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BattleForge PerformanceBattleForge is free Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by EA Phenomic with DirectX-11 graphics capability. Combining strategic cooperative battles, the community of MMO games, and trading card gameplay, BattleForge players are free to put their creatures, spells and buildings into combination's they see fit. These units are represented in the form of digital cards from which you build your own unique army. With minimal resources and a custom tech tree to manage, the gameplay is unbelievably accessible and action-packed. Benchmark Reviews uses the built-in graphics benchmark to measure performance in BattleForge, using Very High quality settings (detail) and 8x anti-aliasing with auto multi-threading enabled. BattleForge is one of the first titles to take advantage of DirectX-11 in Windows 7, and offers a very robust color range throughout the busy battleground landscape. The first chart illustrates how performance measures-up between video cards when Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) is disabled, which runs tests at DirectX-10 levels.
When Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) is disabled, past-generation NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon products are compared on a more even playing field (so long as you discredit the fact that we have a few DirectX-10 cards in the mix, and that BattleForge is a DirectX-11 game). These tests illustrate how well new DX11-compliant video cards improve upon previously-popular DX10 graphics solutions. Looking at performance using 1920x1200 resolution, the ATI Radeon HD5890 is slightly ahead of the GeForce GTX275, and the Radeon HD5850 is ahead of the overclocked ASUS GeForce GTX 285 TOP. The Radeon HD 5870 is a few FPS ahead of the GeForce GTX295 dual-GT200 video card. NVIDIA's Fermi-based GeForce GTX480 delivers better graphics performance than every other video card on the planet, and the 82.5 FPS outperforms the dual-GPU ATI Radeon HD5970 by 18% at 1920x1200 or 20% at 1680x1050. The next chart (below) illustrates how BattleForge reacts when SSAO is enabled, which forces multi-core optimizations that DirectX-11-compatible video cards are best suited to handle:
As should expected, the DirectX-11-compatible ATI 5000 reveals an immediate advantage over all previous-generation NVIDIA GeForce products. SSAO isn't a technology that DX10 GeForce products can handle very well, yet the older ATI Radeon products seem to work well enough with the new strain of DX11. If gaming is the primary purpose for a discrete graphics card, then you'll want to consider that nearly all new video games coming to market will be developed with SSAO and other DirectX-11 extensions. These features make it difficult (and sometimes impossible) to enjoy the game on non-compliant graphics hardware. In respect to EA's BattleForge, a reference-clocked ATI Radeon HD4890 is able to outperform the GeForce GTX275, and overclocked ASUS GeForce GTX285 TOP, and nearly match the GeForce GTX295. This indicates that Windows 7 will re-center the definition of 'mainstream' graphics products. What was top shelf in Windows XP will soon become the low end with DirectX-11 in Windows 7 or Vista. For gamers who plan to use Windows 7, and especially those who play BattleForge, the Radeon HD 5850 offered excellent performance, as did the HD5970 and dual-GPU Radeon HD5970, but it was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX480 that deserves total respect. Test Summary: With an unbiased appetite for raw DirectX-11 graphics performance, BattleForge appears to be ambiguous towards ATI and NVIDIA products. When high-strain SSAO is called into action, NVIDIA's GTX480 demonstrates how well Fermi is suited for DX11... improving upon the GeForce GTX285 by nearly 249%. While trumping ATI's best single-GPU Radeon HD5870 by 61% is an impressive feat all by itself, outperforming a dual-GPU Radeon HD5970 by 11% is incredible by definition.
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Comments
1. power useage, when they inevitably use a lot of power sucking add ons - printers, joysticks, and multiple monitors ?
HOW STUPID does a noob have to be to whine about power from one component ? PRETTY STUPID.
2. fan noise... as they crank their speakers to maximum, enjoy the 3D sound environment, or have their headphones on while they scream into the mic about who they just fragged to their teammates.
3. Heat... after years of reviews and building systems and selling, not once have I seen some idiot post that any card they were using expired from H E A T.
It's always some notional crazed ati fanboy geek preening about saving the earth,or wailing about less electricity cost than they jam down their throats in cheetoes and soda in a single frag session.
AVOID high end cards, and get yer $299 netbook tweaked for Pogo online.
I don't see "blazing fast" anywhere, but I see "blazing hot" as a better descriptor. In games the 5970 is still killing it, and using about 70 watts less power. I would have to choose a 5970 over this new nVidia card at the moment. We waited, and waited, and all we got was a campfire that needs a lot of wood to burn.
The heat is pretty bad however. Nvidia says that they tested the gpu on that load heat extensively.
The other problems that the 5970 has is microstuttering. They've done an analysis that shows spikes even when vsync is turned on. Aside from heat and power consumption, the 480 is a pretty decent choice in gaming hardware. People who've left reviews of it on newegg have said that it isn't as loud as people make it out to be.
With those two the ati card gets stomped on every level, and the 470 beats the reds bigger brother often enough.
All the bleating red roosters won't stop the awesome NV sales numbers.
For now, it's red rooster cry and lie time.
Stomp the three toed chicken feet, and bleat like a mad modder, and all for nought, the SUPERSTOMP has already occurred, and no amount of red rooster bs can change that. (you probably believe yourself to keep from weeping)
You should go test for yourself before trying to discredit somebody else's hard work.
- Always hits 97C regardless of case cooling when gaming.
- Super LOUD Fan (65db?s +/- 2db).
