Introduction
The ATI 5850 is ATI’s response to Nvidia’s GTX 285. Both cards perform similarly, but the 5850 has the advantage of DirectX 11. This review will look at how the 5850 performs in various games ranging in genre and age. We will compare the 5850 with Nvidia’s 9800GTX KO. We are doing this comparison because 9800GTX KO and lower users are reaching the point where upgrading might be something on their mind, and this review will show how big of a boost, if any, you would get. That being said by no means think that we imply that these 2 cards are similar. the 5850 is an entire generation ahead for the 9800GTX+ and it shows.
All tests are performed using the highest possible settings for the game and at a resolution of 1680×1050. Some tests have different settings and will be stated if this is the case. The 5850 used in this review is the Sapphire 5850 with 1 GB of GDDR5 ram. The 9800GTX used is the EVGA 9800GTX KO with 512 MB of GDDR3 ram. Below is a comparison between the two graphic cards. Note that the 9800GTX KO is a slightly faster version of the 9800GTX+ and due to this will be referred as a 9800GTX+ during this review.
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