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| Quake 4 |
 We upgraded Quake 4 to version 1.4.2 and ran its multiplayer demo id_perftest with SMP option enabled (which allows Quake 4 to recognize and use more than one CPU), under the same three 16:10 widescreen resolutions: 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600, first with image quality settings configured at “low” and then with image quality settings configured at “ultra”. You can check the results below, given in frames per second. 
| Quake 4 - 1680x1050 - Low | Score | Difference | | Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 285.30 | 2.46% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 278.46 | | | GeForce GTX 280 | 268.80 | 3.59% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 241.38 | 15.36% | | XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 240.92 | 15.58% | | GeForce GTX 260 | 234.45 | 18.77% | | Radeon HD 3870 | 227.75 | 22.27% | | GeForce 9800 GTX | 225.52 | 23.47% | | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 220.48 | 26.30% |

| Quake 4 - 1920x1200 - Low | Score | Difference | | Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 266.23 | 7.29% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 248.13 | | | XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 237.57 | 4.45% | | GeForce GTX 280 | 235.92 | 5.18% | | GeForce GTX 260 | 220.96 | 12.30% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 207.58 | 19.53% | | Radeon HD 3870 | 188.40 | 31.70% | | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 174.06 | 42.55% | | GeForce 9800 GTX | 158.87 | 56.18% |

| Quake 4 - 2560x1600 - Low | Score | Difference | | Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 197.82 | 24.42% | | XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 170.99 | 7.55% | | GeForce GTX 280 | 168.81 | 6.18% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 158.99 | | | GeForce GTX 260 | 149.28 | 6.50% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 128.00 | 24.21% | | Radeon HD 3870 | 116.01 | 37.05% | | GeForce 9800 GTX | 114.34 | 39.05% | | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 100.07 | 58.88% |

| Quake 4 - 1680x1050 – High | Score | Difference | | GeForce GTX 280 | 246.39 | 1.68% | | XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 243.41 | 0.45% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 242.32 | | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 241.91 | 0.17% | | Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 237.98 | 1.82% | | GeForce GTX 260 | 222.32 | 9.00% | | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 218.80 | 10.75% | | GeForce 9800 GTX | 194.65 | 24.49% | | Radeon HD 3870 | 167.26 | 44.88% |

| Quake 4 - 1920x1200 - High | Score | Difference | | GeForce GTX 280 | 224.44 | 4.52% | | XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 222.28 | 3.51% | | Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 218.62 | 1.81% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 214.74 | | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 207.57 | 3.45% | | GeForce GTX 260 | 200.28 | 7.22% | | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 158.35 | 35.61% | | GeForce 9800 GTX | 158.18 | 35.76% | | Radeon HD 3870 | 144.80 | 48.30% |

| Quake 4 - 2560x1600 - High | Score | Difference | | Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 177.36 | 26.34% | | GeForce GTX 280 | 168.43 | 19.98% | | XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC) | 150.45 | 7.17% | | GeForce GTX 260 | 149.80 | 6.71% | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 | 140.38 | | | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 | 127.88 | 9.77% | | GeForce 9800 GTX | 102.04 | 37.57% | | GeForce 9800 GX2 | 94.68 | 48.27% | | Radeon HD 3870 | 94.40 | 48.71% |
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