Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1	Source: FutureMark

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Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1 (no Physx) Performance Overall: (P) Points Ranking Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 8852 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A (rev.A) 8721 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 8358 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 5579 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 5149 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 6572 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 8383 Asus EAH4770 FML/DI/512MD5/A 6560 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 6327 ASUS EAH4550 512M 1184 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 695 Gigabyte GV-N285OC-2G1 9760 Gigabyte GV-N26SO-896I 9343 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 8290 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 8490 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 8286 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 6600 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 9986 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 4346 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 5335 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 1006 GPU Score: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 12983 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 12252 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A (rev.A) 10060 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 9471 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 5905 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 5269 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 6701 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 9462 Asus EAH4770 FML/DI/512MD5/A 6690 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 6418 ASUS EAH4550 512M 932 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 536 Gigabyte GV-N285OC-2G1 12091 Gigabyte GV-N26SO-896I 11355 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 9318 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 9711 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 9321 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 6694 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 12508 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 3949 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 4266 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 787 CPU score: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 4814 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 4830 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A (rev.A) 6231 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 6180 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 4786 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 4821 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 6213 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 6246 Asus EAH4770 FML/DI/512MD5/A 6202 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 6070 ASUS EAH4550 512M 6197 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 6160 Gigabyte GV-N285OC-2G1 6184 Gigabyte GV-N26SO-896I 6100 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 6226 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 6165 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 6217 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 6334 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 6223 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 6220 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 6255 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 6138

Shader tests are even more in the GV-N26SO-896I's favor, with scores nearly 20% faster than the other Geforce GTX 260 videocards on the test bench.