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Sapphire Radeon HD5870 Video Card Review
Author: Will West
Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Dirt 2
Dirt2 is a rally racing game that is huge among the world racing community. The game combines many racing scenarios including dirt and pavement tracks with great physics effects applied to each.
In terms of technology Dirt2 will run in either DirectX 9, or the new DirectX 11 technology depending on what your video card supports. The DirectX 11 edition adds a few new options to the game such as tessellation and Shader 5.0, among others.
In terms of technology Dirt2 will run in either DirectX 9, or the new DirectX 11 technology depending on what your video card supports. The DirectX 11 edition adds a few new options to the game such as tessellation and Shader 5.0, among others.
Testing of dirt two is with all settings turned to Ultra with 8x anti-aliasing and 16X anisotropic Filtering. Take note that the Radeon HD5870 is running with DX11 at full settings while all other cards are running DX9.
Here is the moment that the Sapphire Radeon HD5870 has been looking for. It is time for the HD5870 to shine with all of its DX11 glory turned on, and still beating the competition. The Radeon HD5870 still has some performance issues getting past the Radeon HD4870X2 in all of the resolutions. However keep in mind; this is DX 9 against the extra features and overhead of DX11.
