5870/5850 User Benchmarks, Thoughts & Feelings

[fornowagain]

Yeah DX10 8AA hiccups a bit in area three where they climb the ladder. Average drops to 152fps (178fps 4AA) because of it.

DX10 - 1920x1200 8xAA

 

[Tom|Nbk]

No further hit it seems with 8xAA, I have noticed this with MANY games from my testing with this card and not just Crysis, Ramping up the AA just seems to be of no issue for Cypress

DX10 - VERY HIGH - 8xAA

DX9 - VERY HIGH - 8xAA

Yes that is almost the golden 60FPS

 

[Tom|Nbk]

8xAA with ATi SUPER SAMPLING ENABLED for ****s and giggles.

This took a hit to the card but only slightly, not enough to affect gameplay and my god it looks fantastic. To still pull in 50FPS AVG at 1920x1200 with 8xSSA in Crysis is a pretty amazing feat, this card is an absoloute monster!

 

[Zenduri]

Very nice guys, im interested to see what the 5850 does im thinking its going to be ATI's new BAng For Buck card!

Wish they would hurry up with its release lol

 

[Ritsugamesh]

Those are some pretty fantastic Crysis benchmarks I must admit.

Tom|nbk I would love to see what happens with a dx10 bench based off ATi's SSAA, if you get the time throw a pic up for me, seeing the comparison of in-game AA against SSAA would be epic.

 

[Zenduri]

If anyone has Arma 2 can you throw up some benchmarks please.

Itll be interesting how it handles on a quad core setup using a 5870, crysis still only uses 1 core >.>

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Those are some pretty fantastic Crysis benchmarks I must admit.

Tom|nbk I would love to see what happens with a dx10 bench based off ATi's SSAA, if you get the time throw a pic up for me, seeing the comparison of in-game AA against SSAA would be epic.

Just loaded up the game and my god it runs like butter in DX9 mode with AA. It feels like a totally different game, finally we are starting to see hardware that can match this demanding engine.

Crysis with AA completely transforms it as well IMO. I think another play through is in order.

I didn't see any difference with the Super sampling on it seems a bit pointless since MSAA does the job fine.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Some in game screens with 8xAA

Too big to post

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc192/TomNbk/crysis642009-09-2805-06-58-43.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc192/TomNbk/crysis642009-09-2805-07-01-57.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc192/TomNbk/crysis642009-09-2805-07-07-84.jpg

Please remember the JPEG compression spoils it a little

 

[Ritsugamesh]

Sooo preeeettttyyyyy!

That's awesome man, looks fantastic. Go 5870!

 

[ViRuS2k]

One other final note Tom m8 its not just the AA thats messed up in dx10 mode on res 5 but also in dx10 mode the cutsceanes will turn into a complete BLACK SCREEN once the cutsene is finished back to normal lol

also there is massive frames dipping going on in res 5 dx mode

all the issues seem to be with dx10 mode though as dx9 mode is perfection. strange lol


Did some test earlier with stalker clear sky.

frames didnt drop under 32fps minimum | 45/58fps avarage | 88fps max with everything maxed out as high as every setting possible 1920x1200 4xaa16af... dx10.1 SSA/ high everything

game looks utterly fantastic, i will post some screenies later.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Sooo preeeettttyyyyy!

That's awesome man, looks fantastic. Go 5870!

In motion it is most impressive. Time to restart play through tommorow, seriously thinking about ordering another one of these cards but after seeing how well it's done already!

 

[Zenduri]

resist Tom!
Save the £300 and get a 5870x2 and sell your 5870 to recoup some of the cash

 

[Tom|Nbk]

No I CAN'TTTT

I don't really mind paying the extra now if I'm honest, though I will wait for the X2 more than likely....when I will buy another 5870 when they price drop.

 

[Zenduri]

OcUK can hear your wallet opening ROFL

GO BUY!

 

[Tom|Nbk]

THE POWER, I WANNNT MOARRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Broken Hope]

One other final note Tom m8 its not just the AA thats messed up in dx10 mode on res 5 but also in dx10 mode the cutsceanes will turn into a complete BLACK SCREEN once the cutsene is finished back to normal lol

also there is massive frames dipping going on in res 5 dx mode

all the issues seem to be with dx10 mode though as dx9 mode is perfection. strange lol

I've read that the DX10 mode in RE5 is only for the 3D Vision support anyhow, I don't think they are actually doing anything with it to improve the graphics/performance.

 

[Matson]

really impressive results tom with AA on Do you notice much of a difference graphics wise in dx10 compared to 9 in crysis

 

[Doppleganger]

One other final note Tom m8 its not just the AA thats messed up in dx10 mode on res 5 but also in dx10 mode the cutsceanes will turn into a complete BLACK SCREEN once the cutsene is finished back to normal lol

also there is massive frames dipping going on in res 5 dx mode

all the issues seem to be with dx10 mode though as dx9 mode is perfection. strange lol.

Try 4xAA in DX10 mode with Resi5 - seems to cure the black cut scene prob for me.

Funny enough when I run the variable benchmark I get worse performance with the DX9 render comapred to the DX10 one.

 

[Doppleganger]

Just loaded up the game and my god it runs like butter in DX9 mode with AA. It feels like a totally different game, finally we are starting to see hardware that can match this demanding engine.

Crysis with AA completely transforms it as well IMO. I think another play through is in order.

Think it worth playing with the DX9 render then to get buttery smooth framerates? The drop in visual quality will be barely noticeable I'm guessing when you're actually playing the game.

 

[samir_ansari]

I thought that running a game in your monitor's native res you wouldnt really notice the difference between 4xAA and 8xAA?