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XFX RADEON HD 5850 REVIEW

"The XFX Radeon HD 5850 review also features the MSI GeForce GTX 460. The XFX Radeon HD 5850 uses the RV870 GPU at 725Mhz and has 1GB GDDR5 memory running at 4000Mhz. The XFX Radeon HD 5850 has a 256Bit Memory Interface, 1440 Shader Processors and DirectX 11. The XFX Radeon HD 5850 faces some stiff competition from the MSI GeForce GTX 460 which uses the GeForce GTX 460 GPU at 725Mhz and has 1GB GDDR5 memory running at 3600Mhz. The MSI GeForce GTX 460 has a 256Bit Memory Interface, 336 Shader Processors and DirectX 11. It's going to be a tough fight for the XFX Radeon HD 5850 because it will facing the MSI GeForce GTX 460 which has similar Specifications to the XFX Radeon HD 5850 but the MSI GeForce GTX 460 is 9% cheaper. Software used for benchmarking was Just Cause 2 and Metro 2033."

XFX RADEON HD 5850


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD XFX RADEON HD 5850
MSI GEFORCE GTX 460
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v10.08
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v258.96
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 955
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE

JUST CAUSE 2

MEDIUM QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 585060
MSI GEFORCE GTX 46055

HIGH QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 585051
MSI GEFORCE GTX 46047

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 585045
MSI GEFORCE GTX 46040

XFX RADEON HD 5850 MSI GEFORCE GTX 460

COMMENT - "XFX Radeon HD 5850 beats the MSI GeForce GTX 460 by 9% with Just Cause 2."


METRO 2033

MEDIUM QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 585038
MSI GEFORCE GTX 46034

HIGH QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 585032
MSI GEFORCE GTX 46026

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 585026
MSI GEFORCE GTX 46021

XFX RADEON HD 5850 MSI GEFORCE GTX 460

COMMENT - "XFX Radeon HD 5850 beats the MSI GeForce GTX 460 by 16% with Metro 2033."


FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "It was an interesting fight between the XFX Radeon HD 5850 and MSI GeForce GTX 460. The XFX Radeon HD 5850 was clearly more powerful than the MSI GeForce GTX 460 because the XFX Radeon HD 5850 won every Benchmark against the MSI GeForce GTX 460. Sometimes the XFX Radeon HD 5850 was 4% faster and sometimes 16% faster but the MSI GeForce GTX 460 was always slower. The MSI GeForce GTX 460 will give you very good playable performance but it was just not as good as the XFX Radeon HD 5850."

XFX RADEON HD 5850 SCORES 9/10!
BEST BUY

XFX RADEON HD 5850 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - XFX RADEON HD 5850 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - ALIENS VS PREDATOR, BAD COMPANY 2 AND DIRT2
PAGE 3 - JUST CAUSE 2, METRO 2033 AND FINAL XFX RADEON HD 5850 RESULT

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