<span class="content"> <p><strong><font size="2">AMD&rsquo;s Radeon HD 5850: The Other Shoe Drops</font></strong></p> <p><font size="2"></font></p> <blockquote><font size="2">&ldquo;<span>For those of you looking for the above and a repeat of the RV770/GT200 launch where prices will go into a free fall, you&rsquo;re going to come away disappointed. That task will fall upon the 5850, and we&rsquo;re looking forward to reviewing it as soon as we can.&rdquo;</span></font></blockquote> <p><font size="2"></font></p> <p><font size="2">-From our Radeon HD 5870 Review</font></p> <p><font size="2"><span>Today the other shoe drops, with AMD launching the 5870&rsquo;s companion card: the slightly pared down 5850. It&rsquo;s the same Cypress core that we saw on the 5870 with the same features: DX11, Eyefinity, angle-independent anisotropic filtering, HDMI bitstreaming, and supersample anti-aliasing. The only difference between the two is performance and power &ndash; the 5850 is a bit slower, and a bit less power hungry. If by any chance you&rsquo;ve missed our </span>Radeon HD 5870 review</font><span><font size="2">, please check it out; it goes in to full detail on what AMD is bringing to the table with Cypress and the HD 5800 series.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3650">Read more...</a></font></span></p> </span>