XFX Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 Review

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig     |     October 7, 2009

Far Cry 2 (DX10)



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

1680 x 1050





1920 x 1200





2560 x 1600





DX10 settings do little to diminish the HD 5850’s performance. Once again, the GTX 285 is pushed into the position of an also-ran that doesn’t even warranty a mention but it seems that the higher clock speeds and additional SPs of the HD 5870 allow it to pull further away from the HD 5850 than in the DX9 test.
 
 
 

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