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Review: AMD ATI Radeon HD 5850 single-card and multi-GPU evaluation

by Tarinder Sandhu on 30 September 2009, 15:16 4.3

Tags: Radeon HD 5850, AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 - 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GBXFX GeForce GTX 275 896MBBFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBSapphire HD 4890 OC 1GBSapphire HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
80.4358.4361.776596.7184.7193.55
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
XFX GeForce GTX 275 896MB
BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GB
Sapphire HD 4890 OC 1GB
Sapphire HD 4870 X2 2GB
BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
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Far Cry 2 - 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GBXFX GeForce GTX 275 896MBBFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBSapphire HD 4890 OC 1GBSapphire HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
69.452.1755.6458.7286.5278.2381.1
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
XFX GeForce GTX 275 896MB
BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GB
Sapphire HD 4890 OC 1GB
Sapphire HD 4870 X2 2GB
BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
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Far Cry 2 - 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GBXFX GeForce GTX 275 896MBBFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBSapphire HD 4890 OC 1GBSapphire HD 4870 X2 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
48.5638.13639.2356.6160.6757.42
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
XFX GeForce GTX 275 896MB
BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GB
Sapphire HD 4890 OC 1GB
Sapphire HD 4870 X2 2GB
BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
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The shading power of the card helps in Far Cry 2 - it's almost 50 per cent faster than the GTX 285.