GPU Shoot-Out – Part II – Setting New Benches
Vantage
Now we move on to Vantage, Futuremark’s latest test. We feel the same way about Vantage as we do 3DMark06 – it is useful for tracking changes in a single system. As is has become a new de facto standard for measuring gaming performance, we will not ignore it either. There are two mini-game tests to 3DMark06’s four; Jane Nash and Calico. Also there are two CPU tests but we are focusing on the graphics performance
Above is a scene from Jane Nash; to the right is Calico. This time they are shown at 19×12 and with every setting maxed out. For the benchmarking results below, we used the default tests.
Vantage results:
Again we see the 4870, 4870X2 and GTX280 ranking unchanged from with Catalyst 8.8 and Geforce 177.41. This time crossfireX3 had less trouble running this benchmark, especially the first graphics test, Jane Nash, as it did with the previous drivers.
