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The latest generation of mainstream and midrange graphics cards have upped the performance curve significantly. Add some overclocking into the mix and you might even leap ahead to then next fastest videocard class... all without spending an extra cent!
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External Mfg. Website: MSI		Dec 17 2008	J. Apong

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Advanced Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR, Crysis

Sierra FEAR 1.08 - AA/AF Tests
Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Sierra FEAR SS Disabled 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests

8x AA: Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 145

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 69

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 126

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 38

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 37

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 57

Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 26.7

nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 120

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 65

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 69

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 69

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 63

MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 65

Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 39

MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 36

Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 131

MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 63

4x AA / 4x AF Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 203

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 117

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 110

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 81

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 77

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 83

Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 12

nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 133

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 71

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 76

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 77

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 71

MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 79

Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 48

MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 45

Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 74

MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 72

8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 144

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 68

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 125

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 39

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 59

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 56

Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 8

nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 82

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 43

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 46

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 46

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 42

MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 64

Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 29

MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 27

Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 40

MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 44

16xQ AA / 16x AF Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 75

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 40

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 40

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 41

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 36

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 54

Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 63

nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 37

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 36

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 40

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 36

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 33

MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 38.5

MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 34

Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 36

Turning up the AA/AF stresses the MSI R4830 a little, but it still manages a respectable 54 FPS once all the settings are cranked to their maximum.

Crysis 1.2 - AA/AF Tests

Source: Electronic Arts

Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter developed by Crytek. Crysis uses Microsoft's new API, DirectX 10 for graphics rendering, and includes the new engine—the CryEngine 2—that is the successor to Far Cry's CryEngine. CryEngine 2 is among the first engines to use the DirectX 10 framework of Windows Vista, but can also run using DirectX 9, both on Vista and Windows XP.

Crysis 1.2 1600x1200 HQ - AA/AF

1600x1200 4xAA Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 36.8

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 21.8

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 27.95

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 25.2

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 24.7

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 22.01

1600x1200 8xAA Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 37.2

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 28.2

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 34.52

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 28.8

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 26.9

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 24.22

1900x1200 4xAA Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 33.8

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 20.3

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 24.69

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 14.5

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 18

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 18.41

1900x1200 8xAA Points Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 34.2

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 24

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 30.88

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 24.3

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 23.4

MSI R4830-T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 21.02

Like pretty much every AMD videocard that's been tested with Crysis, there's a dip in performance at 1900x1200 with 4xAA turned on. It's largely irrelevant since the R4830 isn't suitable for running Crysis at the resolution at 4xAA or 8xAA.... but we like to "stress" them anyway.

Okay, we've gone over the technology and shown you the benchmarks, where does the MSI R4830 videocard stand in our books? The final word is coming up next...

Contents of Article: MSI R4830-T2D512-OC

Pg 1. MSI R4830-T2D512-OC Radeon HD 4830 Videocard Review
Pg 2. AMD Radeon HD 4830 Core Technology
Pg 3. Getting 20% Extra Out Of the MSI R4830 for Free
Pg 4. Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark06
Pg 5. DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, Crysis
Pg 6. DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez
Pg 7. DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Lost Planet
Pg 8. Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
Pg 9. — Advanced Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR, Crysis
Pg 10. Radeon HD 4830 is leaner, meaner and best of all... Cheaper!

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