Geforce 8800 GTS (512 MB) | 445.5 | 172.7 |
| Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) | 441.7 | 171.2 |
| Sparkle Geforce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 424.8 | 164.7 |
| Palit Geforce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 423.7 | 164.2 |
| Geforce 8800 GT (512 MB) | 414.3 | 160.6 |
| MSI Geforce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 408.9 | 158.5 |
| Geforce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 177.92 | 390.0 | 151.2 |
| Asus Geforce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 384.1 | 148.9 |
| Geforce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 175.16 | 376.6 | 146.0 |
| Geforce 8800 GTS (640 MB) | 362.9 | 140.7 |
| Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) | 316.8 | 122.8 |
| Geforce 8800 GTS (320 MB) | 310.1 | 120.2 |
| Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB) | 258.0 | 100.0 |
With anti-aliasing enabled, AMD performance increases by 1% when running the HD 4870 with Catalyst 8.8 instead of 8.6. The Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT speeds up by a solid 5% when the current beta driver version is installed.
| 1920x1200 0AA | fps | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.8 | 556.8 | 166.7 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.6 | 550.4 | 164.8 |
| GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB) | 545.1 | 163.2 |
| GeForce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB) | 524.5 | 157.0 |
| Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB) | 523.1 | 156.6 |
| Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) | 485.4 | 145.3 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX (512 MB) | 476.7 | 142.7 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB) | 469.9 | 140.7 |
| GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) | 461.5 | 138.2 |
| GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) | 439.6 | 131.6 |
| Sparkle GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 426.5 | 127.7 |
| Palit GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 415.2 | 124.3 |
| MSI GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 404.8 | 121.2 |
| Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) | 402.2 | 120.4 |
| Asus GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 387.4 | 116.0 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 177.92 | 386.9 | 115.8 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 175.16 | 374.5 | 112.1 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB) | 364.5 | 109.1 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB) | 340.8 | 102.0 |
| Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB) | 334.0 | 100.0 |
Again, the Catalyst 8.8 delivers a 2% performance boost when running the HD 4870 at 1920x1200 pixels. The Geforce 9600 GT shows a performance increase of 3.7% with the driver update.
| 1920x1200 with AA | fps | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB) | 495.2 | 250.0 |
| Radeon HD 4850 CF (512 MB) | 487.9 | 246.3 |
| GeForce 9600 GT SLI (1024 MB) | 477.4 | 241.0 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.6 | 467.8 | 236.1 |
| Radeon HD 4870 (512 MB) 8.8 | 465.5 | 235.0 |
| Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) | 393.7 | 198.7 |
| GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) | 384.0 | 193.8 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX (512 MB) | 378.1 | 190.9 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB) | 365.1 | 184.3 |
| GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) | 339.1 | 171.2 |
| Sparkle GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 339.0 | 171.1 |
| Palit GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 337.8 | 170.5 |
| MSI GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) | 325.6 | 164.4 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 177.92 | 313.4 | 158.2 |
| Asus GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) | 306.7 | 154.8 |
| GeForce 9600 GT (1024 MB) 175.16 | 303.4 | 153.2 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB) | 282.4 | 142.6 |
| Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) | 268.4 | 135.5 |
| Radeon HD 3850 (256 MB) | 200.7 | 101.3 |
| GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB) | 198.1 | 100.0 |
With anti-aliasing, the frame rate of the HD 4870 increases by 1% when using the Catalyst 8.8 instead of 8.6. The GeForce 9600 GT gains exactly 5% more power from the current beta graphics driver.
