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Geforce GT 430 Vs Radeon HD 5570 Benchmark Tests & Overclocking (All in one Review)

A few days ago The Nvidia Geforce GT430 hits the markets and online stores targeting the HTPC markets and of course the card get benched all over the net by most of the reviewers gurus, today at this new All in one review we will take a look at the benchmark tests of the GT 430 from many reviews perspectives testing this DX11 low profile card using some of the most advanced games and benchmark tools.

Also we will see how this card perform when you overclock it and puch it hard, and as you can see on the title the competitor cards that you can put them with the GT430 are the ATI HD 5570, Nvidia Geforce GT 240, GT250 and more, so open up your eyes on the benchs pictures if you want to get the best choice for your pocket money to upgrade your graphic card.

Now lets take a look at the features and specifications of the new Nvidia baby plus the competitor mainstream cards.

Geforce GT 430

Geforce GT 430  is the ultimate performance upgrade, GPU-accelerate the editing of your photos and HD videos, watch Blu-Ray 3D™ movies, and level-up your game on the latest DirectX 11 titles.

Geforce GT 430 Features:

  • Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Support
    DirectX 11 GPU with Shader Model 5.0 support designed for ultra high performance in the new API’s key graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation.
  • Blu-Ray 3D Support
    Enable a theater quality 3D in your home with seamless support for 1080p Blu-Ray 3D discs across any compatible 3D viewing system over HDMI 1.4, including active-shutter glasses and passive polarized displays.
  • Hardware Video Decode Acceleration
    The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
  • TrueHD and DTS-HD Audio Bitstreaming Support
    Full support for TrueHD and DTS-HD advanced lossless multi-channel HD audio codecs brings the rich sound of the master recording to your living room.
  • NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
    CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding tasks such as video transcoding, physics simulation, ray tracing, and more, delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs.
  • NVIDIA PhysX® Technology
    Full support for PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
  • HDMI Output
    Support for HDMI 1.4 output enables sending both high-definition video and audio signals to an HDTV via a single cable.
  • Dual-link DVI Support
  • PCI Express 2.0 Support

Geforce GT 430 Specifications:

GPU Engine Specs:

CUDA Cores 96
Graphics Clock (MHz) 700 (DDR3) MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) 1400 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 11. 2

Memory Specs:

Memory Clock (MHz) 800 — 900 (DDR3)
Standard Memory Config 1 GB DDR3/GDDR5(2GB per GPU)
Memory Interface Width 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 25.6 — 28.8

Feature Support:

NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready Yes
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology* HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready Yes
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology Yes
Microsoft DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.0
Bus Support PCI-E 2. 0 x 16
Certified for Windows 7 Yes

Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:

Height 2.713 inches
Length 5.7 inches
Width Dual-slot

Thermal and Power Specs:

Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 98 C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 49 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W) 300 W

Geforce GT 430 GPUZ:

Radeon HD 5570

The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card offers the most features and functionality in its class. With ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 graphics cards you get a multi-purpose graphics solution for maximum versatility.

  • Full support for DirectX® 11 for a complete Windows® 7 experience3,4
  • Low profile graphics card, perfect for small form factor PCs

Specifications:

  • Engine clock speed: 650 MHz
  • Processing power (single precision): 520 GigaFLOPS
  • Polygon throughput: 650M polygons/sec
  • Data fetch rate (32-bit): 52 billion fetches/sec
  • Texel fill rate (bilinear filtered): 13 Gigatexels/sec
  • Pixel fill rate: 5.2 Gigapixels/sec
  • Anti-aliased pixel fill rate: 20.8 Gigasamples/sec
  • Memory clock speed:
    • DDR3:  900 MHz
    • GDDR5: 900-1000 MHz
  • Memory data rate:
    • DDR3:  1.8 Gbps
    • GDDR5:  3.6-4.0 Gbps
  • Memory bandwidth:
    • DDR3:  28.8 GB/s
    • GDDR5: 57.6-64 GB/s
  • Maximum board power:  39 Watts (400 Watt or greater power supply recommended)

ATI Radeon HD 5570 GPUZ screenshots:

Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT

The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT GPU offers a powerfully immersive entertainment experience designed for extreme high-definition gaming and video playback. Play the hottest DirectX 10 games with awesome speed and watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with brilliant clarity. Featuring next generation GeForce and PureVideo® HD technologies, the GeForce 9600 GT GPU puts amazing graphics performance within your reach.

Specifications:

96 Watt 59 Watt

GPU Engine Specs:

CUDA Cores 64 64
Graphics Clock (MHz) 650 MHz 600 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) 1625 MHz 1500 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 20.8  19.

Memory Specs:

Memory Clock (MHz) 900 MHz 900 MHz
Standard Memory Config 512  MB  GDDR3 512  MB  GDDR3
Memory Interface Width 256-bit  256-bit 
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 57.6 57.6

Thermal and Power Specs:

Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 105 C 105 C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 96 W 59 W
Minimum System Power Requirement (W) 400 W 300 W
Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin 

Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT GPUZ screenshots:

Benchmark Results selection


3DMark 2011 benchmark result:

full review

Dirt 2 Benchmark test result:

full review

HIS HD 5570 iceQ (DirectX 11/ Full HD 1080p) 1GB (128bit) 500MHz DDR3 PCIe

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    parallel processing power of your GPU to help speed up your PC
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IceQ Cooling Technology

HIS IceQ technology is endorsed as the most efficient cooling technology among the current mainstream graphic cards’ series. HIS IceQ can actively draw the air inside your PC case to cool down the card, and blows amounts of hot air out of your case, dramatically decreasing the GPU temperature together with your PC components. HIS IceQ is also UV sensitive, enhancing the gamers’ UV light case.


Heat transfers rapidly out of GPU and reduces temperature faster.

Cool down the droom to overclock and run chip faster; provides more headroom to overclock and run faster.

Operates with lower noise level than original cooler.


Efficient transfer of heat outside of computer case ensures cooling in CrossFire setup

 

HIS IceQ is also UV sensitive, enhancing the gamers’ UV light case

  1. Efficient transfer of heat outside of computer case
    Cool air is drawn from both sides of the fan and hot air is forced out of the computer case. This ensures effective cooling when there is another card in front blocking the fan inlet, such as in CrossFire setup
  2. Dual-slot cooling design
    Ensure you can conveniently connect the CrossFire cable to run a CrossFire setup.
  3. Silent and durable fan
    Significantly reduce noise level and extend service life
  4. Isolated heatsinks
    memory and GPU heatsinks are completely separated, preventing any heat transfer from GPU to memory. Memory heatsink is actively cooled by air stream from main cooler.
Microsoft DirectX® 11 Support

ATI RadeonTM HD 5500 Series GPUs fully support Microsoft DirectX® 11, enabling the following:

  • Tessellation is now available to PC developers for real-time rendering with ultra-realistic characters and an incredible level of detail with 3D images
  • HDR Texture compression delivers an intense level visual detail without increasing graphics memory footprint with efficiency and incredible image quality
  • Multi-threading support for DirectX® 11 accelerates rendering by leveraging all the CPU cores for overall faster gaming performance
  • DirectCompute improves PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX 11-enabled application’s processing load, freeing up the computer’s
Microsoft® Windows 7®

Designed to deliver all the benefits of Microsoft Windows 7 OS including built-in drag and drop transcoding 

ATI Radeon

TM HD 5570 Series Key Features

  • 627 million 40nm transistors
  • TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture
    • 400 Stream Processing Units
    • 20 Texture Units
    • 32 Z/Stencil ROP Units
  • Data fetch rate (32-bit): 52 billion fetches/sec
  • Texel fill rate (bilinear filtered): 13 Gigatexels/sec
  • Pixel fill rate: 5. 2 Gigapixels/sec
  • Processing power (single precision): 520 GigaFLOPS
  • Compliant with DirectX® 11 and earlier revisions
  • ATI Stream technology
  • Designed for DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL
  • Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
  • Compliant with DirectX® 11 and earlier revisions
  • Supports OpenGL 3.2
  • ATI AvivoTM HD video and display technology
  • ATI PowerPlayTM technology
  • ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology
    • Dual GPU scaling
  • PCI Express® 2.1 support
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  • HIS Graphics Card
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Model Name HIS HD 5570 iceQ (DirectX 11/ Full HD 1080p) Native HDMI 1GB (128bit) 500 MHz DDR3 Dual Link-DVI / VGA / HDMI (HDCP) PCIe (RoHS)
Chipset Radeon HD 5570 PCIe Series
ASIC RadeonTM HD 5570 GPU
Manu. Process (Micron) 40nm
Memory Size (MB) 1024
Memory Type DDR3
Engine CLK (MHz) 650Mhz
Memory CLK (Gbps) 1000Mhz
Memory Interface (bit) 128
Power Supply Requirement 400 Watt or greater power (500 Watt for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode)
Max. Resolution 2560*1600
Bus Interface PCI Express x 16
Display Port No
HDMI Yes
DVI Yes
VGA Yes
ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 System Requirements
  • PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
  • 400 Watt or greater power (500 Watt for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode)
  • Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
  • Minimum 1GB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive
  • Blu-ray playback requires Blu-ray drive
  • For an ATI CrossFireX system, a second ATI RadeonTM HD 5570 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and a Crossfire Bridge

 

    Expand, Accelerate, Dominate

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    • Get unrivalled visual quality and intense gaming performance and for today and tomorrow with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11
    • Tap into the massive parallel processing power of your GPU with ATI Stream technology and tackle demanding tasks like video transcoding with incredible speed
    • Experience the speed, responsiveness and performance of ultra-high bandwidth GDDR5 memory
    • ATI CrossFireXTM technology in dual-mode offers advanced scalability
    Microsoft DirectX® 11 Support

    ATI RadeonTM HD 5600 Series GPUs fully support Microsoft DirectX® 11, enabling the following:

    • Tessellation is now available to PC developers for real-time rendering with ultra-realistic characters and an incredible level of detail with 3D images
    • HDR Texture compression delivers an intense level visual detail without increasing graphics memory footprint with efficiency and incredible image quality
    • Multi-threading support for DirectX® 11 accelerates rendering by leveraging all the CPU cores for overall faster gaming performance
    • DirectCompute improves PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX 11-enabled application’s processing load, freeing up the computer’s
    ATI Stream Technology

    Thanks to the ATI Stream Technology, developers can now leverage AMD GPUs and CPUs for enhanced application performance and user experience. The massively parallel, programmable GPU architecture delivers dramatic performance and power efficiency

    ATI Stream technology is a set of advanced hardware and software technologies that enable AMD graphics processors (GPU), working in concert with the system’s central processor (CPU), to accelerate many applications beyond just graphics. This enables better-balanced platforms capable of running demanding computing tasks faster than ever.

    Along with leading third party industry partners and academic institutions worldwide, AMD is building a complete ATI Stream computing ecosystem, one that delivers the performance, applications, software and tools necessary to turn AMD’s low-cost application acceleration vision into reality.

    ATI Avivo

    TM Technology Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2)

    Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond and enjoy a more feature rich experience with enhanced Unified Video
    Decoder 2 (UVD 2):

    • Enhanced UVD 2 now support hardware acceleration decode of dual 1080p HD video streams
    • Brighter Whites processing increases the blue value of white colors for brighter and more vivid video playback
    • Independent Video Gamma Control allows you to set video gamma independently from Windows desktop for a better viewing experience
    • Dynamic Video Range Control enables user to control levels of black and white during playback
    Microsoft® Windows 7®

    Enjoy all the benefits of Microsoft Windows 7® with ATI RadeonTM HD 5600 Series GPUs which are designed to provide an exceptional experience for the upcoming operating system.

    HIS Radeon graphics chips and Windows 7 graphics driver draws Windows incredibly efficiently — helping to save system memory and enable a superior Windows experience. The Windows 7 Aero desktop was designed using the DirectX 11 API, for which ATI 5600 Series of products provide full support. Besides, they fully supports the new Direct2D API — enabling enhanced 2D graphics features, and anti-aliased text to make applications running under the Windows 7 desktop look amazingly smooth and readable.

    ATI CrossFireX

    TM Technology

    — «Take gaming to a new level with plug-n-play ease»

    Get up to 1.8X of a graphics performance boost with ATI CrossFireXTM technology in dual mode.

    Experience stunning visual realism in today’s demanding games with uncompromising image quality, especially on HD displays. ATI CrossFireX: Multiply and Conquer!

