AMD Radeon HD 7870 And 7850 Review: Pitcairn Gets Benchmarked

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There's a big hole in between AMD's $450 Radeon HD 7950 and its $160 Radeon HD 7700. Today, the company introduces Radeon HD 7850 and 7870 to fill that gap, and they push a lot more performance than we expected. But are they really ready for prime time?

Benchmark Results: GTA IV

Grand Theft Auto IV used to be a regular staple in our benchmark suite. A lot of folks still enjoy seeing it, though this console port scales pretty terribly.

As expected, then, the game runs fairly squarely into a wall at 1920x1080. Increasing the resolution to 2560x1440 helps put a little distance between the various contenders, and we see the Radeon HD 6950 1 GB outperform the 2 GB Radeon HD 7850.

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.