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ATI Radeon HD 5850 CrossFire Video Card Review

Manufacturer: ATI
Product: Radeon HD 5850
Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 - 11:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage is the new industry standard PC gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for Windows Vista and DirectX10. It includes two new graphics tests, two new CPU tests, several new feature tests, and support for the latest hardware. 3DMark Vantage is based on a completely new rendering engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10, the new graphics API from Microsoft.

3DMark Vantage

The Extreme settings were used for testing, so a resolution of 1920x1200 was used.

3DMark Vantage Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: In 3D Mark Vantage we see the dual GPU's of the GeForce GTX 295 and the Radeon HD 4870X2 pull out a narrow victory over the single Radeon HD 5850. With an overall score of X6657 the Radeon HD 5850 does very well in this benchmark. In CrossFire mode the Radeon HD 5850 turns into a monster and was even able to beat out a pair of GeForce GTX 275 cards in SLI.

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Review Index
Page 1 - Radeon HD 5850 - Serious Bite For $259
Page 2 - The Radeon HD 5850
Page 3 - The Test System
Page 4 - Batman: Arkham Asylum
Page 5 - Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Page 6 - Need For Speed: Shift‎
Page 7 - Resident Evil 5
Page 8 - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Page 9 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 10 - FurMark 1.7.0
Page 11 - Temperature Testing
Page 12 - Power Consumption
Page 13 - Overclocking
Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions