AMD Radeon 6850 Performance Test

2x Super-Sampling

I had more SSAA benchmarks prepared from a range of OpenGL titles, but sadly the feature no longer functions in said API on AMD’s hardware. This is especially disappointing in light of the 6850’s amazing performance in OpenGL on the previous page. Nevertheless, we still see a good 20.29% performance gain in these Direct3D titles.

nVidia had performance problems in Pacific Assault with the launch drivers; performance has since improved on Fermi parts, though it’s still somewhat lackluster compared to a GTX285. It looks like AMD has yet to follow suit as it turns in some very low scores here.

AMD does offer excellent performance in Half-Life 2 though, and the 6850 easily outruns the GTX470. Half-Life 2 now uses the improved engine from Episode 2 so it’s a bit more demanding than the old version.