Asus 5850 TOP Review
Gaming Part 2
Published: 9th April 2010 | Source: ASUS | Price: TBC |
Gaming Part 2
Dirt 2
Here is our first strange result. Now before you jump up and down it has to be noted that the numbers we're dealing with are so small as to be barely noticeable, and within error tolerance. Nonetheless the Top in stock format did better than the overclocked reference model.
GRiD
Venerable old Grid is very much past the end of its life but we've got a soft spot for the old girl here and couldn't resist dusting her off again.
After the anomaly of Dirt 2 we return to the familiar pattern with the Overclocked Top standing proudly at the top of the pile.
NFS Shift
Need for Speed Shift definitely enjoys a little more grunt and here the rewards of a more modern card with better cooling and a higher speed are obvious. About the only way you could make the driving experience more enjoyable would be to have a warm tin of Castrol R on the desk and get the other half to burn some rubber.
So my fine friends who actually read the review rather than skipping to the conclusion, let's join the impatient ones shall we.
Most Recent Comments
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Originally Posted by name='Msm2'
Spelling mistake..... AMD
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Graph key on Dirt2 graph was backwards. Fixed. So words are right, graph is right, key was wrong.
Danke
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Originally Posted by name='AMDFTW'
grammer error on the dirt 2 intro
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Originally Posted by name='VonBlade'
Glad you boys pay attention. Helps us feel good about our work.
Graph key on Dirt2 graph was backwards. Fixed. So words are right, graph is right, key was wrong. Danke |
You do realise that all our reviews are on the site already? You can look through them if you'd like.
We did a 5 series round up you can look at. We've just done a 5870 both stock and overclocked. They are all easily visible within the website.
Rather than many sites that regurgitate their data month after month, we retest every single time for each review. If we covered every card you could think of, including reformatting between cards, we'd put a review up every couple of months.
So we prefer to test what needs to be tested to get sensible results. If you wish to compare further, feel free to make the effort of reading our other reviews.
@ emax27. No it doesn't. It's the cooler design itself and therefore specific to this model.
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Originally Posted by name='VonBlade'
Everyone's a critic. Care to be a little more specific?
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Thanks anyway
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