     

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    GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5770 Super Overclock 1GB Video Card

    Video Cards & GPUs

    AMD Radeon GPU

    The Super Overclock series from GIGABYTE gets a new mid range model.

    Let’s see how the HD 5770 SOC fairs.

    Published Aug 19, 2010 9:44 AM CDT   |   Updated Tue, Nov 3 2020 7:02 PM CST

    Manufacturer: GIGABYTE

    14 minute read time

    Introduction and The Package

    Introduction

    Occasionally I’ll have a sample that slips through the cracks; the HD 5770 SOC from GIGABYTE is one of those cards. When I first heard about the model I was looking forward to testing it. Combine the SOC series from GIGABYTE which we love, along with the HD 5770 which carries with it some excellent value, and we thought surely we’re onto a winner.

    Unfortunately the model just seemed to arrive at the wrong time, though. It then kind of got pushed back behind some other products and forgotten about. During a bit of a cleanup it managed to rear its face again and it was time to get it straight into the testbed to see what the model was capable of.

    The first thing we’ll do is have a look at the bundle GIGABYTE has put together. Once we’ve done that we’ll have a closer look at the card itself, the cooler GIGABYTE has opted for and the clocks GIGABYTE decided on. We’ll then figure out if those clocks make the model worthy of the Super Overclock name.

    Once all that’s out the way, we’ll get into the benchmarking side of things and see just how the model performs before we wrap everything up. But firstly, as we said before, let’s check out the package that GIGABYTE has put together.

    The Package

    The box design is very similar to other SOC cards we’ve seen in the past from GIGABYTE. It’s good as it really lets us identify the model immediately. Inside we haven’t got a whole lot going on; we’ve got a manual and driver CD along with a dual Molex to 6-Pin connector, DVI to VGA connector and CrossFire bridge.

    The Card and Specifications

    The Card

    Looking at the card itself, we can see the cooler GIGABYTE has opted for looks pretty mean. We’ve got a number of copper heat pipes coming out the top and the fan itself is quite large. As for the rest of the card, there are no real surprises here. We’ve got a single 6-Pin PCI-E power connector at the back and a CrossFire connector at the top. Connectivity is the standard Eyefinity setup which means two Dual-Link DVI connectors, HDMI and DisplayPort.

    Specifications

    The card we’re looking at today is part of the Super Overclock series which of course means it’s overclocked out of the box.

    At default the HD 5770 carries with it an 850MHz core and the 1GB of GDDR5 comes with a 4800MHz QDR clock. While the SOC hasn’t moved the memory clock, GIGABYTE has bumped the core up 50MHz to 900MHz.

    We’re not sure if we would call this a «super» overclock, but 50MHz core on a mid range model is impressive. Hopefully when it comes to benchmarking it manages to give us some nice numbers.

    Test System Setup and 3DMark Vantage

    We would like to thank the following companies for supplying and supporting us with our test system hardware and equipment: Intel, ASRock, Kingston, Western Digital, Noctua and Thermaltake.

    We haven’t tested a whole lot of mid range cards lately, so we haven’t got a huge database of them at the moment, for that reason we’ll be comparing the HD 5770 SOC against the GIGABYTE HD 5750 Silent Cell we looked at recently and the HD 5670 from Axle 3D.

    Being a mid range card, we are only testing at 1680 x 1050 and 1920 x 1200. We’ll also not be including any AA or AF tests. Hopefully the GIGABYTE HD 5770 SOC is able to give us some playable numbers at these resolutions.

    Let’s get started!

    3DMark Vantage

    Version and / or Patch Used: 1.0.1
    Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com
    Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmarkvantage/
    Buy It Here

    3DMark Vantage is the new industry standard PC gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for Windows Vista and DirectX10. It includes two new graphics tests, two new CPU tests, several new feature tests, and support for the latest hardware.

    3DMark Vantage is based on a completely new rendering engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10, the new graphics API from Microsoft.

    Compared to the HD 5750 we can see the SOC version of the HD 5770 carries with it quite a nice performance boost in both our 3DMark Vantage presets.

    Unigine Heaven Benchmark

    Version and / or Patch Used: 1 and 2
    Developer Homepage: http://www.unigine.com
    Product Homepage: http://unigine.com/press-releases/091022-heaven_benchmark//

    New benchmark grants the power to unleash the DirectX 11 potential in the gift wrapping of impressively towering graphics capabilities. It reveals the enchanting magic of floating islands with a tiny village hidden in the cloudy skies. With the interactive mode emerging experience of exploring the intricate world is ensured within reach. Through its advanced renderer, Unigine is one of the first to set precedence in showcasing the art assets with tessellation, bringing compelling visual finesse, utilizing the technology to the full extend and exhibiting the possibilities of enriching 3D gaming.

    Note: If a card doesn’t support DirectX 11 the benchmark will be left out, if it does it will be included along with the DirectX10 results.

    We again see quite a nice boost in performance compared to the HD 5750.

    Benchmarks — CINEBENCH

    CINEBENCH

    Version and / or Patch Used: Release 10 and Release 11.5
    Developer Homepage: http://www.maxon.net/
    Product Homepage: http://www.maxon.net

    CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer’s performace capabilities. MAXON CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software, CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more.

    MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor and the graphics card under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores and is available for Windows (32-bit and 64-Bit) and Macintosh (PPC and Intel-based).

    CINEBENCH performance across the board is very similar for the three ATI based cards.

    Benchmarks — Resident Evil 5

    Resident Evil 5

    Version and / or Patch Used: Demo Benchmark
    Developer Homepage: www.residentevil.com/
    Product Homepage: http://www.residentevil.com/

    Resident Evil 5 is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the seventh installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series, and was released on September 18. Resident Evil 5 revolves around Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar as they investigate a terrorist threat in Kijuju, a fictional town in Africa.

    Without a minimum we’re looking for an average of around 60 FPS. You can see at both resolutions the HD 5770 SOC doesn’t have any problem achieving those results.

    Benchmarks — BattleForge

    BattleForge

    Version and / or Patch Used: Auto Patched at Load
    Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
    Developer Homepage: http://www.battleforge.com/
    Product Homepage: http://www.battleforge.com/

    The Gods have disappeared and the old sun has died, letting a vile twilight engulf the world of Nyn. In exchange for all treasures the mortals possessed, the evil giants agreed to forge a new sun and hurl it into the sky.

    But the deal was betrayed, the treasure stolen and now the mortals flee the wrath of the giants. Under the light of a new sun the mortals stumble into a world changed and twisted by an age of twilight. The long journey home has become a conquest of survival.

    Note: Supporting DirectX 11 we have seperated the graphs for NVIDIA and ATI cards. While the numbers between the two brands can be compared you have to make note that ATI based HD 5000 series cards are running DirectX 11.

    While we fall below the 60 FPS average at both resolutions, we’re not far behind it at both. A bit of a detail drop and we should be able to get the FPS we need. We’re a lot closer to that average we need as well when compared to the HD 5750.

    Benchmarks — Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.

    Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.

    Version and / or Patch Used: Benchmark Demo
    Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
    Developer Homepage: http://www.ubi.com/UK/default.aspx
    Product Homepage: http://www.hawxgame.com/

    Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X is an arcade-style flight simulator video game developed by Ubisoft Romania and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and iPhone OS.

    The fundamental gameplay mechanics are similar to those of other console-based flight series. Players take on enemies with over 50 aircraft available. Each mission is at real world locations in environments created with commercial satellite data. A cockpit, first person, and third person view are selectable. The third person view gives the player an external view of both their plane and the target.

    Set above the skies of a near-future world, increasingly dependent on private military companies with elite mercenaries who have a relaxed view on the law. As these non-governmental organizations gain power, global conflict erupts with one powerful PMC attacking the United States.

    While we can see the HD 5750 struggles at 1920 x 1200, the HD 5770 SOC doesn’t have an issue getting that 60 FPS average. We’re actually 8 FPS past it which is great to see.

    Benchmarks — Darkest of Days

    Darkest of Days

    Version and / or Patch Used: 1.4
    Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
    Developer Homepage: http://www.darkestofdays.com/index.php
    Product Homepage: http://www.darkestofdays.com/index. php

    Darkest of Days takes the player through time into historic battles in an effort to save key individuals from certain death. The battles range from Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 to fighting in Pompeii as ash and fire rain down from an erupting Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. Other locations include the battles of Antietam and Tannenberg, and a German World War II P.O.W. camp. There are different missions in every time period and the game takes about 4 hours to complete.

    The game features over twenty weapons, both from the original time period as well as those brought back from the future. In addition, there are artillery weapons from different time periods to assist in battle.

    Note: With the PhysX set to Medium or High Darkest of Days take advantage of the NVIDIA PhysX abilities. For that reason we will test ATI cards at the Low preset, NVIDIA based cards though will be tested at Low and High.

    We again see that the HD 5770 is the difference between smooth game play and not. At 1920 x 1200 the HD 5750 just falls shy of that 60 FPS average we want to see. The same can’t be said about the HD 5770 which flies past the 60s and gets into the 70s.

    Benchmarks — Far Cry 2

    Far Cry 2

    Version and / or Patch Used: 1.01
    Timedemo or Level Used: Ranch Long
    Developer Homepage: http://www.ubi.com/
    Product Homepage: http://www.farcry2.com/
    Buy It Here

    The Dunia Engine was built specifically for Far Cry 2 by the award-winning Ubisoft Montreal development team. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire propagation and storm effects, real-time night-and-day cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and so much more.

    We can see that the HD 5750 just manages to scrape past that 30 FPS minimum at both resolutions. The HD 5770 SOC on the other hand doesn’t have any problems dealing with the these detail levels under Far Cry 2.

    Benchmarks — Batman Arkham Asylum

    Batman Arkham Asylum

    Version and / or Patch Used: 1.1
    Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
    Developer Homepage: http://www.batmanarkhamasylum.com/
    Product Homepage: http://www.batmanarkhamasylum.com/

    Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure that takes them to the depths of Arkham Asylum — Gotham’s psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. Gamers will move in the shadows, instigate fear amongst their enemies and confront The Joker and Gotham City’s most notorious villains who have taken over the asylum.

    Using a wide range of Batman’s gadgets and abilities, players will become the invisible predator and attempt to foil The Joker’s demented scheme.
    Batman: Arkham Asylum features an original story penned exclusively for the game by famous Batman author and five-time Emmy award winner Paul Dini, whose credits include Lost season one and Batman: The Animated Series.

    Note: With support for PhysX NVIDIA based cards will be tested with the technology on and off, ATI cards will be tested with the technology off due to it not being supported on their cards.

    Batman AA runs great on most cards and here is no different. Our minimum is actually above 60 FPS at both resolutions.

    Benchmarks — Dark Void

    Dark Void

    Version and / or Patch Used: Benchmark Demo
    Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
    Developer Homepage: http://www.airtightgames.com
    Product Homepage: http://www.darkvoidgame.com/

    The game’s story takes place during World War II and centers around a cargo pilot named William Augustus Grey (voiced by Nolan North) who is teleported to another world while flying through the Bermuda Triangle. In this world, known as the ‘Void’, Will encounters an alien race as well as other humans, which are known as the Watchers and the Survivors respectively.

    Will reluctantly joins the Survivors who are engaged in a feud with the alien race to satisfy his desire to return to Earth. While aiding the Survivors, Will discovers that the Void is a middle ground that connects both the Watchers homeworld and Earth. It also becomes apparent that the Watchers are supplying the Axis powers with various supplies for reasons unknown. With the help of Nikola Tesla, Will utilizes retrofited Watcher technology to combat the Watchers and eventually find a way to escape the Void.

    Dark Void isn’t the most intensive game and you can see that performance is again very good from all the cards including the HD 5770 SOC from GIGABYTE.

    Benchmarks — Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor

    Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor

    Version and / or Patch Used: 1.51
    Timedemo or Level Used: Sample File
    Developer Homepage: http://www.elcomsoft. com/
    Product Homepage: http://www.elcomsoft.com/ewsa.html

    ElcomSoft has pioneered many software innovations that have made it easier to recover passwords protecting various types of resources. For the first time in the industry, the company’s patent-pending GPU acceleration makes its way into Wi-Fi password recovery, reducing the time required to recover Wi-Fi passwords up to a hundred times.

    Supporting up to four NVIDIA boards such as GeForce 8, 9, and 200, as well as ATI video cards such as RADEON HD 4000 Series and up, Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor allows building servers with supercomputer performance at a fraction of the price.

