Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC Review

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Resident Evil 5 is the sequel to one of the best selling video games of all time. You play the game as Chris Redfield a survivor of the events at Raccoon City who now works for the BSAA. Sent to Africa to find the gen6sis of the latest Bio Organic agents you meet up with another BSAA operative and work together to solve the problem. The game offers incredible 3D effects and a co-op gaming style.

Game Settings:

• 4x Anti-Aliasing
• PhysX: Off
• Ambient Occlusion: Off
• Quality: High
• Resolution: 1280x1024 - 2560x1600

The 5970 is the fastest single card in RE5. It is 13 FPS ahead of the GTX 295, 17 FPS ahead of the HD 4870X2 and 20 FPS higher than the 5870 at 2560x1600. So far it looks like the performance crown has changed hands.