Unlike the test I did for the VisionTek Radeon HD 4870
I ran the tests for the Diamond Radeon HD 5850 the similar way most tests are
run by other testing sites. I did try to differentiate in the way other sites
run their tests by running more variations of resolution and AA/AF combos to
see how the card handled different options a gamer might want for a particular
game.
I didn't use any overclocked settings in these tests
so one can get a sense of what the card can do under stock settings (for GPU and CPU). I will be doing
another test later on with overclocked settings to see how much extra can be
squeezed from the card if a user wishes to.
1. All tests included 3 times each and the medium
from each test was used.
2. Vertical refresh sync (vsync) was disabled for
all tests as well.
3. Tests were done using 1680x1050 and 1920x1200
resolutions. 1680x1050 is considered the most used gaming resolution.
Test Hardware and Software
Processor
Intel Core i7 (Bloomfield) 2.66 Ghz (Stock)
Motherboard
Asus P6T
Memory
6 Gigs Corsair 1200 Speed DDR3 RAM
Hard Drive
1 Western Digital Velociraptor 300 GB
Graphics Card
Diamond Radeon HD 5850 GPU (Stock 725/1000
settings)
