Benchmarks: Batman Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty

Batman Arkham Asylum was run with AA/AF disabled and a 2560x1600 resolution. At these quality settings the GeForce GTX 480 is only a fraction faster than the Radeon HD 5870, beating it by a 4% margin, while remaining 4% slower than the old Radeon HD 4870 X2 and 17% slower than the GeForce GTX 295.

The GeForce GTX 480 was 10% faster than the Radeon HD 5870 in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, rendering an average of 93fps at 2560x1600. It was also 7% slower than the Radeon HD 4870 X2 and 8% slower than the GeForce GTX 295, while impressively with the latest Catalyst 10.3a drivers the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire cards were able to average 102fps.