Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 Review

Left 4 Dead

For benching Left 4 Dead, we used a pre-recorded 5 minute timedemo taken on the No Mercy campaign during The Rooftop Finale mission. Framerates were captured with FRAPS.

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Once again the HD 5870 stays far ahead of cards like the GTX 285 and HD 4890 but just can’t seem to move into the top rung. Nonetheless, for about $400 this card’s performance belies its price.