AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition & 7850 Video Card Review

Legit Video Card Reviews

Manufacturer:	AMD
Product:	Radeon HD 7870 & 7850
Date:	Sun, Mar 04, 2012 - 11:05 PM
Written By:	Nathan Kirsch -
Share:

DiRT 3

Dirt 3 (stylized DiRT 3) is a rallying video game and the third in the Dirt series of the Colin McRae Rally series, developed and published by Codemasters. However, the "Colin McRae" tag has been completely removed from this iteration. The game was released in Europe and North America on the 24 May 2011.

Dirt 3 Game Settings

Dirt3 uses Ego 2.0 Game Technology Engine (more commonly referred to as Ego Engine or EGO, stylised ego), which is a video game engine developed by Codemasters. Ego is a modified version of the Neon game engine that was used in Colin McRae: Dirt and was developed by Codemasters and Sony Computer Entertainment using Sony Computer Entertainment's PhyreEngine cross-platform graphics engine. The Ego engine was developed to render more detailed damage and physics as well as render large-scale environments.

Benchmark Results: The AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition was very impressive in Dirt 3! The fact that it was under 1FPS slower than the $100 more expensive Radeon HD 7950 at both 1920x1080 and 1280x1024 resolutions was pretty crazy! The Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition has a core clock of 1000MHz versus the 900MHz on the Radeon HD 7950, so this benchmark might like the higher core clocks!

Next Page - H.A.W.X. 2

Review Index

Page 1 - AMD Unleashes Pitcairn - Radeon HD 7800 Series
Page 2 - Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition Up Close
Page 3 - Test System
Page 4 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 5 - Battlefield 3
Page 6 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Page 7 - DiRT 3
Page 8 - H.A.W.X. 2
Page 9 - Just Cause 2
Page 10 - Metro 2033
Page 11 - 3DMark 11
Page 12 - Power Consumption
Page 13 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 14 - Overclocking The Radeon HD 7850 & 7870
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions

Legit Reviews