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Benchmark Results: Resident Evil 5

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12:00 AM - 09/23/2009 by Chris Angelini, Fedy Abi-Chahla

We’ve spent plenty of time with the Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision benchmark demo of Resident Evil 5, as recently as our Core i5/Core i7 launch and a dedicated look at how mainstream cards perform in the brand new title. Nvidia clearly had a lot of influence on the console port’s development and it showed early on. We guessed that ATI needed to do a little driver work to get the game running well though, and sure enough, we have the retail version and ATI’s boards are doing significantly better in the DirectX 10 build.

Again we see the Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce GTX 295 best ATI’s new Radeon HD 5870. However, we’re still getting frame rates that are plenty-playable all the way up to 2560x1600 across the board. It’s good to see that the DirectX 10-based performance issues plaguing ATI cards in the demo are no longer a problem in the retail game with the company’s Catalyst 9.9 driver.

Turning on 8xAA does hit performance, but even the Radeon HD 4870 is able to keep its head above 40 frames per second. The Radeon HD 5870 catches up to the 4870 X2, but is still bested by the dual-GPU card. It actually passes Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 295 at 1920x1200 and 2560x1600, though. Not surprisingly, when you team a pair of 5870s together, the two cards are virtually unstoppable, posting more than 110 frames per second at 2560x1600 with 8xAA enabled. In fact, CrossFire’d 5870s are fast enough to peg the speedo on our 4 GHz Core i7 at 1680x1050 and 1920x1200—with the highest details and 8xAA. Not long ago, such a claim would have been inconceivable.

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hispeed120 09/23/2009 6:13 AM
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I'm. So. Excited.

Anonymous 09/23/2009 6:15 AM
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Can't wait

CRosko42 09/23/2009 6:21 AM
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So it looks like 1 is enough for me.. Dont plan on getting a 30 inch monitor any time soon.

jezza333 09/23/2009 6:29 AM
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Looks like the NDA lifted at 11:00PM, as there's a load of reviews now just out. Once again it shows that AMD can produce a seriously killer card...

Crysis 2 on an x2 of this is exactly what I'm waiting for.

woostar88 09/23/2009 6:38 AM
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This is incredible at the price point.

LORD_ORION 09/23/2009 6:39 AM
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tipmen 09/23/2009 6:40 AM
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wait, wait, before I look can it play cry... HOLY SHIT?!

viper666 09/23/2009 6:40 AM
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cangelini 09/23/2009 6:43 AM
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viper666 :
why didn't they thest it against a GTX 295 rather than 280??? its far superior...



Ran it against a GTX 295 and a 285 and 285s in SLI :)

annisman 09/23/2009 6:44 AM
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I refuse to buy until the 2GB versions come out, not to mention newegg letting you buy more than 1 at a time, paper launch ftl.

jasperjones 09/23/2009 6:44 AM
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Thanks for the timely review. I have to say though, some of the technical details are beyond me. It'd be useful if you explained terms such as "VLIW architecture" or "tessellation engine"

viper666 09/23/2009 6:45 AM
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megamanx00 09/23/2009 6:48 AM
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O M F G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wish the darn thing wasn't so big, but man, what a card! Now I'm thinking about a bigger case :D

annisman 09/23/2009 6:49 AM
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Oops, who am I kidding ? I just ordered 2 5870's. One Sapphire, and one HIS, seeing as how they limit you to one per customer.

falchard 09/23/2009 6:54 AM
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I think most of this review has to do with how many games are optimized for nVidia. The Crytek Engine 2.0 and Source Engine are well known for heavily favoring nVidia architecture yet compose the bulk of the benchmarks. I think the fact ATI can do best in these engines when they have a detect ATI instant nerf its performance speaks measures for the actual card.

charlesxuma 09/23/2009 6:56 AM
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tipmen 09/23/2009 6:56 AM
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Another thing is that the 5800x2 isn't out yet, now think of two of those bad boys in Crossfire.

blackbyron 09/23/2009 6:59 AM
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Not bad for Crysis benchmark. I really want 5870 for my christmas present, but damn I also need to buy a new PSU.

blackbyron 09/23/2009 7:02 AM
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In addition, I am impressed that the 5870 has a better power consumption and better gaming performance compare to DX10 cards. If the card is affordable I'd definite buy one.

cangelini 09/23/2009 7:10 AM
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jasperjones :
Thanks for the timely review. I have to say though, some of the technical details are beyond me. It'd be useful if you explained terms such as "VLIW architecture" or "tessellation engine"



Jasper,
TBH, the architectural details are secondary to how the card performs. However, if you'd like a better idea of what tessellation can do for you, check out the picture of the Alien on page six!


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