    WSA performance isn’t bad; it performs where we would expect it to.

    Temperature Test

    Temperature Tests

    With the TES 1326 Infrared Thermometer literally in hand we found ourselves getting real-world temperatures from the products we test at load (3D clock speeds).

    There are two places we pull temperature from — the back of the card directly behind the core and if the card is dual slot and has an exhaust point we also pull a temperate from there, as seen in the picture.

    The temperature on the HD 5770 SOC is very low. The only card to run cooler is the HD 5570 which is quite low end.

    Sound Test

    Sound Tests

    Pulling out the TES 1350A Sound Level Meter we find ourselves quickly yelling into the top of it to see how loud we can be.

    After five minutes of that we get a bit more serious and place the device two CM away from the fan on the card to find the maximum noise level of the card when idle (2D mode) and in load (3D mode).

    Unfortunately these low temps do come at the cost of noise. Even though we were getting 70dB from our Sound Meter, to be honest it doesn’t sound that loud. Considering we’ve heard GTX 400 cards at 100% fan speed which put out similar numbers, they sound considerably louder.

    Power Consumption Tests

    Using our new PROVA Power Analyzer WM-01 or «Power Thingy» as it has become quickly known as to our readers, we are now able to find out what kind of power is being used by our test system and the associated graphics cards installed. Keep in mind; it tests the complete system (minus LCD monitor, which is plugged directly into AC wall socket).

    There are a few important notes to remember though; while our maximum power is taken in 3DMark06 at the same exact point, we have seen in particular tests the power being drawn as much as 10% more. We test at the exact same stage every time; therefore tests should be very consistent and accurate.

    The other thing to remember is that our test system is bare minimum — only a 7,200RPM SATA-II single hard drive is used without CD ROM or many cooling fans.

    So while the system might draw 400 watts in our test system, placing it into your own PC with a number of other items, the draw is going to be higher.

    Being a mid range card, the low power draw doesn’t come as a surprise. Its idle is a little higher when compared to some of the competition, but we’re dealing with quite low numbers anyway so it doesn’t really matter.

    Total Performance Rating (TPR)

    Total Performance Rating

    The TPR graph is a combination of all our benchmarks in which NVIDIA and ATI are on an even playing field. This includes benchmarks where PhysX can be forced off like Dark Void and Batman: Arkham Asylum, but not Darkest of Days.

    The TPR number is a combination of:

    3DMark Vantage, Heaven Benchmark V2, CINEBENCH R11.5, Resident Evil 5, BattleForge, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., Far Cry 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum (PhysX Off), Dark Void (PhysX Off) and our three High Quality tests which include Far Cry 2, Resident Evil 5 and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.

    All of the benchmark results achieved are then combined into a single number. As this graph will grow over time and cards won’t be re-tested, next to each model you’ll find the driver version that was used when the card was benchmarked.

    Compared to our other mid range cards, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the card is the fastest. It’s the highest model out of the lot and the most expensive. You can see here just how much faster the model is, though.

    Total Value Rating (TVR) and Final Thoughts

    Total Value Rating

    The TVR graph is the TPR score divided by the price of the video card. The price of the video card is based on the list price of the model on Newegg.com. In the event the card isn’t listed, it will be based on the U.S. $ MSRP given to us by the manufacturer.

    In the event we can’t source a price from either, the product will not receive a TVR rating. As with our TPR graph, the amount of video cards on the list will grow over time and the price of the model won’t change from what it was when first reviewed. For this reason the U.S. $ price that the card is based off will be included next to the name of the model.

    In the event you want to find the TVR rating yourself based on the current price, all you have to do is simply divide the TPR number by the list price.

    TVR numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number; 100.3 will be 100; 100.8 will be 101 and 100.5 will be rounded down to 100.

    The HD 5770 is one of the better valued mid range models. Its price to performance ratio is really quite good.

    Final Thoughts

    The HD 5770 has always been a good model. Going through the graphs, there’s very few instances that the HD 5770 SOC from GIGABYTE struggles at the resolutions we tested at. Considering you’re talking about a card that costs well under the $200 mark, it’s a great little buy for the casual gamer that is going to game at 1680 x 1050, 1920 x 1080 or 1920 x 1200.

    We’re not sure if the model really deserves the Super Overclock tag that GIGABYTE has given it, especially since they didn’t opt to overclock the memory. A 50MHz overclock on this model’s core is impressive, though, and the performance for the price is ultimately very good. We just hope that GIGABYTE doesn’t go silly with the SOC naming and start giving it to models that don’t really deserve it. We feel the HD 5770 SOC is about the lowest point where we would give the tag.

    For the money there’s not really a better buy than the HD 5770 SOC. Sure, with models like the GTX 460 out now that offer amazing value for money, they’re closer to the $200 mark. If you want to spend closer to the $150 area this is a better option. At the end of it all we’re able to run just about everything at 1920 x 1200 with game settings maxed out. Sure, you might be avoiding AA and AF and as more intensive games come out over the life of the model you might have to drop the detail level down, but really, for the money it’s a great little buy.

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    Shawn Baker

    Shawn takes care of all of our video card reviews. From 2009, Shawn is also taking care of our memory reviews, and from May 2011, Shawn also takes care of our CPU, chipset and motherboard reviews. As of December 2011, Shawn is based out of Taipei, Taiwan.

    Sapphire HD 5570 1 GB

     

    If you are on a tight budget, and need a card that can play games then you have come to the right place. With 40nm technology, GDDR3, and a 128 it bus this card is a great value for your dollar.

     

    Introduction

    For many people $200 USD is just too much for a graphics card, but they still want to be able to play games. While mid range cards don’t have the performance to max out all of the latest games, they can at least play them and deliver that playability at a low price point. Today we have the latest addition to ATI’s lineup, the HD 5570. This card aims to replace the aging HD 4670. Many owners of a 4670 will praise its amazing price to performance ratio. These same owneres will no doubt pick up a 5570, or maybe take a step up to the 5600 series. However if you are not able to afford a 5600 series card, or are planning a lower power PC then the 5500 series is an amazing option.

    The 5500 series combines all of the features of its big brothers incldueing its amazing power useage. When I say the 5500 series uses almost no power, I mean it uses almost no power (under 45 watts). This card is a great option for a HTPC, or budget gameing machine, but lets take a closer look at the card!

    Features

    Expand

    Expand your visual real estate with ATI Eyefinity Technology, with revolutionary multi-display capabilities that let you see more and get more done.
     

    ATI Eyefinity technology maximizes your field of view across up to three displays, fully engaging your peripheral vision and putting you right IN the game.

    • Flight Sim and Racing Games:
      Create the ultimate flight or racing simulation platform by extending supported games across multiple displays for a panoramic view that gives you a true sense of height and speed.
       
    • Role-playing Games (RPG):
      Get a bird’s-eye view and spread out game information across multiple screens and still stay in the center of the action.
       
    • Real-time strategy (RTS): 
      See more of the battlefield without having to zoom.
       
    • First-Person Shooter (FPS):
      Get a better view of what’s going on around you, use your peripheral vision so you can see the enemy before they see you.
       

    Help increase productivity by maximizing your visual workspace so you can see more Windows simultaneously

    The perfect solution for your home or office, ATI Eyefinity technology makes multi-tasking a snap by eliminating the need to flip between windows. Surf the internet, do email, edit photos or videos, track your stocks and much more all at the same time.
     

    ATI Eyefinity technology is ideal for multimedia applications; it allows you to keep several ‘palettes’ or ‘panels’ open while you edit images or videos.
     

     

    Accelerate

     

     

    Perform tasks on a PC faster with ATI Stream technology, speed up demanding everyday applications and get more done in less time.

     

    Unleash the massive parallel processing power of your GPU to help you do more with your PC than ever before.

     

    With multimedia softwares that support ATI Stream, users can enjoy fast video encoding and transcoding so video playback, editing and transferring content to portable media players is quick and easy.

     

    DirectCompute presents even more opportunities for you to take advantage of your ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series GPU for tasks other than just rendering

    • DirectCompute, helps improve PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX 11-enabled application’s processing load, freeing up the computer’s mainprocessor to take on additional tasks.
    • DirectX 11-enabled applications are designed for fast performance on your PC running Windows 7. In addition, programs designed for Windows 7 can convert a digital media file to a different size or format can perform a faster conversion (i.e. transcode) under Windows 7 than under previous versions of WIndows.
    • Windows® 7 with built-in drag and drop transcoding is a great example how ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series GPUs provide an exceptional experience for the upcoming operating system.
    • High performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics, for everything from grass to facial features.

    Dominate 

    With DirectX® 11 support you can play the latest HD games with unrivalled visual quality, astonishing realism and ultra-fast frame rates.
     

    Get unrivalled visual quality and intense gaming performance and for today and tomorrow with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11

    • ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series graphics accelerators and software drivers are the first to offer full support for Microsoft DirectX® 11.
    • Get striking 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity with DirectX® 11 support, including features like HDR Texture Compression, DirectCompute and Tessellation.
    • DirectX® 11 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and you’ll get top-notch performance for these titles with ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series GPUs.

    Get AMDs most advanced technology and massive compute power with ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series GPUs

      • Experience the speed, responsiveness and performance of ultra-high bandwidth GDDR5memory.
         
      • Get up to 1.8X of a graphics performance boost with ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode.
         
      • Unparalleled anti-aliasing (AA) and enhanced anisotropic filtering deliver slick graphics with remarkable realism.

     

    ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series GPUs are designed to deliver all the benefits of Microsoft Windows® 7

    Engineered to take advantage of all the graphical features within the new Windows 7 operating system, ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series GPUs deliver a visually compelling experience and a fast, responsive PC.

     

    Exclusive Software Bundle


     

    A Plug-in For  Higher Quality Video and Audio In Video  

     Conference/Chat. 

    • Supports MSN, Yahoo Messenger and Skype
       
    • Supports Windows® Vista and Windows® 7
       
    • Supports ATi Stream

    Upscale and enhance the video/audio quality for instant messenger softwares

     

    Remark

    – SKU 11168-00-40R is bundled with ArcSoft SIMHD™ IM

    Sapphire  HD 5570 System Requirements 

     

    • PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
       
    • 400 Watt or greater power supply recommended (475 Watt for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
       
    • Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
       
    • Minimum 1GB of system memory
       
    • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
       
    • DVD playback requires DVD drive
       
    • Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
       
    •  For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard are required.

    It is worth noting that this card does not require a CrossFire cable to use CrossFire. However I feel that most buyers of this card will not run CrossFire, so this will not matter. As stated before all of the features from the more expensive cards are on the 5570 as well.

    Specifications

    Specification 5670 GT220 4670 5570
    Core Clock (MHz) 775 720 750 650
    # of Shaders 400 48

    320

     400
    Shader Clock (MHz)

    775

    1566 750 650
    Memory Size (MB)

    1024

    1024 512 1024
    Memory Bus (bit)
    128 128 128  128
    Memory Clock (MHz)

    1000

    800 1000 900
    Memory Type

    GDDR5

    DDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3

    A quick glanse shows that the 5570 should end up being right around the performance level of the 4670. This is not bad since the 4670 was the high end mid range card of its day, while the 5570 is the low end mid range card of its. This should be a very interesting comparison indeed.

    Pictures & Impressions

    When we open the box we are greeted with the manual first. This is the most important part if you are not familiar with installing computer components. Below that is the driver CD, which we normally don’t recommend, but since this was written before the release of the card there is no other choice. The low profile brackets are tucked away where they wont jab into the card.

    This is all that is included. Since this is a cheaper card you can pretty much expect it to come with the bare bones, but the inclusion of low profile brackets are a nice addition that many manufacturers overlook. The included SimHD is ok, but we would prefer to have a Vantage key or some cheap game in its place.

    This card is just about as basic as you can get. The heatsink is surprisingly large for a cheaper card. Normally the heatsink for these cards amounts to a fan with an aluminum block under it. We see that the card is extra small so it will easily fit in low profile case, however you will loose the VGA connection. This can easily be remedied with a DVI to VGA adapter.

    All of the ports you would expect to see are here. Surprisingly there is a DisplayPort. This was certainly a surprise to me, but a welcomed surprise none the less. For some reason Sapphire includes a VGA low profile bracket, but thats impossible to use so I don’t know their reasoning there.

