CrossfireX 4870X2 vs GTX 280 Tri-SLI: Lost Planet, World in Conflict & Bioshock

Radeon HD 4870X2 CrossfireX vs GeForce GTX 280 Tri-SLI:
Lost Planet, World in Conflict & Bioshock

Part 1: Introduction & Test Platform
Part 2: 3DMark 06 & Vantage
Part 3: NFS12 & FarCry2
Part 4: Crysis Warhead & CoH
Part 5: LP, WiC & Bioshock
Part 6: Power Consumption & Summary




Green for indoor; Yellow for outdoor

Scaling figures (green + yellow)/2

SLI x2: 2.31
SLI x3: 2.69
CFX x4: 1.56




Being optimized as a "Meant To Be Played" game, it naturally scales very well with Nvidia card. We can expect even better performance from the GT200 cards with the newly released Forceware drivers.

Scaling figures (green + yellow)/2

SLI x2: 1.84
SLI x3: 2.36
CFX x4: 1.35







Maximum quality (manual Very Long & 1024)

Scaling figures

SLI x2: 1.58
SLI x3: 1.79
CFX x4: 1.09





GTX280 does a pretty decent job on two card SLI, while the CrossFireX is caught in between SLI & Tri-SLI. Again, we can expect performance boost with the introduction of new drivers from both sides.

Scaling figures

SLI x2: 1.79
SLI x3: 2.14
CFX x4: 1.09






Anti-alising & anisotropic filtering isn't turned on for Bioshock as it will cause problems to some shadowing & DX10 effects.

Scaling figures

SLI x2: 1.61
SLI x3: 1.99
CFX x4: 1.33





Scaling figures

SLI x2: 1.7
SLI x3: 2.52
CFX x4: 1.64



Part 1: Introduction & Test Platform
Part 2: 3DMark 06 & Vantage
Part 3: NFS12 & FarCry2
Part 4: Crysis Warhead & CoH
Part 5: LP, WiC & Bioshock
Part 6: Power Consumption & Summary