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Review: AMD ATI Radeon HD 5970 2,048MB graphics card: usurper of the throne

by Tarinder Sandhu on 18 November 2009, 05:00 4.0

Tags: ATI Radeon HD 5970, AMD (NYSE:AMD), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

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Crysis

Crysis - 1,680x1,050 4xAA (Enthusiast)
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GBXFX GeForce GTX 275 896MBATI Radeon HD 5970 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
26.9620.5142.6722.4731.6831.82


Crysis - 1,920x1,200 4xAA (Enthusiast)
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GBXFX GeForce GTX 275 896MBATI Radeon HD 5970 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
22.1116.3236.8218.1422.8126.07


Crysis - 2,560x1,600 4xAA (Enthusiast)
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GBXFX GeForce GTX 275 896MBATI Radeon HD 5970 2GBBFG GeForce GTX 285 1GBBFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
12.678.1216.819.4710.6314.49


Comparison card
Radeon HD 5870 1,024MB GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
Percentage ahead at 2,560x1,600 15.9 58.5

A card to play Crysis, finally? The game runs pretty well at 1,920x1,200 with the enthusiast settings, and the HD 5970 trounces the GTX 295 here.