    Methodology

    To test this card, we did a fresh load of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and applied all the patches and updates for the OS, then we updated all the motherboard drivers and made sure that we had the latest 9.12 Catalyst drivers. We didn’t install any video drivers on the test rig at first, we just installed the basics and then cloned the hard drive using Acronis. That way when we switch from the ATI GPU to the Nvidia GPU we can have a fresh load with no old drivers hanging around to bugger up our benchmark numbers.

    We ran each test 3 times and averaged the results, the average of those results are reported here. The one exception to the 3 run rule is Stalker, this test is just long so all of the individual tests were averaged together. Below is a detailed list of the components used during testing.

    Test Rig
    Case Cooler Master HAF 932
    CPU Intel i7 920 @ 3.91 Ghz
    Motherboard Asus P6X58D
    Ram (6x2GB) DDR3 @ 1646 9-9-9-22
    CPU Cooler D-Tek Fuzion
    Hard Drives Corsair P64
    Western Digital 750 GB
    Optical LiteOn DVDR
    GPU’s Tested

    Sapphire HD 5670
    Sapphire HD 5570
    MSI HD 4670
    Gigabyte GT220
    Sapphire HD 5770

    Testing PSU Corsair HX1000 Watt

     

    Synthetic Benchmarks & Games

     

    Synthetic Benchmarks & Games
    3DMark 06
    3DMark Vantage
    Crysis
    Crysis Warhead
    Far Cry 2
    Hawx
    Dirt 2
    Unigine

     

    Overclocking

    To overclock the Sapphire 5570 I used ATI Catalyst. I slowly increased the clocks by 10 MHz until the system became unstable, then I baked down the clocks a bit and tested for stability. I kept lowering the clocks until the system was rock solid. Below where my results.

    Unfortunately ATI has limited the 5570 to the clocks above. The good news is this card easily climbed to them, and was stable. This boost is simple enough for anyone too do even if you have never overclocked anything in your life. It should provide a mild boost to gaming. Below is a Vantage run showing the difference.

    You can see here that the overclock makes a difference. The difference is pretty minimal, but its free performance that you would otherwise not have.

    3DMARK06 V. 1.1.0

    3DMark06 developed by Futuremark, is a synthetic benchmark used for universal testing of all graphics solutions. 3DMark06 features HDR rendering, complex HDR post processing, dynamic soft shadows for all objects, water shader with HDR refraction, HDR reflection, depth fog and Gerstner wave functions, realistic sky model with cloud blending, and approximately 5. 4 million triangles and 8.8 million vertices; to name just a few. The measurement unit “3DMark” is intended to give a normalized mean for comparing different GPU/VPUs. It has been accepted as both a standard and a mandatory benchmark throughout the gaming world for measuring performance.

    The 5570 doesn’t get off to a bad start, but it ends up being behind the 4670. We see that even the GT220 almost matches the 5570. Hopefully the 5570’s luck changes in Vantage.

    3DMark Vantage

    For complete information on 3DMark Vantage Please follow this Link:

    www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmarkvantage/features/

    The newest video benchmark from the gang at Futuremark. This utility is still a synthetic benchmark, but one that more closely reflects real world gaming performance. While it is not a perfect replacement for actual game benchmarks, it has its uses. We tested our cards at the ‘Performance’ setting.

    Currently, there is a lot of controversy surrounding NVIDIA’s use of a PhysX driver for its 9800 GTX and GTX 200 series cards, thereby putting the ATI brand at a disadvantage. Whereby installing the PyhsX driver, 3DMark Vantage uses the GPU to perform PhysX calculations during a CPU test, and this is where things get a bit gray. If you look at the Driver Approval Policy for 3DMark Vantage it states; “Based on the specification and design of the CPU tests, GPU make, type or driver version may not have a significant effect on the results of either of the CPU tests as indicated in Section 7.3 of the 3DMark Vantage specification and white paper.” Did NVIDIA cheat by having the GPU handle the PhysX calculations or are they perfectly within their right since they own Ageia and all their IP? I think this point will quickly become moot once Futuremark releases an update to the test.

    This time the 5570 was easily able to pass the 4670. The 5570 seems like it might be coded better for more recent games, but struggle with the older games. We saw a similar thing in the transition from the 1000 series to the 2000 series. The older cards would outperform their successors in older games, but struggle in newer ones.

    Crysis v. 1.21

    Crysis is the most highly anticipated game to hit the market in the last several years. Crysis is based on the CryENGINE™ 2 developed by Crytek. The CryENGINE™ 2 offers real time editing, bump mapping, dynamic lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows, and a dynamic music system, just to name a few of the state-of-the-art features that are incorporated into Crysis. As one might expect with this number of features, the game is extremely demanding of system resources, especially the GPU. We expect Crysis to be a primary gaming benchmark for many years to come.

    The Settings we use for benchmarking Crysis

     

    We see here that the 5570 looses by a small margin to the 4670. The 5570 does manage to beat the 220, which is a good thing. Lets see how the 5570 handles higher resolutions.

    Again the 5570 comes up short against the 4670, but still beats out the 220.

    CRYSIS WARHEAD

    Crysis Warhead is the much anticipated sequel of Crysis, featuring an updated CryENGINE™ 2 with better optimization. It was one of the most anticipated titles of 2008.

    The Settings we use for benchmarking Warhead

     

    The tide has changed a bit as we move onto Warhead. While the 5570 had a slightly lower average frame rate, the 4670 had a lower minimum.

    The 5570 manages to come oh so close to the 4670, but no cigar. The way this is going so far the 5570 is looking like a decent replacement for the 4670.

    Far Cry 2

    Far Cry 2, released in October 2008 by Ubisoft, was one of the most anticipated titles of the year. It’s an engaging state-of-the-art First Person Shooter set in an un-named African country. Caught between two rival factions, you’re sent to take out “The Jackal”. Far Cry2 ships with a full featured benchmark utility and it is one of the most well designed, well thought out game benchmarks we’ve ever seen. One big difference between this benchmark and others is that it leaves the game’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) running while the benchmark is being performed.

    The Settings we use for benchmarking FarCry 2

     

    Now these are the results we where looking for. The 5570 really puts a beating on the 4670 here. The 4670 however did have a higher minimum frame rate, but the 5570’s minimum frame rate was so high it doesn’t matter.

    The 5570 doesn’t slow down as we increase the resolution. The 4670 again has a higher minimum frame rate, but the 5570 kept its minimum over 30.

    HawX

    The story begins in the year 2012. As the era of the nation–state draws quickly to a close, the rules of warfare evolve even more rapidly. More and more nations become increasingly dependent on private military companies (PMCs), elite mercenaries with a lax view of the law. The Reykjavik Accords further legitimize their existence by authorizing their right to serve in every aspect of military operations. While the benefits of such PMCs are apparent, growing concerns surrounding giving them too much power begin to mount.

    Tom Clancy‘s HAWX is the first air combat game set in the world–renowned Tom Clancy‘s video game universe. Cutting–edge technology, devastating firepower, and intense dogfights bestow this new title a deserving place in the prestigious Tom Clancy franchise. Soon, flying at Mach 3 becomes a right, not a privilege.

    All the settings where set to low.

    The 5570 pulls out far ahead of the 4670 here. You will easily be able to play the game regardless however.

    Again the 5570 easily trumps the 4670. During non DirectX 11 testing the 5570 has shown that it is easily capable of playing any game, and even allowing you to turn up the eye candy a bit. Now lets see how well it handles DirectX 11 content.

    Dirt 2

    Colin McRae Dirt 2 is the squeal to the popular racing game Colin McRae Dirt. The game is a racing game, but with an off road twist. Instead of racing Bugattis and Porsches your going to be racing trophy trucks and rally cars. The newest addition adds DirectX 11 effects, and modified physics from the original game.

    The settings we used in Dirt 2

    We see that the 5570 just doesn’t have enough horsepower to be able to play this game at a decent clip. The game itself is maxed, so there was never much hope this card would excel.

    When the resolution is increased we see the 5570 fall deeper into the pit. However it was not at an absolute standstill, so at least theres a bright side to this.

    Unigine Heaven

    Unigine Heaven is a benchmark program based on Unigine Corp’s latest engine, Unigine. The engine features DirectX 11, Hardware tessellation, DirectCompute, and Shader Model 5.0. All of these new technologies combined with the ability to run each card through the same exact test means this benchmark should be in our arsenal for a long time.

    The settings we used in Unigine Heaven

    The 5570 didn’t do too bad of a job overall considering the 5770 wasn’t even able to play this at 30 FPS.

    The 5570 looses a few FPS, but still hangs in there. Unigine is pretty demanding on lower end DX11 cards, so this result was to be expected. I do feel that the card did a pretty decent job, but I have no faith that the card will be able to handle future titles with DX11 enabled.

    Temperatures

    To test the temperatures I booted up Furmark 1.7. I let Furmark run for 30 minutes then recorded the highest reached temperature. I then let the card idle doing nothing for another 30 minutes and recorded the temperature after the wait. Below are the results.

    Idle (°C) Load (°C)
    37

    77

    The temperatures where actually pretty good. Take in mind that this was with auto fan, so the temperatures could be lowered by a huge margin if you turned the fan up. The fan itself is pretty silent up to around 50%. At 75% the fan is still quite quiet. If you don’t mind a little noise I would recommend running it at around 75% to ensure that the card stays cool.

    Conclusion

    The Sapphire HD 5570 is a budget card that provides the power you need to play the latest games, and even turn up the eye candy a bit. This card is also very appealing to the HTPC market. The card is a low profile card, so it will fit in the small cases that many HTPCs use. It also happens to feature a 40nm chip which uses a very small amount of power, and thus creates much less heat. Heat is often an issue in HTPC cases, so any component that can help the lower the heat level is desired.

    Surprisingly this card supports all of the features of its larger brothers, namely Eyefinity. This is pretty amazing for a budget card. The only issue with this is the card just doesn’t have the power to play any newer games at the resolutions that are required. None the less it is still nice to see the feature on a card like this. When you combine that with Sapphire’s excellent two year warranty, and you have a winning card.

    OUR VERDICT:  Sappire HD 5570 1 GB
    Performance 8
    Value 7
    Quality 8
    Features 9
    Innovation 8

    We are using an addition to our scoring system to provide additional feedback beyond a flat score. Please note that the final score isn’t an aggregate average of the rating system.

    Total 8

    Decent Cooler

    DDR3

    No 6 Pin PCIE Needed

     Little Pricey

     

    Summary: The Sapphire HD 5570 1 GB is a great card for a budget gamer or HTPC builder. The cards ability to work in a low profile case only deepens its feature set. This card is sure to meet the needs of many consumers, and provide an excellent performance for years to come.

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    Reasonable Gaming, DX11 Performance For $80?

    You might not be a big graphics card PC buff, but in the under $100 sector, the new ATI Radeon HD 5570 is definitely a product to know. Tom’s Hardware shares their excellent, extremely thorough review of the product here.

    And to note, the 5570 basically the cheapest DX11 card that you can actually play games on, unlike the 5450, which is for HTPCs and not so much for pew pew.

    In September of 2008—almost a year and a half ago—ATI surprised everyone on a budget with the launch of its Radeon HD 4670.

    Released at $80, the card was priced to fight the entry-level GeForce 9500 GT, and yet the 4670’s specifications were comparable to the previous-generation’s Radeon HD 3870 flagship.

    To make a long story short, the Radeon HD 4670’s performance humiliated its competition. With 320 shader cores at its disposal, the Radeon HD 4670 changed the game at its price point. The card’s presence forced Nvidia to create the GeForce 9600 GSO from high-end parts that were more expensive to manufacture, also causing the company to drop the price of its GeForce 9600 GT.

    Since its inception, the Radeon HD 4670 has remained one of the best budget gaming cards on the market (and a staple recommendation in our Best Graphics Cards For The Money column). It is also notable that it held the distinction of being the fastest reference card that didn’t require a dedicated PCIe power cable for over a year, until Nvidia introduced its GeForce GT 240, later bested by ATI’s Radeon HD 5670.

    ATI truly raised the bar on what we now expect from an $80 graphics card with its Radeon HD 4670. And it just so happens that today, AMD is releasing the spiritual successor to that venerable card in its Radeon HD 5570, also priced to compete at $80.

    With the Radeon HD 5450 too slow to provide enthusiast-class gaming performance on a budget, and the Radeon HD 5670 priced at $100, we certainly can’t help but to have high hopes that this new card might be the Holy Grail; an offering able to deliver usable triple-monitor Eyefinity gaming performance on an entry-level budget.

