As promised, here are some benchmarks for the newly released Radeon HD 5870. The test system comprised an Intel i7 975 Extreme 3.33 GHz overclocked to 4GHz, with 6GB DDR3 (1600 MHz) on an Asus Rampage II Extreme. The system was running Windows 7 x64.
There are no real surprises in the benchmark results. In most cases the 5870 runs roughly neck-and-neck with the Nvidia GTX 295, with each gaining a slight lead in certain games.
The real benefits are reserved for ultra-high-end gamers who will notice a significant boost over other cards when using a dual card setup at very high resolutions. We’ll be bringing you some 5850 benchmarks as soon as it’s out.
Left 4 Dead benchmark comparison.
Crysis benchmark comparison.
GTA4 benchmark comparison.
Far Cry 2 benchmark comparison.