- Never buy without Lifetime Warranty (source: Anantech)
- 10% to 15% faster in some cases vs. HD 5870 (source: 15+ review sites)
- Price/Performance stinks beyond belief (source: 15+ review sites)
- 250W is complete BS, its 300W+, NVIDIA lied (source: Toms Hardware)
- Nvidia's Fermi GTX480 is Broken, Unfixable, Hot, Slow, Late and Un-manufacturable.
this card has a single gpu and differnce between it and the 5970(2 gpu)
is only a 4 to 8 frames only the nivdia is a single u noob :S
nvidia can shove this up their ass. whats the point of this failure card?
wow its a little faster then the hd5970.
no where near fast enough. its sad
Perhaps by coincidence XFX and BFG are not listing the GeForce GTX 480 at NewEgg; and are the only manufacturers to offer a lifetime product warranty.
Check here:
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YOU MUST BUY A V-CARD by it's speed not by the it's MONO gpu property. as what NVIDIA said before "Two is Better than One" on their SLI motto.
The merge of AMD and ATI gives ATI a larger R&D division and have an independent fabs while NVIDIA uses a fabs by TSMC to produce GPU's.
ATI before was a Buggy Videocard Manufaturer making color shifts on my monitor and now becoming a hard competitor of NVIDIA
Another Comment:
Intel must buy NVIDIA to beat the One and hard competitor AMD
Anybody buying this piece of garbage is pure NVIDIA FANbOy LOL
People who buy it want the fastest single gpu but will have to factor in heat and power consumption. They wouldn't be fanboys as only fanboys buy from one company and ignore facts so they can diss the competition. Like what you did.
Based on what? It wasn't this article, because the GTX 480 beat the Radeon HD5870 by an average of 25%.
480gtx HD5970
Single 1.5gb memory basically dual 1gb(2gb) memory
Core Clock 725MHz Core Clock 725MHz
Memory Interface 384bit Memory Interface(256 x 2)-bit
$250 for more memory, less heat, less noise, less power consumption.
my gtx 285 will do the job for a while to come, to me, when im running at 50fps+ why on earth would i need to run 90% faster? its a waste of money.
Despite the 40nm process, three key features that will be based on Evergreen have been put on steroids. Please observe bellow:
- 40nm Process
- 2400 Stream Processing Units (1)
- 256 Texture Address Units (2)
- 128 ROPs (Rasterization Operator Units) (3)
AMD plans to differentiate this re-fresh line from the past HD 4890 naming sceme due to its architectural changes. So don't expect the name HD 5890.
Though we will see an improvement in Tessellation, it?s not highly emphasised in Southern Islands (SI). You can look for this feature being greatly improved in code name Northern Islands.
ATI Code Name called ?Hecatoncheires? is something that will feature a series of technological advancements never heard of in the GPU industry. You will never find any information about this special architecture due to is being extremely top secret.
Overpriced, Too hot , Too loud , Too late
NVIDIA have definatly being spanked this time!
In Australia gtx 480 is currently retaling for around $900 .
Yet the 5970 is the same price .I know which card I'll be buying.
second: need 370 watt! bom power.
third: price.
i think amd hd 5870 the winner in single gpu. but if the cuda implement c++ is the +++, what do u think?
But I am actually interested of what the GTX 470 its capable of. Maybe it will win the single gpu radeon. And if it dosent get that hot it may be a good candy for gamers.
Fermi can lick my bawlz.... I'm leaning more and more towards ATI and I have an instinct that another release is coming on their front.
I've noticed that most nVidia fanboys are ridiculously uneducated with their rants.... fermi is not a good release. Limited supply, way too hot, too much power consumption, and barely faster than the 5870 which is the king as far as I am concerned from a price/power/performance perspective.
I used to be an nVidia fanboy, but I think this war is goin in the other direction.
From what I've seen, the first thing you'll notice at review sites that allow comments is the ATI regular anti-fermi comments regardless of what the review shows.
If the 480 shows a 4 fps difference from the 5970 -- ATI fanboy comment is "The 5970 totally beat the 480. Wasn't even close!"
If nothing else "The 480 is hot enough to boil water!"
Scroll up and you'll see a guy say that the 480's idle temp is 70c.
As for price/performance.. Check this out.
(FPS from all benches)
GTX 480
95.2, 82.5, 73.6, 62, 41, 33, 92.7, 78.4, 108, 118, 35.5, 32.5, 48.8, 45
AVG: 67.6
Price per performance: $7.40
HD 5870
53.6, 45.1, 29.3, 22.9, 33, 29, 68, 57.6, 90, 83, 29.3, 26.9, 29.3, 27.4
AVG:43
Price per performance: $9.30
Hows that for education?
One thing you forgot to mention is that if you are a casual gamer and want to break free of Windows...a 480 GTX actually in practically every game ran under Linux + Wine delivers at least 60 FPS. ATI cards won't even boot games on Linux due to how bad their drivers are....
I own more ATI cards than Nvidia Cards, thanks to Nvidia...I was able to move to Linux as my main OS and retain windows for only the heaviest of games.
Both the 5970 and 480 are amazing cards. My 480 heavily overclocked never hits 91C+ on load and sits around 70C idle. So yeah its hot, just get an air conditioner in the summer and your fine. Doesn't consume much power for what it is I think. My X6 1055T consumes just as much power on load.
And technically, I'm neutral with both vendors, but the 480 is stronger TECHNICALLY. It's 1 GPU vs the 5970 which is 2 GPUs and the 480 is trailing just behind it.
So far wht I have seen though is the 5970 plays Dx10 games and under better, the 480 is known to play Dx11 games better. So both good and bad.
What u don't uderstand my dear retard troll idiots from both sides: THE WORST THING COULD HAPPEN IS THE MONOPOLY. no matter who wins. Giza, watta bunch of lobotomised studid mofos!
Nice review, good and hard work. biased in the end. but somehow understandable.