    Radeon HD 5570 Architecture

    In the conclusion of the Radeon HD 5670 review I wrote last month, I mentioned that I hoped the Radeon 5500-series would include a DDR3-based version of the Radeon HD 5670. It looks like it’s my lucky day:

    Yes, the new Radeon HD 5570 is a DDR3-equippped Radeon HD 5670 with a 125 MHz-lower core clock rate. If you look at the data rate, you can see that the Radeon HD 5570 offers less than half the memory bandwidth of the 5670. This is because DDR3 theoretically delivers half of the bandwidth that GDDR5 memory provides at the same clock speed and on the same memory bus. As a result, we can expect a significant difference in performance between these two closely-related cards.

    Here’s a look at the GPU block diagram:

    The Radeon HD 5570 GPU, like the Radeon HD 5670, contains five SIMD engines, each with four texture units and 16 stream processors. Of course, each stream processor sports its five ALUs (ATI calls them Stream Cores). As a result, this GPU boasts 400 total stream cores and 20 texture units. Note that there are two 64-bit memory controllers sharing two render back-ends. Each render back-end contains four color ROP units, resulting in a total of the eight specified ROPs and a 128-bit memory interface.

    Lets compare this to the Radeon HD 4670, which the 5570 will likely be replacing:

    At first glance, the 5570 looks impressive because of its shader processor increase. But when we dig a little deeper, we can start to see some chinks in the new card’s armor. The older Radeon HD 4670 has a 100 MHz core clock speed advantage over the new 5570, and this almost makes up for the 5570’s higher shader core count. The older 4670 also includes more texture units and a higher reference memory clock. Granted, it has been our experience that most of the Radeon HD 4670s in the wild actually come equipped with an 800 MHz clock speed (200 MHz under reference). But, from the reference specifications alone, we expect the Radeon HD 5570 to serve as a somewhat-parallel move from the 4670.

    At this point, we’re really not surprised. The sub-$100 Radeon HD 5000-series cards are not here to raise the bar with regard to game performance. Instead, they offer roughly similar 3D alacrity at any given price, but with the value-adds inherent to the product family: DirectX 11 support, Eyefinity, bitstreaming Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, and ATI Stream. This is good news if you were upgrading from integrated graphics, and less so if you’re already rocking a Radeon HD 4000-series card.

    Radeon HD 5570: Features

    It’s hard to avoid sounding like a broken record when it comes to the functionality found on the 5000-series cards: this is the eighth ATI card we’ve reviewed in six months, and they’re identical across the entire line. For an in-depth look at the Radeon HD 5000-series features the best place to turn is probably our Radeon HD 5870 launch article, but we’ll quickly go through the checklist to refresh your memory:

    DirectX 11 Compatibility:

    Until Nvidia launches its GeForce GTX 470 and 480 cards, based on GF100, ATI’s Radeon HD 5000-series is the only game in town if you’re interested in DirectX 11-based hardware.

    Up until now, the list of DirectX 11 game titles has been somewhat sparse. But the eventual proliferation of the API is inevitable as time passes and more developers start working with it. Thus far, we haven’t fallen in love with any of the DirectX 11-optimized titles (DiRT 2 being our more recent exploration). However, we are looking to Aliens Vs. Predator as the potential killer app that will make DirectX 11 hardware a must-have for gamers. These expectations are primarily based on the examples of tessellation we’ve seen demonstrated pre-launch.

    Eyefinity Triple-Monitor Gaming

    Having experienced Eyefinity gaming, I can say that it is a lot more impressive than I assumed it would be; it really saturates the player’s peripheral vision. Having said that, there are still issues associated with multi-monitor gaming on the Radeon HD 5000-series: high resolutions that aren’t necessarily playable on mainstream cards, a developing game support ecosystem with some odd aspect ratios, and the need to use one DisplayPort monitor (or an active DisplayPort adapter for older displays). These considerations have the potential to take some of the fun out of Eyefinity, but we expect most of these issues to work themselves out over time. As usual, early adopters will take the brunt of the teething pains as ATI optimizes its drivers.

    Bitstreaming Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio

    Home theater enthusiasts who wish to send an intact Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD MA stream directly to their receivers for decoding have a few different options for enabling such functionality. The Radeon HD 5000-series cards are one (and they’re ideal if 3D performance is a priority). Intel’s Clarkdale-based CPUs with integrated graphics are viable as well, though much-less capable of playing even mainstream games at 1080p. A sound card like Asus’ Xonar HDAV 1.3 works as well, but is less of a value now that ATI and Intel support similar functionality. Both companies fully accelerate Blu-ray playback too, whereas the sound card option requires addressing video through some other means.

    ATI Stream and DirectCompute

    In this author’s opinion, ATI Stream and DirectCompute support are the least relevant features that the new Radeons offer today, but they have the potential to make a large impact. It’s all a matter of application support, and at this time there isn’t enough of that to get excited about. When DirectCompute is used for advanced physics calculations in games, when ATI Stream is used to accelerate everyday applications, then this author will be excited about it. But we’re still waiting for that critical mass, despite the fact that both ATI and Nvidia like to show off the few mainstream titles that can be accelerated via GPU-based computing right now.

    Radeon HD 5570: The Reference Card

    The Radeon HD 5570 certainly doesn’t look like a card sporting 400 shaders—likely a side-effect of a move to 40nm manufacturing, cutting back on die size and thermal output, thereby requiring a more conservative cooler and smaller PCB. Frankly, it looks more like the entry-level Radeon HD 4550 with an active cooler. But we mean that with all due respect; fitting this into a microATX (or even mini-ITX) HTPC enclosure in the living room is a real win.

    The Radeon HD 5570 doesn’t need a dedicated power connector, which is no surprise since the more powerful Radeon HD 5670 doesn’t either. Of course, we do expect this card’s idle and load power consumption numbers to be even lower. That’s another bit of good news since, again, the Radeon HD 5670 already demonstrates impressive results in this regard.

    Notice how small the reference cooler is. The impressive part is that is does a great job keeping temperatures in check, as we will demonstrate in the benchmarks.

    Our Radeon HD 5570 lacks a CrossFire bridge, but AMD let us know that these low-end Radeons will work quite well in CrossFire without the bridge connector; in fact, it’s one of those designs able to enable CrossFire operation over the PCI Express bus. The thing is, with 400 shader cores per card, it is difficult to imagine a scenario where dual Radeon HD 5570s would make sense. The Radeon HD 5770 costs less than two Radeon HD 5570s, but sports 800 shader cores and comes with faster GDDR5 memory. This is one of those scenarios where a single board is a better value than two less-expensive derivatives.

    The card’s small size allows for a half-height output bezel swap, as long as you’re willing to give up the analog VGA connector. This is interesting because half-height versions of respectable gaming cards, such as the GeForce 9600 GT, are usually accompanied by notable price increases, since they are often custom-designed by board vendors. The Radeon HD 5570 should give half-height card buyers access to some low-cost hardware capable of decent gaming.

    This reference model came with VGA, DVI, and HDMI outputs. This is a little perplexing because DisplayPort output is necessary for triple-monitor Eyefinity use. Thus, our sample is not triple-monitor capable. As with most of the 5000-series card, each manufacturer has some flexibility as to the output options it wishes to include, so a version with DisplayPort should not be a difficult find post-launch.

    The memory on this reference card is Samsung K4W1G1646E-HC11, rated for 900 MHz operation. We found it was willing to go a lot farther than that in our overclocking tests. Of course, the memory on retail boards will vary based on what each manufacturer decides to use.

    Looks a lot like the Radeon HD 5670 GPU, doesn’t it? That would make sense, since it’s the same thing.

    Test System And Benchmarks

    When choosing cards to test against the Radeon HD 5570, we looked at options in the same price league, from the $70 Radeon HD 4670 to the $95 Radeon HD 5670. We also included the Radeon HD 4650 for reference, as this is the lowest-end graphics card we recommend to gamers in our monthly Best Graphics Cards For The Money column.

    Many of our test units are factory-overclocked models. To better represent a level playing field (and to address some of the concerns we’ve seen in the comments section), we have underclocked all of these cards to reference clock rates. The only exception to this is the Radeon HD 4670, which comes with 800 MHz memory (compared to the reference 1,000 MHz). But this was not modified, as most Radeon HD 4670 models are actually sold with 800 MHz memory.

    Graphic Test System

    CPU: Intel Core i7-920 (Nehalem), 2.67 GHz, QPI-4200, 8MB Shared L3 Cache
    Overclocked to 3.06 GHz @ 153 MHz BCLK

    Motherboard: ASRock X58 SuperComputer Intel X58, BIOS P1.90

    Networking: Onboard Realtek gigabit LAN controller

    Memory: Kingston PC3-10700 3 x 1,024MB, DDR3-1225, CL 9-9-9-22-1T

    Graphics:
    ATI Radeon HD 5670
    725 MHz Core, 1,000 MHz Memory, 512MB GDDR5

    Gigabyte GeForce 9600 GT
    650 MHz Core, 1,625 MHz Shaders, 900 MHz Memory, 1GB DDR3

    Zotac GeForce GT 240 512 MB AMP! Edition
    600 MHz Core, 1,460 MHz Shaders, 1,000 MHz Memory, 512MB GDDR5
    Underclocked to reference speed: 550 MHz core, 1,360 MHz shaders, 850 MHz memory

    Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GT (representing GeForce 9800 GT)
    700 MHz Core, 1,700 MHz Shaders, 920 MHz Memory, 512MB DDR3
    Underclocked to reference speed: 600 MHz core, 1,500 MHz shaders, 900 MHz memory

    Diamond Radeon HD 4670
    750 MHz Core, 800 MHz Memory, 1GB DDR3

    Sapphire Radeon HD 4650
    600 MHz Core, 400 MHz Memory, 512MB DDR2

    Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar WD50 00AAJS-00YFA 500GB, 7,200 RPM, 8MB cache, SATA 3. 0 Gb/s

    Power: Thermaltake Toughpower 1,200W 1,200 W, ATX 12V 2.2, EPS 12v 2.91

    Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit 6.0.6001, SP1

    DirectX version: DirectX 10

    Graphics Drivers: AMD Catalyst 9.12, Nvidia GeForce 195.62

    Benchmark Configuration

    3D Games
    Crysis:
    Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 9, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool
    Low Quality, Medium Textures, Shadows, Physics, Shaders, Water, and Sound, No AA

    Far Cry 2:
    Patch 1.02, in-game benchmark
    Medium Quality, No AA

    Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2:
    Version 1.0.0, Custom THG Benchmark
    Highest Settings, no AA

    DiRT 2:
    Version 1.0.0, Custom THG Benchmark
    Run 1: Ultra High Settings, No AA, DirectX 9
    Run 2: Ultra High Settings, No AA, DirectX 11

    World In Conflict:
    Patch 1009, DirectX 9, timedemo
    Medium Details, No AA/No AF

    Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.:
    Patch 1.02, DirectX 10 & 10.1, in-game benchmark
    Low Shadows, Sun Shafts
    Medium View Distance, Environment, SSAO
    High Forest, Textures
    HDR, Engine Heat, and DOE On, No AA

    Left 4 Dead: Version 1. 0.1.5., Custom THG Benchmark
    Run 1: High Settings, no AA, no AF
    Run 2: High Settings, Medium Shaders, 4xAA, 8xAF

    Resident Evil 5: High Shadows and Textures, Medium Overall Detail, Motion Blur On, no AA, no AF

    Fallout 3: Patch 1.4.0.6., Custom THG Benchmark High Quality, No AA, No AF

    Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings: 3DMark Vantage Version: 1.02, PhysX Off, 3DMark scores

    Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings

    3DMark Vantage Version: 1.02, PhysX Off, 3DMark scores

    Benchmark Results: 3DMark Vantage And Far Cry 2

    We begin with 3DMark, the only synthetic gaming benchmark we employ. According to this application, the new Radeon HD 5570 will perform somewhere between the GeForce 9600 GT and its predecessor, the Radeon HD 4670.

    Far Cry 2 is the first game in our suite, and it seems to correspond with 3DMark Vantage fairly well. The new Radeon HD 5570 performs a little better than the 4670, but below the GeForce 9600 GT. In any case, performance is acceptable all the way up to 1920×1200.

    Benchmark Results: Crysis And Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

    In Crysis, the new Radeon HD 5570 continues to fulfill our expectation by performing a little better than the Radeon HD 4670, but still below the GeForce GT 240 and 9600 GT.

