Following the success of Crysis, the stand alone expansion "Warhead" was hotly anticipated to bring more game play, more weapons, improved visuals whilst maintaining better performance, the latter being what gamers wanted most. After all how many people upgraded their rigs just to play this game... In the game, you play as the upbeat Brit Sergeant "Psycho" Sykes, chasing down a Korean nuclear warhead. Throw in some ice shooting aliens and we're bound to have a great game. It sure delivered.
Vs The GTX295
Here, we see that the GTX295 came out on top at all the settings but generally the gap was quite small. At both resolutions, the GTX295 produced quite a lead over the HD 5870 when anti-aliasing wasn't applied with being as much as 10FPS better or 13%/20% at each resolution. With 4x anti-aliasing, the gap reduces favouring the HD 5870's massive 1GB frame buffer. Remember that the Nvidia's memory isn't shared so it is still limited in that sense. The difference is reduced to around 5FPS making the GTX295 only about 10% better, which doesn't justify its price mark up over the ATI card.
Vs The HD4870
So how do all those specification changes translate into performance? The answer is monumental. The new HD 5870 is up to 20FPS better at 1920x1200 with anti-aliasing applied. With a much higher minimum FPS, Crysis Warhead is actually playable on the new card where the old card series struggled at such demanding settings.
Vista Vs Windows 7
There does not seem to be much changed here and variations could well be down to error margins. They sure aren't significant enough to judge the superior platform.
OC Vs Non OC
1GHz on the core bags the HD 5870 4-5FPS which isn't bad at all for free performance. This represents to as much as an 11% boost putting the card right on the heel of the more pricey GTX295.
Vs The GTX295
Here, we see that the GTX295 came out on top at all the settings but generally the gap was quite small. At both resolutions, the GTX295 produced quite a lead over the HD 5870 when anti-aliasing wasn't applied with being as much as 10FPS better or 13%/20% at each resolution. With 4x anti-aliasing, the gap reduces favouring the HD 5870's massive 1GB frame buffer. Remember that the Nvidia's memory isn't shared so it is still limited in that sense. The difference is reduced to around 5FPS making the GTX295 only about 10% better, which doesn't justify its price mark up over the ATI card.
Vs The HD4870
So how do all those specification changes translate into performance? The answer is monumental. The new HD 5870 is up to 20FPS better at 1920x1200 with anti-aliasing applied. With a much higher minimum FPS, Crysis Warhead is actually playable on the new card where the old card series struggled at such demanding settings.
Vista Vs Windows 7
There does not seem to be much changed here and variations could well be down to error margins. They sure aren't significant enough to judge the superior platform.
OC Vs Non OC
1GHz on the core bags the HD 5870 4-5FPS which isn't bad at all for free performance. This represents to as much as an 11% boost putting the card right on the heel of the more pricey GTX295.
