Batman: Arkham Asylum (DirectX 9)

Settings: 1680x1050, Highest, 2xAA (Not MSAA, Box AA, Forced in Drivers). Here the HIS card takes a more definitive step ahead, both on the graph and in average frame rates. During game play, the difference is noticeable too, with fewer dips in frame rate to levels that become distracting.

Crysis: Warhead (DirectX 10)

Settings: 1680x1050, Enthusiast, 0xMSAA. Crysis just doesn't like ATI cards, compared to Nvidia cards. The numbers we have here at these settings are borderline unplayable, which is pretty much par the course for Crysis in the red camp. Still, at Enthusiast levels, that leaves plenty of headroom for tweaking, and a drop to Gamer levels would net you a boost in frame rates that are almost the same again. These numbers here I expected to be higher, as Crysis does traditionally like cards with higher memory bandwidth, and since the 5830 sports a 256bit bus I was hoping it might take a significant step ahead of the 5770, especially with the higher clocks the HIS card has.