    Call of Duty gives us no surprises, but shows us a tighter playing field. The CoD: MW2 engine is somewhat forgiving as far as performance is concerned, considering how great the visuals look.

    Benchmark Results: Resident Evil 5 And World In Conflict

    The Radeon HD 5570 clearly suffers from its combination of a 128-bit memory interface and DDR3 memory. All of the GDDR5-equipped cards with 128-bit memory interfaces are performing notably better so far. Nevertheless, the Radeon HD 5570 is doing well enough, even at 1920×1200.

    The Radeon HD 5570 continues performing exactly where we’d expect it to be.

    Benchmark Results: Fallout 3 And Left 4 Dead

    Fallout 3 is another game that really seems to take advantage of memory bandwidth that the 5570 can’t provide, although the 5570 delivers smooth performance all the way up to 1920×1200 in this title.

    The Radeon HD 5570 runs well in Left 4 Dead at 1920×1200 with the highest visual settings, but some of its contemporaries run even more fluidly.

    Benchmark Results: H.A.W.X. And DiRT 2

    H.A.W.X. demonstrates what we consider to be the only real puzzling result in our test suite, with the new Radeon HD 5570 performing right on par with (or a little below) the Radeon HD 4670. Regardless, performance is acceptable across the board.

    In DiRT 2, the DirectX 11 effects are hard to notice and definitely not worth the performance hit that the sub-$100 Radeon cards suffer.

    Benchmark Results: Anti-Aliasing And Anisotropic Filtering

    The Radeon HD 5570 incurs a performance hit with 8x anisotropic filtering enabled that the other cards do encounter. Aside from this, it is interesting to see how well the 5570 fares against Nvidia’s GeForce GT 240 when anti-aliasing is employed, despite its throughput disadvantage.

    Power And Temperature Benchmarks

    Aside from gaming results, we can see that the Radeon HD 5570 brings extremely low power usage to this class of gaming card—even lower than the entry-level Radeon HD 4650. There is certainly nothing to complain about here, and this data makes it very easy to recommend the 5570 as an upgrade to folks who don’t want to swap power supplies, don’t want to add heat to their existing machines, or are looking to integrate the card in a small form factor chassis.

    Because we have a number of graphics cards in play sporting non-reference cooling solutions, this isn’t a comparison of standard cooler performance. But it does show us that the tiny active cooler on ATI’s Radeon HD 5570 does its job more than adequately. A 31 degree load temperature over ambient is a very good result, and speaks to how little heat this 40nm GPU generates at the clock rates the company is using.

    Overclocking And Eyefinity Benchmarks

    It has not escaped us that the Radeon HD 5570 shares the same GPU as the Radeon HD 5670, and that the more expensive card employs a clock rate 125 MHz higher. This gives us a nice round target to aim for as we overclock.

    While the Catalyst Control Center’s Overdrive tool caps overclocking to 700 MHz core and 950 MHz memory settings (versus the stock 650 MHz core and 900 MHz memory clocks), we wanted to exceed this imposed limitation. Thus, we employed MSI’s Afterburner overclocking tool. Altering the config file for this utility allows us to overclock Radeon cards past any artificial ceilings.

    Indeed, we were able to take our Radeon HD 5570 sample to 750 MHz core and 1,000 MHz memory—a 100 MHz increase over both reference specifications. While the card doesn’t come with a beefy cooler, even our Crysis benchmark runs didn’t push the GPU past 63 degrees Celsius. If MSI adds voltage modification support for the Radeon HD 5570 in its software, we’d expect to see additional headroom opened up without running into thermal issues.

    In any case, we benchmarked Crysis and Far Cry 2 to see what the overclock would yield:

    The overclock doesn’t give us a ton of extra performance, but it certainly brings the results closer to Nvidia’s stock GeForce 9600 GT and ATI’s Radeon HD 5670.

    What about Eyefinity? Is the Radeon HD 5570 a viable option for a low-budget triple monitor setup? We wanted to try three 17″ 1280×1024 monitors, but as we mentioned, our sample did not have the requisite DisplayPort that’d be needed to enable Eyefinity-based display configurations. To get a rough idea of what triple-monitor performance might look like, we used two monitors, yielding a 3840×1200 desktop resolution. This is extremely close to the 3840×1024 resolution we’d get from three 17″ displays.

    Eyefinity might viable for desktop productivity, but our results suggest that gaming might be a stretch on a mainstream card like the Radeon HD 5570. Perhaps low-quality settings would be more attainable. But at that point, we’d rather experience a demanding title’s recommended image quality options versus toning everything down to get playable frame rates at higher resolutions. Eyefinity is a great feature, but truly taking advantage of it means buying a powerful-enough GPU. This one falls short of that mark, even if you’re using relatively-small 17″ monitors.

    Conclusion

    What do you get when you mix DirectX 11, a trio of display outputs (though, bear in mind, the card on our test bench doesn’t support three displays), bitstreaming, and a $10 price increase to the Radeon HD 4670? You get a Radeon HD 5570, more or less. This card is a tad faster than its predecessor, but performance is really quite similar.

    This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Adding $10 to the Radeon HD 4670 for the extra features seems reasonable if you’re coming from the world of integrated graphics. It’s a less-attractive option if you’re already running a discrete card and would need to sink another $80 into your next card for similar performance. In that case, you’d be much better served by a straight-up upgrade to something like the Radeon HD 5750 or 5770. Instead, the Radeon HD 5570 maintains the status quo when it comes to price/performance, and unfortunately isn’t able to out-do the similarly-priced GeForce 9600 GT.

    With the 5570’s game performance so close to that of its predecessor, you’re faced with the same conundrum we’ve seen with all of the other sub-$100 Radeon HD 5000-series cards thus far: do you want game performance or a bundle of value-adds? Are you willing to sacrifice detail settings and anti-aliasing in favor of Eyefinity and DirectX 11 support (which is of questionable utility on a mainstream GPU anyway)? Just as the buyer with $100 has to choose between the feature-rich Radeon HD 5670 and the fast Radeon HD 4850, enthusiasts with $80 have to decide whether they’d prefer the feature-rich Radeon HD 5570 or quicker GeForce 9600 GT.

    Aside from raw gaming performance, it’s important to acknowledge that the features being offered by ATI’s Radeon HD 5570 are, in fact, compelling today. Consider that this is a half-height reference card, able to transform even the smallest systems into viable gaming machines. Power usage is extremely low for the performance offered, and no auxiliary power connector is needed. And yet, the Radeon HD 5570 manages playable frame rates in every one of our game tests at 1680×1050 (and sometimes 1920×1200). Triple-monitor Eyefinity gaming could be viable in less-demanding titles, such as World of Warcraft, at a price substantially lower than the Radeon HD 5670. Just make sure the board you buy has a DisplayPort output first.

    All of these features make it easier to recommend the Radeon HD 5570 over the slightly less expensive (but notably slower) Radeon HD 5450.

    Conversely, we can’t deny the appeal of Nvidia’s GeForce 9600 GT for the gamers sticking to optimal performance on a single display for $80.

    We’ll also point out that, in this crowded price segment, it’s amazing how much difference a few dollars can make. The new Radeon HD 5670 can already be found for $95 online, representing a modest $5 drop from the MSRP within a month of its release. If the Radeon HD 5570 follows suit and distance itself from the GeForce 9600 GT by $5 or $10 more, then it becomes a more attractive buy. With AMD’s monopoly on DirectX 11 hardware for the time being (and near future, given the lack of detail on any mainstream refresh to Nvidia’s lineup), this might not realistically happen until the competition can deliver an updated feature set.

    At this point, AMD’s DirectX 11 portfolio is now complete, from top to bottom, $80 to $680. The only missing piece of the puzzle might be a Radeon HD 4650 counterpart in the 5000-series, though we’ve heard no mention of such a card. It’s been a long journey.

    Reprinted here courtesy of Tom’s Hardware.

    Overclocking and studying processor dependence ATI Radeon HD 5570.

    This material was written by a visitor to the site and rewarded.

    So I decided to write a small note about the ATI Radeon HIS HD 5570.

    Introduction.

    It all started with the fact that I built myself an HTPC to watch movies.

    Hardware from the old system went to this media center, namely:

    CPU: AMD X2 4400+ Brisbane G2 2300MHz

    MB: Biostar TF7050-M2 , Rev5.1

    Video: on board

    Ram: DDR2 667MHz Patriot 2*1024

    HDD: Western Digital 80GB PATA

    DVD-RW: Pioneer 109

    Chassis: Foxconn DH-839

    For movies in HD, as you can see, the system is not bad.

    Next, to watch movies in FullHD, a TV was bought:

    32 Samsung LE-32B530P7W

    In order to comfortably watch movies in 1080p, the processor AMD X2 2300MHz@3000MHz was overclocked.

    For silence, it was planned to install water cooling.

    Here is the complete system:

    It was now possible to watch .mkv movies in 1080p normally.

    It was also planned to play high definition arcade and racing games on this HTPC.

    It was necessary to select a video card.

    I have a low-profile case, as you can see in the photo, and low-profile video cards are entry-level boards, but such performance didn’t suit me. It’s better to have a built-in one. So the purchase was delayed.

    Half a year has passed and then AMD releases the 5th series of cards.

    Then the announcement of the HD5570, which differs from the HD 5670 only in the GDDR3 memory type instead of the latter’s GDDR5:

    The most powerful thing that can be installed in my HTPC is the HD 5570. (not counting the low profile Galaxy GeForce 9600 GT).

    Purchase completed.

    Was purchased
    HIS HD5570 1024Mb DDR3 PCI-E (H557F1GB) OEM.

    In the OEM kit there was only a board. It’s a shame that they didn’t put a low profile bar.

    Well, okay, I’ll solve this problem by cutting out HDMI and DVI holes from the old bar.

    Installation.

    That’s where the problems arose.

    It turned out that not all motherboards with PCI-E x16 revisions 1.0, 1.0a and 1.1 are friendly with 5670 and 5570 video cards.

    On the forum, many users complained about the inability to boot the system on motherboards with PCI-E x16 rev.1.0, 1.0a and 1.1,
    maybe it’s a lack of power on the bus limited to 75W.

    In my case, the board started but with a delay of 30 seconds, and the same delay was after the system was rebooted, but after sleep the system did not wake up at all.

    I haven’t solved this problem yet.

    But the delay of 30 doesn’t really bother me.

    Cooling.

    Cooling is good, except for the noise from the fan that uses a 2-pin connector for power, which means that there is no speed control.

    But this problem was solved by connecting the fan through a tuning resistor.

    Acceleration.

    This card has standard 650/900MHz frequencies.

    Here is a GPU-z screenshot containing the main features of the new graphics card.

    Catalyst Control Center overclocking limited to 700/950.

    So we will overclock the video card using MSI Afterburner 1.5.0 after activating the Enable Unofficial Overclocking function.

    The graphics processor overclocked well — the final frequency was 820 MHz. GDDR3 video memory was overclocked to 1050 (2100) MHz.

    Regarding overclocking. Here’s a strange thing.

    Video card under DX10 can operate at 845/1050 MHz.

    The card may be higher, but in MSI Afterburner 1.5.0 it is not possible to set the core frequency above 845 MHz.

    But under DX9.0 the card works with additional airflow not higher than 825/1050MHz.

