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AMD HD7870 and HD7850 Graphics Card Review

Aliens V Predator has proved to be a big seller since the release and Sega have taken the franchise into new territory after taking it from Sierra. AVP is a Direct X 11 supported title and delivers not only advanced shadow rendering but high quality tessellation for the cards on test today.

To test the cards we used a 1080p resolution with DX11, Texture Quality Very High, MSAA Samples 1, 16 af, ambient occulsion on, shadow complexity high, motion blur on. We use this with most of our graphics card testing so cards are comparable throughout reviews.

The HD7870 matches the HD7770's in Crossfire with this intensive Direct X 11 engine, averaging 68 frames per second. The HD7850 matches the Nvidia GTX570 with this engine, averaging 54 frames per second. Very good results all round from the PitCairn cards.

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12 comments

  1. Looks like a winner from AMD. UK get shafted on price though, always do,

  2. yeah, thats what im talking about. I was hoping more for £250 and £200 though. if the 7870 is £300 thats not much cheaper than 7950 which is now £350 in some places.

  3. Nathan Stevenson

    Awesome, the 7850 is on my list, depending on the price. no where has them, when are they released?

  4. Loads of overclocking potential with the 7850. look forward to seeing the sapphire dual fan version when it hits. my only concern is US pricing. if 7870 is over £300 its f*cked. it needs to be £280 and 7850 needs to be £220 or less.

  5. AMD’s pricing is all wrong, that the killer. they are charging way too much for everything lately. and they complain about intel price fixing? the sooner nvidia get theirs cards out the b etter. then they will have to drop the price.