ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 Review

Test System & Setup

Processor: Intel Core i7 920(ES) @ 4.0Ghz (Turbo Mode Enabled)
Memory: Corsair 3x2GB Dominator DDR3 1600Mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling: CoolIT Boreas mTEC + Scythe Fan Controller
Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W
Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1


Graphics Cards:

ATI HD 4770 512MB (Reference)
Palit HD 4870 512MB (Stock)
Sapphire HD 4850 512MB (Stock)
Gigabyte HD 4850 1GB (Stock / custom cooling)
EVGA 9800 GTX+ 512MB (Stock)
EVGA 9800 GT 512MB (Stock)
EVGA 9600 GT 512MB (Stock)



Drivers:

ATI 9.5 Beta (HD 4770)
ATI 9.4
Nvidia 185.66 Beta


Applications Used:

3DMark Vantage
Call of Duty: World at War
Crysis: Warhead
Fallout 3
Far Cry 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
Tom Clancy’s Hawx


*Notes:

- All games tested have been patched to their latest version

- The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed

- All scores you see are the averages after 4 benchmark runs

All game-specific methodologies are explained above the graphs for each game