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The three fastest cards in today's benchmarking -- the Diamond HD 4870, the XFX 9800 GX2, and the GTX 280 -- all danced around the top three spots through the tests, with some cards fairing better on some tests than others.

As far as these synthetic benchmarks go, perhaps the score offered by Vantage is easiest way to visualize the raw horsepower offered from these cards -- although whether or not this same pecking order will be maintained in the games is another matter.