april 10 2010 review by tweaktown
This review has a new benchmark line-up, and to give you an idea how this graphics card competes
against the latest technology, the HIS HD 5850 OCed is compared to the GTX 470.
As mentioned above, this model is an overclocked version, the GPU is clocked 9.5% higher than the
stock speed and the GDR5 memory even 12.5%.
Conclusion:
The increase that HIS gives us with this overclocked model is actually noticeable and improves
the overall performance. It can even compete with the GTX 470.
Another extra is the free game in the bundle. The editors gave it 93% out of 100%, with the emphasis
on overclock/performance, while the price/performance ratio was valued only 85%.
Benchmarks:
3d Mark Vantage, Unigine Heaven Benchmark DirectX 11, Cinebench R10 OpenGL, Resident Evil 5, Far
Cry 2, avg fps, World in Conflict, Batman Arkham Asylum, Darkest of Days, BattleForge, Temperature,
Power Consumption, High Quality AA and AF, Dark Void, total value and performance rating, H.A.W.X.
Performance under Futuremark Vantage was very close to the GTX 470 and Sapphire HD 5850, but the
HIS HD 5850 Turbo beats them both, but in the value for money rating it ended in between these
models.
Test-Setup: Processor: Intel Core i7-980X @4.2 GHz with a Noctua-NH-U12P CPU air cooler (single fan) -- Mainboard: ASRock X58 Extreme-3 -- Memory: 6GB 2000MHz DDR3 PC16000 --
PSU: Thermaltake 1500w -- OS: W7 Ultimate x64.