1080p Crysis Comparison - Radeon 5770 vs 6850

Comparing the HIS Radeon HD 5770 and PowerColor Radeon HD 6850 graphics cards.

The Radeon 6850 showed faster framerates at higher specs, compared to the 5770. No overclocking, no tweaks. Both video cards feature 1GB DDR5 memory. Each require only a single 75W, 6-pin power cable and a minimum recommended 450W power supply.

The Crysis GPU timedemo was run for each setting and card. The first loop was ignored, the second was shot for this video, and portions of the third and fourth loops were captured by Fraps. The precise times and framerates shown were those of the second flyby, as shown during the third pass.

For the sake of the tests, ALL settings were set to the same value for each spec run, including object quality and motion blur. Of course, settings can be altered to suit taste or improve performance. For example, lowering postprocessing to high (on the very high run) resulted in a 6 fps increase on the Radeon 6850.

I am not a professional computer guy. I cannot offer recommendations or advice on your specific hardware. This video shows the results of my video card upgrade only, and your experiences may vary.

HP Pavilion P6230Y
Windows7 Premium 64-Bit
Phenom II X4 810 Quad-Core @ 2.6 GHz (Stock Speed)
8 GB DDR3 (PC3-10600)
500W Cooler Master (?) PSU

I agree this processor is limiting the performance of these video cards. Despite the relatively weak performance of this CPU (my first quad-core) it still suits my needs admirably. Even so, the thought of upgrading it just to see how it improves performance is very tempting.

Before the 5770, with integrated graphics, Crysis at 1080p (very high) was absolutely choking at ONE frame per second. I was blown away by the performance gains from the 5770 - and then again after upgrading to the 6850. This video was made to share that excitement with you.

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[FangedBeast]

1fps on cod 4 ~ fuck yeah!

[K1NGD0MDOWN]

@evo440 maybe this guy it bottle necking something on his system which isnt allowing him to get full use of the card.

[K1NGD0MDOWN]

@evo440 mine is the sapphire one. the only one i could get on amazon :)

[evo440]

@evo440 Mine is the ASUS version. lol

[evo440]

@K1NGD0MDOWN yeah man same with mine too.

Mone is the asus version.

[K1NGD0MDOWN]

my 5770 is 7.4

[denisrusosgmailcom]

my Athlon II x4 640 in win7 score: 7.3

[jaydotosh]

@CaptainSplat23 youre welcome, and it would be less likely. A good recommendation for a PSU is the TX600 to 700w series, or XFX pro core series ones (600w+), which have a single rail (loads of power to share out). I dont get why people look at the their minimum power requirements and buy PSUs. In my opinion that just makes it sooner to upgrade (as your demands grow e.g. adding a new hard drive, or another graphics card). My power reqs are only ~550w, but I got an 850w psu from XFX just in case.

[jaydotosh]

@KresoE thrust you? eeewwwww :S

[CaptainSplat23]

@jaydotosh Thanks for the very useful info OCZ should be ready for me to ship it back to them tomorrow, which is now when I plan to ship it back to them. So theoretically i should be less likely to burn this one out if I don't run games, correct?