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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1,024MB - invading the mid-range space

by Tarinder Sandhu on 14 January 2010, 05:00 3.15

Tags: ATI Radeon HD 5670, Win7 - Radeon HD 5670 1GB, AMD (NYSE:AMD), Sapphire

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Crysis

Crysis - 1,280x1,024 0xAA (mainstream)
Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 5670 1024MB XFBFG GeForce GT 240 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 5670 1,024MBBFG GeForce GTS 250 512MB
41.3556.7243.5251.3661.83


Crysis - 1,680x1,050 0xAA (mainstream)
Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 5670 1024MB XFBFG GeForce GT 240 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 5670 1,024MBBFG GeForce GTS 250 512MB
31.531.5135.5338.7350.78


The situation is similar in Crysis, albeit with lower scores at both resolutions. The performance delta at 1,680x1,050 is significant from a games-playing point of view, though.

And there's something wrong with CrossFireX performance, as well - it doesn't scale at all.