XFX Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 Review

Far Cry 2 (DX9)

Even though Far Cry 2 has its own built-in benchmarking tool with some flythroughs and “action scenes”, we decided to record our own timedemo consisting of about 7 minutes of game time. It involves everything from run-and-gun fights to fire effects. The built-in benchmarking too was then set up to replay the timedemo and record framerates

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Things aren’t even close between the GTX 285 and the HD 5850 in Far Cry 2; the ATI card just walks all over NVIDIA’s flagship single chip card and doesn’t look back as the resolution increases. Indeed, the HD 5850’s performance is closer to that of the HD 5870 than that of the GTX 285 which is impressive considering its price.