    Overclocking results on two different systems:

    1.) HTPC for FullHD:

    CPU: AMD X2 4400+ Brisbane G2@3000MHz, 1. 328v/

    MB: Biostar TF7050-M2 , Rev5.1@FSB262/

    Video: HIS ATi Radeon HD 5570 650/900@820/1050Mhz /

    Ram: DDR2 667MHz Patriot 2*1024@677 5-5-5-15, 1.95v/

    HDD: Western Digital 500GB 32MB 7200rpm SATA2/

    DVD-RW: Pioneer 109/

    Chassis: Foxconn DH-839/

    LCD TV: 32 Samsung LE-32B530P7W

    OS: Win 7 Ultimate x64 RTM 7600/

    2.) Home System:

    CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 750 2.66GHz LGA1156 4x256Kb L2 cache@4000MHz, 1.2v/

    MB: ASUS P7P55D P55 LGA1156@200*20/

    Ram: DDR3 PC10666 1333Mhz Patriot (Micron) Kit 2*2048Mb CL 9@1600MHz CL9, 1.55v/

    Video: HIS ATi Radeon HD 5570 650/900@820/1050Mhz /

    HDD: Western Digital 320GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2/

    HDD: Samsung 80GB 8MB 7200rpm SATA2/

    DVD-RW: Samsung-Toshiba S223Q/

    Power: Termaltake WO144, 600W/

    Chassis: Sunbeam UFO Acrylic Cube Case/

    LCD Monitors: BenQ T2200HDA Full HD 1920*1080i/

    OS: Win 7 Ultimate x64 RTM 7600/

    Cooling systems:

    1. ) WATERCOOLING for HTPC:

    CPU blocks: OCZ Hydroflow HF-MK1 CPU Block

    Northbridge: Swiftech MCW30 Northbridge universal

    Fans: 1xThermaltake 120+ fan control

    Fittings: 10/8 mm fitting G1/4

    Pump and TOP: Thermaltake P400

    Radiator: 120mm Thermaltake

    Tubing: 11/8mm

    2.) WATERCOOLING Home System:

    CPU blocks: EK Water Blocks EK-Supreme LT Acetal universal (775/1366/1156)

    Fans: 3xCooler Master 120×120 (R4-L2R-20AC-GP)

    Fittings: 13mm (1/2′) fitting G1/4 with O-Ring (High-Flow)

    Pump: Laing DDC-Pump 12V DDC-1T (Swiftech MCP350)

    Top: XSPC Laing DDC

    Radiator: Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 360 — black

    Tubing: Tygon R3603 15.9/11.1mm

    We will check the gain from overclocking, as well as the processor dependence of this video card in two synthetic tests:

    3DMark 2006 and 3DMark Vantage:

    1. Intel i5 750@4000MHz+ HIS 650/900MHz

    3DMark 2006: 8274. SMM 2. 0-
    2809 HDR/SM3.0-
    3322 , CPU Score 6033.

    3DMark Vantage: 4406. GPU Score-
    3519 , CPU Score 18061.

    2. Intel i5 750@4000MHz+ HIS 820/1050MHz

    3DMark 2006: 9756. SMM 2.0-
    3340 HDR/SM3.0-
    3989 , CPU Score 6177.

    3DMark Vantage: 5391. GPU Score-
    4367 , CPU Score 18208.

    3. AMD Atlon X2 4400+2300MHz+ HIS 650/900MHz

    3DMark 2006: 6649. SMM 2.0-
    2758 HDR/SM3.0-
    3229 , CPU Score 1630.

    3DMark Vantage: 3417. GPU Score-
    3460 , CPU Score 3295.

    4. AMD Atlon X2 4400+2300MHz+ HIS 820/1050MHz

    3DMark 2006: 7325. SMM 2.0-
    3128 HDR/SM3.0-
    3676 , CPU Score 1641.

    3DMark Vantage: 3990. GPU Score-
    4280 , CPU Score 3318.

    5. AMD Atlon X2 4400+@3000MHz+ HIS 650/900MHz

    3DMark 2006: 7138. SMM 2.0-
    2794 HDR/SM3.0-
    3292 , CPU Score 2116.

    3DMark Vantage: 3609. GPU Score-
    3452 , CPU Score 4176.

    6. AMD Atlon X2 4400+@3000MHz+ HIS 820/1050MHz

    3DMark 2006: 8125. SMM 2.0-
    3293 HDR/SM3.0-
    3932 , CPU Score 2103.

    3DMark Vantage: 4246. GPU Score-
    4293 , CPU Score 4111.

    After comparing the results, we see the following:

    Overclocking a video card from 650/900Mhz to 820/1050Mhz gives a good increase in frames, but after overclocking the AMD Atlon X2 4400+ central processor from 2300MHz to 3000Mhz and switching to a 4-core Intel i5 750@4000MHz, there is no increase in frames .

    Output.

    1.) Overclocking the HD 5570 from 650/900Mhz to 820/1050Mhz gives a good performance boost. And at the same time, the card’s consumption does not exceed 75W (powered by the PCI-E x16 1.0 bus).

    2.) To unlock the full potential of the HD 5570 video card, two AMD Atlon X2 core processors at 2300Mhz will be enough.

    You can discuss the article here:
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    Overview of the GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5570 graphics card with factory overclocking GECID.com. Page 1

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    The younger members of the Radeon HD 5000 line, based on the RV810 «Cedar» and RV830 «Redwood» GPUs, belong to the budget segment of the market and are intended for users who are not going to spend a large amount on the computer’s graphics subsystem. But at the same time, video cards based on the Radeon HD 5450, Radeon HD 5570 and Radeon HD 5670 are characterized by low power consumption and heat dissipation, support for the latest technologies such as Microsoft DirectX 11, OpenGL 3. 2 and ATI Eyefinity. In addition, all of them are equipped with an HDMI port, which makes them a good choice for entry-level gaming systems (mostly the Radeon HD 5670), as well as for inexpensive home and HTPC systems.

    Solutions based on the Radeon HD 5570 graphics processor are now represented on the market by almost all well-known manufacturers. Most of them are based on the «reference» design and only slightly modified by the manufacturer, but some manufacturers go the other way, completely reworking the reference design. And today in our laboratory there is just such a video card manufactured by GIGABYTE with 1 GB of DDR3 memory.

    Specifications of the “reference” Radeon HD 5570, comparison with other solutions from AMD-ATI, as well as the architecture of the RV830 “Redwood” GPU, we have already considered in detail in the review of the Club 3D Radeon HD 5570 model, so we will not dwell on this and go directly to the characteristics of the test sample.

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    Model

    GIGABYTE GV-R557OC-1GI

    Chipset

    ATI Radeon HD 5570

    Supported APIs

    Microsoft DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.2

    Proprietary technology support

    CrossFireX, AvivoHD, ATI Eyefinity

    Core frequency, MHz

    670

    Memory frequency, MHz

    1600

    Memory size, MB

    1024

    Memory bus, bit

    128

    Memory type

    DDR3

    Tire type

    PCI-E 2.1 x16

    Maximum resolution

    Up to 2560×1600 Dual-link DVI or 1920×1200 Single-link DVI
    Up to 2048×1536 VGA (via DVI-to-VGA adapter)
    Up to 1920×1080 HDMI
    Up to 2560×1600 DisplayPort

    1x DVI-I
    1x HDMI
    1x VGA

    Support for HDCP and HD video decoding

    Yes

    Drivers

    Fresh drivers can be downloaded:
    — GPU manufacturer’s website
    — from the support site.

    Manufacturer website

    http://www.gigabyte.ru/

    As you can see from the specifications, the frequencies of the graphics core and memory on the GIGABYTE GV-R557OC-1GI differ from those recommended by the GPU manufacturer (650 MHz for the core and 1800 MHz for the memory) and are 670\1600 MHz for the core and for the memory, respectively. Despite the fact that the video card is positioned as overclocked, the effective memory frequency is reduced by 200 MHz, and the core frequency is increased by only 20 MHz, which is rather doubtful in terms of performance gain. The rest of the specifications were unchanged from the «reference» ATI Radeon HD 5570.

    The package is small and looks familiar to GIGABYTE graphics cards.

    On the front wall of the box, in addition to indicating the model index, the manufacturer notifies the consumer that the GIGABYTE GV-R557OC-1GI cooling system is equipped with an 80 mm cooler, the HDMI port has a gold coating, and that this version of the video card is overclocked.

    More detailed product specifications are listed on the back, but the focus is on DirectX 11 support and a gold-plated HDMI port. As we already said in the review of the GIGABYTE GeForce 240 1 GB DDR3, which, by the way, uses not only a similar HDMI port, but also a cooling system, the average user is unlikely to see the benefits of using gilding, and such a decision is more likely a marketing ploy . Note that the minimum requirements for the power supply do not differ from those recommended by AMD and are equal to 400 watts.

    The delivery set consists only of a disk with drivers and instructions, which is not surprising for a budget video card.

    The printed circuit board is made on a light blue textolite and, unlike the «reference» sample, has a full-size profile. GIGABYTE engineers have also redesigned the power stabilizer — it is made according to a four-phase scheme. This should have a positive effect on heat dissipation and the service life of the video card, and can also provide good overclocking potential.

    Dual-Link DVI-I, D-sub, or HDMI can be used for image output. In addition, ATI Eyefinity technology is supported, which allows you to connect multiple monitors simultaneously in different modes. It is unlikely that a user choosing a video card for $100 thinks about connecting multiple monitors to it, but still, the presence of such an opportunity is nice. There are no connectors for additional power supply on the board, and this is not surprising, given the maximum power consumption declared by the manufacturer at 45 watts.

    Despite the lack of bridges for CrossFireX, the manufacturer claims to support this technology. Apparently we are talking about its software mode, which is far from being as effective as a regular connection through CrossFireX bridges. However, this is hardly a big drawback for a budget solution. The reverse side of the board is notable only for the fact that half of the memory chips are located on it.

    The graphics processor, codenamed RV830 «Redwood», which is the central part of the tested video card, is manufactured according to the standards of the 40 nm process, the number of transistors in it is 627 million, and its area is 104 mm 2 .

    The video card uses 1 GB DDR3 memory made by Samsung, which is marked K4W1G1646E-HC12. The sampling time according to the documentation is 1.2 ns, which corresponds to an effective frequency of 1600 MHz.

    The cooling system consists of a massive aluminum heatsink that covers most of the board but only touches the GPU, and a fairly large 80mm fan.

    Viscous thermal grease is applied on the cooler in a large layer, which should improve heat dissipation from the GPU. For a video card that is positioned as factory overclocked, an improvement in the cooling system will definitely benefit. Well, let’s see how things work in practice.

    The test results pleasantly surprised us. In the maximum load mode, the temperature was only 48 degrees, despite the fact that the cooler worked almost without making any noise. This is definitely a very good result.

    In idle mode, the result is no less impressive. GPU temperature did not exceed 26 degrees with minimal noise emitted by the cooling system. The disadvantages of the cooling system used include, perhaps, the fact that it covers the adjacent slot on the motherboard, as well as the fact that the fan speed is not regulated in any way.

    ATI Radeon HD 5570 test: fast and inexpensive

    Until recently, there was a gap in the ATI Radeon HD 5000 line of video cards in the segment of entry-level and mid-range products priced at $75-85. The Radeon HD 5450, located just below it, cannot be called suitable for modern games — 80 stream processors are not able to cope with any serious load. The more expensive Radeon HD 5670 is offered for $100, which is already a psychological limit for many buyers. Between them there was only a representative of the previous generation Radeon HD 4670, which did not shine among its contemporaries with speed. Finally, AMD quietly introduced the Radeon HD 5550 and 5570 with GDDR5 memory to meet the entertainment needs of budget-minded users. Today we will consider the older modification, and we will return to the younger one in the near future.

    Help

    HIS HD 5570 iCooler IV
    HIS HD 5570 Silence

    This video card was introduced back in February, but its path from the presentation to the shelves turned out to be thorny: only now, with the advent of a modification with fast memory, has it reached us. So, the ATI Radeon HD 5570 is based on the same Redwood core as the Radeon HD 5670, although it bears the PRO suffix, not XT. Functionally, it has not been changed in any way compared to the older version and still contains 400 stream processors, 20 texture processing units and 8 rasterizers. The bus width remains unchanged — 128 bits. Retail will feature modifications equipped with DDR3 and GDDR5 memory with a capacity of 512 MB and 1 GB, the version with 512 MB GDDR5 seems to be the most balanced.

    The main difference between the Radeon HD 5570 and the Radeon HD 5670 is the reduced frequencies: the GPU operates at 650 MHz, the memory at 900 MHz (3600 MHz QDR). However, in the presence of a more or less productive cooler, this video card can be overclocked and reach, or even exceed, the performance level of the older version. Note that this will clearly lead to an increase in heat dissipation: if AMD claims a TDP of 64 W for the Radeon HD 5670, then for the Radeon HD 5570 operating at only 125 MHz slower — already 39 W!

    Low power consumption allowed the company to do without an external power connector, the video card is content with the one obtained from the PCI Express slot. The board itself is very compact, although it is made on a full-profile textolite. The cost-effectiveness also affected cooling systems: if it is rather difficult to find a Radeon HD 5670 with passive cooling, then several vendors have already presented novelties with a silent cooler, including HIS, whose devices we will consider today. Of the remaining characteristics, we note the presence of all modern digital interfaces for connecting monitors — Dual-Link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. Considering specific video cards that have been in our Test Lab, we note that the only difference between them is the cooling systems. The HIS HD 5570 iCooler IV version is equipped with an active cooler with a wide-blade fan and an aluminum heatsink.

