Performance in Simulators

Need for Speed: Shift

The new mainstream Radeons show their best in NFS: Shift. The senior model is but slightly slower than the Radeon HD 4890 and even goes ahead at 2560x1600 whereas the junior model shows good performance at resolutions up to 1920x1200 inclusive. When overclocked, the Radeon HD 5750 allows playing comfortably at 2560x1600 thanks to the significant growth of the bottom speed.

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.

We use the in-game benchmarking tools that do not allow to measure the bottom frame rate. We also enable DirectX 10.1 support for ATI’s solutions.

Oddly enough, the gap between the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 4890 is shrinking as we switch to higher resolutions. This must be the effect of the new, improved architecture. The Radeon HD 5750 beats the Radeon HD 4770 again, which is not surprising already. The game’s engine is still incompatible with AMD’s Adaptive AA algorithms, so you may want to turn this option off on your Radeon card in order to have higher speed.