XFX Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 Review

Crysis: Warhead (DX9)

To benchmark Warhead, we recorded a 5 minute timedemo on the Ice level which included ranged and hand to hand combat. The sequence was then played back using the Crysis Benchmarking Tool from HOC

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Another impressive set of results here with the HD 5850 bridging the gap between the GTX 285 and the much more powerful HD 5870. It seems to us that if Crysis is your game, you might want to look into getting the HD 5870 as it provides much better performance than its smaller brother.