Windows Benchmarks, Continued

Maxon Cinebench

I've decided to add a new Windows benchmark to the mix, Maxon Cinebench. Cinebench is based on Maxon's Cinema 4D animation software, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. On top of this, Maxon has a 64-bit version of Cinebench, perfect for my purposes.

Conclusion on Windows Benchmarks

Once again, I see a Radeon HD4850 card blow past the competition. Of course, this Palit model still has Sapphire's Radeon HD4850 to compete with. Despite the Radeon HD4850 not being AMD's top offering, there is still plenty of power behind this card.

From older games such as Quake 4 and Unreal Tournament 2004, to the latest games such as Crysis and Unreal Tournament 3, the Radeon HD4850 offers numerous improvements. As ATI's flagship series, the Radeon HD48xx series holds its own against ATI's previous families, as well as against nVidia's offerings.

All the games and benchmarks ran as smoothly as I could imagine under Windows Vista 64-bit, but I imagine performance would have been better in a 32-bit environment. Let's move on to see how well the card performs in Linux.