XFX HD4770

Review Pages

1. Features, specifications
2. The package
3. Testbed
4. Benchmark settings
5. FutureMark Hall Of Fame
6. Crysis (DirectX10)
7. Crysis Warhead (DirectX9, DirectX10)
8. Company Of Heroes v1.71 (DirectX 10)
9. Far Cry 2 (DirectX 9/10)
10. Half Life 2 Episode 2 (DirectX 9), Left4Dead
11. Overclocking, Final words

Compared to the original "Crysis", the latest "Crysis Warhead" offers many visual improvements in both DirectX9 and DirectX10 rendering modes.

Here are the FPS results we got with the XFX HD 4770 graphics cars in all possible resolutions/quality settings and with anti-aliasing disabled:

DX9	1280x1024		1680x1050		1920x1200
DX9	Low	Average	Low	Average	Low	Average
Performance	62,96	129,15	45,81	115,52	48,84	94,60
Mainstream	34,93	71,81	34,22	60,98	34,49	50,29
Gamer	19,69	36,42	17,71	29,84	7,60	24,56
Enthusiast	17,54	26,29	12,92	21,17	10,97	17,24

Enabling DirectX10 has a impact on performance. Again the 'Gamer' settings seems to be the right choice and depending on resolution, you can really enjoy high frame rates. The 'Enthusiast' level is more demanding especially as the resolution is going up to full HD.

DX10	1280x1024		1680x1050		1920x1200
DX10	Low	Average	Low	Average	Low	Average
Performance	34,80	98,69	52,39	90,46	48,70	79,34
Mainstream	28,71	59,57	34,29	51,46	30,22	42,64
Gamer	14,46	33,29	13,68	25,70	6,11	20,93
Enthusiast	14,44	22,50	8,18	17,47	2,39	13,32

Let's see now a comparison of the XFX HD4770 with various other graphics cards. The card lacks some power at 1280x1024:

At 1680x1050, both the XFX HD4770 and Inno3D 9800GT gave exactly the same performance. The Gainward HD4850 seems to be slightly faster here.

The same applies also for the 1920x1200 resolution. Both the 9800GT and the HD 4770 have similar rendering performance.

For the DirectX10 rendering mode we removed the results of the GTX260 XXX in order to compare products available at the same price range.

The differences are not significant here. At 1280 x 1024, the 9800GT seems to be slightly weaker after the Mainstream level, while the HD4850 takes a marginal lead.