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Benchmark

Now the time has come to see how the HD5870 GPU handles the chosen games and benchmark applications.

3DMark Vantage:

We start the first test with the newest benchmark program from Futuremark.

3DMark Vantage is a full-blooded DX10 test which is not backwards compatible with DX9, meaning it only works on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
The program tests with two GPU and two CPU tests, The GPU tests are very demanding and a fast card is needed to obtain good results.
Let us see how the card performs.


The HD5870 card beats both of the other ATI cards. However, it is only 1000 points in front of the two smaller HD5770 cards running in crossfire. Same story if we switch over to high; the Asus card is easily the fastest in both tests.

3DMark06:
3DMark06 has become a slightly dated benchmark test. The program only tests with DX9 on the GPUs, but the graphics are still pretty heavy and the test requires quite a lot from the processor as well.



The Asus HD5870 GPU is beaten all over by the two HD5770, no matter the resolution. However, the difference is quite small.

Unigine Heaven:
The Unigine Heaven benchmark program is the first official DX11 benchmark. The program tests the performance of the graphics card by playing a movie of a small village and measuring an average fps, giving a total score from that. The graphics are quite beautiful and very heavy on the GPU.
The program can also test in DX9, DX10 as well as OpenGL. The XFX HD4770 graphics card is not included in this test as it does not support DX11, only DX10.1.



Once again Asus HD5870 takes the cake from the smaller HD5770, but the difference is still minor.

Call Of Juarez:
Call Of Juarez is a slightly older game, but one of the few that can utilize multi-core processors, and it comes with DX10 support. The game takes place in the Wild West, and the graphics are good even if the game is a few years old.



The HD5870 and HD5770 cards are incredibly even in this test. However if we look at the average fps, we can see that the two HD5770 cards end up beating their elder brother.

Far Cry 2:
Far Cry 2 takes you deep into beautiful Africa, where you have to drive back and forth to solve a bunch of missions. The game offers a very large and open environment, giving you plenty of space to fool around. The graphics are very demanding and require a lot of the GPU if you want to run a high resolution with plenty of AA.
The game comes with a built-in benchmark program, which is quite useful if you want to find out how your PC handles the game at different resolutions and detail levels.



The results are slightly weird, for even though the HD5870 wins with ease on minimum and max fps, it is beaten to the ground by the two HD5770 cards when it comes to average fps. The older HD4770 card cannot even compete in this test and has to make do with a 12.88 average fps at a 1680x1050 resolution.