ATI HD 4670 512MB GDDR3 Video Card Review

Test System & Setup

System Used

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ Stock (2.5Ghz)
Memory: G.Skill 2x 2GB DDR2-1000 @ 1002Mhz DDR
Motherboard: ASUS P5E Deluxe
Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer
Hard Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 320GB SATAII
Fans: 2X Yate Loon 120mm @ 1200RPM
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W
Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1


Graphics Cards:

HD4670 Engineering Sample
Diamond HD 3850 (Stock)
EVGA 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 (Stock)
EVGA 8600 GTS 256MB (Stock)

Drivers:

ATI Catalyst 8.9 Beta
Nvidia 177.79 Beta
ATI Catalyst 8.8

Due to the unpredictability of some beta drivers in Windows Vista x64, we have decided to only use WHQL drivers for all graphics cards other than the one being tested.


Applications Used:

3DMark06 Professional
3DMark Vantage
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Devil May Cry 4 Demo
Crysis
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Prey
World in Conflict


*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