GeForce GTX260 vs GTX260+ vs Radeon HD4870

GeForce GTX260 vs GTX260+ vs Radeon HD4870

Initially, the GT200 based GeForce GTX280 and GTX260 were priced so high, the price/performance ratio was so bad that it didn't make any sense to pay the huge premium over the little performance gain. Of course we are comparing it against Radeon HD4800 series. To boost sales, Nvidia cut GeForce GTX280 price by 62%; GTX260 by 33%, placing the latter in the same price point with Radeon HD4870.

Things got interesting when Nvidia launched a new GTX260 version known as GeForce GTX 260+ Core 216, containing 216 shader processors as compared to the original GTX260's 192 SP. Bla bla bla.. Let's not waste anymore time on complex technical details, time to watch the triple-threat match of GeForce GTX260 192SP vs GTX260+ 216SP vs Radeon HD 4870!

Test Platform

CPU	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6
Memory	A-DATA DDR3-1066 Extreme CL7 2x1GB
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 192SP 896MB
	Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 GOLD 216PS 896MB
	ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Power	GIGABYTE ODIN GT 1200W
OS	Windows Vista SP1
Driver	Forceware 177.43
	ATI Catalyst 8.8

Benchmark Result

	GeForce GTX 260+ 216SP 896MB	Radeon HD 4870 800SP 512MB	GeForce GTX 260 192SP 896MB
3DMark 05
16 x 10	17487	18840	17335
19 x 12	16975	18367	16712
16 x 10 8AA	15415	17328	15281
19 x 12 8AA	14299	16238	14025
3DMark 06
16 x 10	14260	14125	13948
19 x 12	13246	13183	12844
16 x 10 8AA	9448	10606	9339
19 x 12 8AA	8755	9704	8607
3DMark Vantage
High (GPU)	5726	5133	5321
Extreme (GPU)	4030	3604	3712
Company of Hero (DX10, High)
16 x 10	57.1	56.1	55.9
19 x 12	54.5	52.9	52.2
16 x 10 8AA	45.3	52.4	43.1
19 x 10 8AA	38.9	48.5	36.1
Crysis (DX 10, High)
16 x 10	41.46	39.46	39.21
19 x 12	35.06	33.02	32.81
16 x 10 8AA	30.54	35.54	29.25
19 x 10 8AA	24.33	29.38	23.33
PT Boat (DX10, High)
16 x 10	56.9	46.2	55.6
19 x 12	54.3	43.9	52.8
16 x 10 8AA	40.3	23.7 *	39.1
19 x 12 8AA	34.4	16.5 *	33.2
Lost Planet (DX10, High)
16 x 10	87.5	51.4	82.2
19 x 12	71.1	42.8	68.1
16 x 10 8AA	61.4	48.7	58.7
19 x 12 8AA	49.7	40.9	48.1

*FPS drops dramatically when required vram >512MB


On average, the new GTX260 containing 216SP outperforms it's 192SP brother by around 5%.






Source: http://game.ali213.net/thread-2275669-1-1.html