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AMD Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 CrossFire Video Card Review

Manufacturer: AMD
Product: AMD Radeon HD 6870 & 6850
Date: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Metro 2033

Metro 2033

Metro 2033 is an action-oriented video game with a combination of survival horror and first-person shooter elements. The game is based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. It was developed by 4A Games in the Ukraine. The game is played from the perspective of a character named Artyom. The story takes place in post-apocalyptic Moscow, mostly inside the metro station where the player's character was raised (he was born before the war, in an unharmed city), but occasionally the player has to go above ground on certain missions and scavenge for valuables.

Metro 2033 Settings

This is another extremely demanding game. Settings were left at High quality with AA and AF at lowest values- AAA and AF 4x, respectively, for each DirectX 9, 10 & 11 APIs. Advanced DirectX 11 settings were left at default. The section of Metro 2033 tested was the Prologue with fraps polling from when you are climbing up the ladder until opening the door to exit the metro station. This section includes many features found throughout the game including four creatures which attack you before you exit the building, dense particles, ammo in cabinets, a few computer controlled sections and, of course, Miller, your first companion.

AXLE Radeon HD 5670 1GB Test Results: Metro 2033 @DX9

Benchmark Results: Metro 2033 is a killer on pretty much all graphics cards and only the $200+ video card/s were able to run this benchmark above 30fps at a screen resolution of 1920x1200. The Radeon HD 6870 and Radeon HD 6850 had respectable scores and were pretty close to the performance levels of the Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850.

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Review Index
Page 1 - AMD's 2nd Generation DX11 Video Card - Radeon 6800
Page 2 - 6800 Strategy, Pricing, and a peek at the 6900 series
Page 3 - Stereoscopic 3D, HDMI 1.4, Eyefinity and More
Page 4 - The AMD Radeon HD 6850
Page 5 - The AMD Radeon HD 6870
Page 6 - The Test System
Page 7 - Aliens vs. Predator
Page 8 - Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY
Page 9 - Just Cause 2
Page 10 - Metro 2033
Page 11 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 12 - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Page 13 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 14 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 15 - FurMark 1.8.2
Page 16 - Temperature Testing
Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 18 - Overclocking
Page 19 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions