ATI Radeon HD 5770 – DirectX 11 for the Masses

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by Rob Williams on October 13, 2009 in Graphics & Displays

AMD may have released its first Evergreen GPUs mere weeks ago, but don’t think it’s slowing down for anybody. The company has followed-up with its first mid-range parts, belonging to the HD 5700 series. Performance is much more modest on these new cards, but no features have been scrapped. It’s all here… DirectX 11, Eyefinity and more.

Page 5 – Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

When the original Call of Juarez was released, it brought forth something unique… a western-styled first-person shooter. That’s simply not something we see too often, so for fans of the genre, its release was a real treat. Although it didn’t really offer the best gameplay we’ve seen from a recent FPS title, its storyline and unique style made it well-worth testing.

After we retired the original title from our suite, we anxiously awaited for the sequel, Bound in Blood, in hopes that the series could be re-introduced into our testing once again. Thankfully, it could, thanks in part to its fantastic graphics, which are based around the Chrome Engine 4, and improved gameplay of the original. It was also well-received by game reviewers, which is always a good sign.

Manual Run-through: The level chosen here is Chapter I, and our starting point is about 15 minutes into the mission, where we stand atop a hill that overlooks a large river. We make our way across the hill and ultimately through a large trench, and we stop our benchmarking run shortly after we blow up a gas-filled barrel.

ATI cards tend to excel in this title, and as a result, the HD 5770 managed to overtake the GTX 260 by a rather fair margin – although the results were quite close at 2560×1600. Interestingly enough, while the HD 4870 kept its distance from the HD 5770 in Call of Duty, the two cards were very close in performance here at each resolution.

Graphics Card
Best Playable
Min FPS
Avg. FPS
NVIDIA GTX 295 1792MB (Reference)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
37
80.339
NVIDIA GTX 285 1GB (EVGA)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
45
54.428
NVIDIA GTX 275 896MB (Reference)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
41
51.393
ATI HD 4890 1GB (Sapphire)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
36
51.334
ATI HD 4870 1GB (Reference)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
31
46.259
ATI HD 5770 1GB (Reference)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
28
45.028
NVIDIA GTX 260 896MB (XFX)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
35
44.023
NVIDIA GTX 250 1GB (EVGA)
2560×1600 – Max Detail
25
33.751
ATI HD 4770 512MB (Gigabyte)
2560×1600 – Normal Detail
24
35.434

Despite the fact that CoJ: Bound in Blood has fantastic graphics, it doesn’t require a powerhouse machine like certain other titles do (Crysis) to look good, and as a result, running the game with 4xAA at our top-end resolution of 2560×1600 turned out to be just fine, delivering a respectible 45 FPS on average.

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Rob Williams

Rob founded Techgage in 2005 to be an 'Advocate of the consumer', focusing on fair reviews and keeping people apprised of news in the tech world. Catering to both enthusiasts and businesses alike; from desktop gaming to professional workstations, and all the supporting software.

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