Sapphire HD 5850 Review

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Crysis Warhead is a standalone expansion pack situated in time with the story line of the original Crysis. As Sergeant "Psycho" Sykes, you have a secret mission to accomplish on the far side of the island. Along the way there are EMP blasts and aliens to contend with, as you hunt down the KPA chief. This game uses an enhanced version of the CryEngine 2.

• Anti-Aliasing: x2
• Game Settings: Enthusiast
• Ambush
• DX10

The Sapphire HD 5850 cannot compete with the dual GPU cards but easily gives the GTX 285 a run for its money outperforming it in three out of four resolutions. Overclocking the 5850 showed gains in performance are possible with a little bit of tweaking, as the card performs almost at the level of the Multi-GPU cards.