    CO efficiency is quite high: under maximum load, the GPU temperature reached only 48 about C, at 34 about C in idle, while the fan speed remained unchanged at 45%, and the noise from it was not high. As for the passive modification — HIS HD 5570 Silence — despite the developed heatsink, this video card is still recommended for additional airflow in the case. Under load, the graphics processor in it reached 103 about C, although there were no stability problems.

    To evaluate the performance of the novelty, we compared it with the direct competitor from NVIDIA — GeForce GT 240, as well as with the Radeon HD 5670. a weak GPU (fewer stream processors will not allow fast processing of rich scenes, although 32 texture units can slightly smooth out this imbalance) and is equipped with slow (compared to GDDR5) GDDR3 memory.

    The test results are quite expected: if at low load (for example, in the 3DMark Vantage test with Entry settings) the GeForce GT 240 is still able to outperform the Radeon HD 5570 due to its higher texture processing performance, then the increase in scene complexity puts everything in its place: the new product is ahead opponent by 10-17%. A similar situation is observed in games: in FarCry 2, despite the better optimization of the engine for NVIDIA architectures, which we have already noticed, the AMD video cards lead by the same 16%, and in general they provide a more comfortable performance level.

    In the more complex game engines S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and DIRT 2, which use tessellation to process some objects, the GeForce GT 240 manages to take the lead, but we emphasize that despite the same settings, in this case this video card that supports only DirectX 10. 1 is simply ignores part of the scene, thereby reducing the load and increasing performance. With more games featuring tessellation and complex effects in the future, the Radeon HD 5570 looks to be the winner. However, in fairness, we note that after a while it will have to compete not with the representative of the previous generation NVIDIA, but with the GeForce GTS 450 based on the Fermi architecture.

    Summing up, let’s note that AMD, by means of minimal modifications to an already existing video card, managed to create a novelty that makes a serious claim to dominance in the budget segment.

    The

    Radeon HD 5570 delivers a good level of performance, consumes and releases very little power, and comes at an affordable price. Moreover, a good overclocking potential calls into question the expediency of the further existence of the Radeon HD 5670 — the differences between this model and the novelty are minimal. So at $75, the Radeon HD 5570 with 512MB GDDR5 is a decent choice for a budget PC.

    Video Card Specifications
    Model NVIDIA
    GeForce GT 240
    ATI
    Radeon HD 5570
    ATI
    Radeon HD 5670
    GPU GT215 Redwood PRO Redwood XT
    Number of transistors, million 727 627
    Core area, mm 2 139 104
    Process technology, nm 40
    GPU Configuration (SP/TMU/ROP) 96/32/8 400(80×5)/20/8
    GPU clock speed 550/1340 650 775
    Memory bus width, bit 128
    Memory type, capacity DDR3/GDDR3/GDDR5,
    512-1024MB
    DDR3/GDDR5,
    512-1024MB
    GDDR5,
    512-1024 MB
    Memory frequency, MHz 1800 (512MB)
    2000 (1024MB)
    3400 (GDDR5)
    3600 (GDDR5) 4000 (GDDR5)
    Supported APIs DirectX 10. 1,
    OpenGL 3.3, CUDA 1.2
    DirectX 11,
    OpenGL 4.0, OpenCL 1.1
    TDP, W 69 39 64
    Estimated price, $ 75 75 100

    ATI Radeon HD 5570 Overview. Benchmarks and Specs

    The ATI Radeon HD 5570 (GPU) is ranked 792 in our performance ranking. Manufacturer: A.T.I. An ATI Radeon HD 5570 runs at a minimum clock speed of 650 MHz. The graphics chip is equipped with an acceleration system and can operate in turbo mode or during overclocking. RAM size — 1 GB GB with a clock speed of 667 — 900 MHz and a bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

    The power consumption of the ATI Radeon HD 5570 is 39 Watt and the process technology is only 40 nm. Below you will find key compatibility, sizing, technology, and gaming performance test results. You can also leave comments if you have any questions.

    Let’s take a closer look at the most important characteristics of the ATI Radeon HD 5570. To get an idea of ​​which video card is better, we recommend using the comparison service.

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    General information

    The base set of information will help you find out the release date of the ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card and its purpose (laptops or PCs), as well as the price at the time of release and the average current cost. This data also includes the architecture used by the manufacturer and the video processor code name.

    Performance Rating Position: 866
    Value for money: 3.50
    Architecture: Terascale 2
    Code name: Redwood
    Type: Desktop
    Release date: February 9, 2010 (11 years ago)
    Current price: $111
    Value for money: 0.14
    GPU Code Name: Redwood
    Market segment: Desktop

    Specifications

    This is important information that determines all the power characteristics of the ATI Radeon HD 5570 video card. The smaller the chip manufacturing process, the better (in modern realities). The clock frequency of the core is responsible for its speed (direct correlation), while signal processing is carried out by transistors (the more transistors, the faster the calculations are performed, for example, in cryptocurrency mining).

    Conveyors: 400
    Core Clock: 650MHz
    Number of transistors: 627 million
    Process: 40nm
    Power consumption (TDP): 39 Watt
    Number of texels processed in 1 second: 13.00
    Floating point: 520.0 gflops
    Pipelines / CUDA cores: 400
    Number of transistors: 627 million
    Estimated heat output: 39 Watt

    Dimensions, Connectors, and Compatibility

    There are so many form factors for PC cases and laptop sizes today that it’s important to know the length of your graphics card and how it’s connected (except for laptop versions). This will help make the upgrade process easier, as Not all cases can accommodate modern video cards.

    Interface: PCIe 2.0 x16
    Length: 165mm
    Additional power: None

    Memory (frequency and overclocking)

    The internal memory is used to store data when performing calculations. Modern games and professional graphics applications place high demands on the amount and speed of memory. The higher this parameter, the more powerful and faster the video card. Memory type, size and bandwidth for ATI Radeon HD 5570 + overclocking capability in turbo mode.

    Memory type: DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount: 1GB
    Memory bus width: 128 Bit
    Memory frequency: 667 — 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth: 25. 6 GB/s

    Port and display support

    As a rule, all modern video cards have several types of connections and additional ports, for example HDMI and DVI . Knowing these features is very important in order to avoid problems connecting a video card to a monitor or other peripherals.

    Display connections: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
    HDMI: +

    API support

    All APIs supported by the ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card are listed below. This is a minor factor that does not greatly affect the overall performance.

    DirectX: 11.2 (11_0)
    OpenGL: 4.4

    General gaming performance

    All benchmarks are based on FPS. Let’s take a look at where the ATI Radeon HD 5570 ranks in the gaming performance test (the calculation was made in accordance with the recommendations of the game developer for system requirements; it may differ from real situations).

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    5 Stutter — The performance of this video card with this game has not yet been studied enough. Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to stutter and display low frame rates.
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    30 Fluent — According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphic settings, this game is expected to run at 25 fps or more
    40 Fluent — According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphics settings, this game is expected to run at 35fps or more
    60 Fluent — According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphics settings, this game is expected to run at 58 fps or more
    May Run Fluently — The performance of this video card with this game has not yet been sufficiently studied. Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to show smooth frame rates.
    ? Uncertain — testing this video card in this game showed unexpected results. A slower card could deliver higher and more consistent frame rates while running the same reference scene.
    Uncertain — The performance of this video card in this game has not yet been studied enough. It is not possible to reliably interpolate data based on the performance of similar cards in the same category.
    The value in the fields reflects the average frame rate across the entire database. To get individual results, hover over a value.

    ATI Radeon HD 5570 in benchmark results

    Benchmarks help to determine the performance in the standard tests of the ATI Radeon HD 5570. We have compiled a list of the most famous benchmarks in the world so that you can get accurate results for each of them (see description). Pre-testing the graphics card is especially important when there are high loads, so that the user can see how the graphics processor copes with calculations and data processing.

    Overall performance in benchmarks

    Intel UHD Graphics 605

    Intel HD Graphics 4000

    ATI Radeon HD 5570

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

    AMD Radeon HD 8350G

    This benchmark analyzes the gaming power of a video card using Direct X 11 (multithreading, tessellation, shader calculations).

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

    Intel HD Graphics 5000

    ATI Radeon HD 5570

    AMD Radeon HD 6510G2

    Intel HD Graphics 515

    This Direct X10 based benchmark contains tests for artificial intelligence, physics and 6 computational tests.

    AMD FirePro M2000

    AMD Radeon HD 6550D

    ATI Radeon HD 5570

    AMD Radeon HD 6720G2

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

    Passmark is an excellent benchmark that is updated regularly and shows relevant graphics card performance information.

    Intel UHD Graphics 605

    AMD Radeon HD 8570D

    ATI Radeon HD 5570

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

    AMD Radeon HD 8350G

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    5570 comparison. Video cards. The right approach of manufacturers

    Until recently, the ATI Radeon HD 5000 line of video cards had a gaping gap in the segment of entry-level and mid-range products priced at $75-85. Located just below the Radeon HD 5450, it cannot be called suitable for modern games — 80 stream processors are not able to cope with any serious load. The more expensive Radeon HD 5670 is offered for $100, which is already a psychological limit for many buyers. Between them there was only a representative of the previous generation Radeon HD 4670, which did not shine among its contemporaries with speed. Finally, AMD quietly introduced the Radeon HD 5550 and 5570 with GDDR5 memory to meet the entertainment needs of budget-minded users. Today we will consider the older modification, and we will return to the younger one in the near future.

    HIS HD 5570 iCooler IV
    HIS HD 5570 Silence

    This video card was introduced back in February, but its path from the presentation to the shelves turned out to be thorny: only now, with the advent of a modification with fast memory, has it reached us. So, the ATI Radeon HD 5570 is based on the same Redwood core as the Radeon HD 5670, although it bears the PRO suffix, not XT. Functionally, it has not been changed in any way compared to the older version and still contains 400 stream processors, 20 texture processing units and 8 rasterizers. The bus width has also remained unchanged — 128 bits. Retail will feature modifications equipped with DDR3 and GDDR5 memory with a capacity of 512 MB and 1 GB, the version with 512 MB GDDR5 seems to be the most balanced.

    The main difference between the Radeon HD 5570 and the Radeon HD 5670 is the reduced frequencies: the GPU operates at 650 MHz, the memory at 900 MHz (3600 MHz QDR). However, in the presence of a more or less productive cooler, this video card can be overclocked and reach, or even exceed, the performance level of the older version. Note that this will obviously lead to an increase in heat dissipation: if AMD claims a TDP of 64 W for the Radeon HD 5670, then for the Radeon HD 5570 operating at only 125 MHz slower — already 39 W!

    Low power consumption allowed the company to do without an external power connector, the video card is content with the one obtained from the PCI Express slot. The board itself is very compact, although it is made on a full-profile textolite. The cost-effectiveness also affected cooling systems: if it is rather difficult to find a Radeon HD 5670 with passive cooling, then several vendors have already presented novelties with a silent cooler, including HIS, whose devices we will consider today. Of the remaining characteristics, we note the presence of all modern digital interfaces for connecting monitors — Dual-Link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. Considering specific video cards that have been in our Test Lab, we note that the only difference between them is the cooling systems. The HIS HD 5570 iCooler IV version is equipped with an active cooler with a wide-blade fan and an aluminum heatsink.

    CO efficiency is quite high: under maximum load, the GPU temperature reached only 48 ° C, at 34 ° C in idle, while the fan speed remained unchanged at 45%, and the noise from it was not high. As for the passive modification — HIS HD 5570 Silence — despite the developed heatsink, this video card is still recommended to have additional airflow in the case. Under load, the graphics processor in it reached 103 ° C, although there were no problems with stability.

    To evaluate the performance of the novelty, we compared it with a direct competitor from NVIDIA — the GeForce GT 240, as well as with the Radeon HD 5670. GPU (fewer stream processors will not allow fast processing of rich scenes, although 32 texture units can slightly smooth out this imbalance) and is equipped with slow (compared to GDDR5) GDDR3 memory.

    The test results are quite expected: if at low load (for example, in the 3DMark Vantage test with Entry settings) the GeForce GT 240 is still able to outperform the Radeon HD 5570 due to its higher texture processing performance, then the increase in scene complexity puts everything in its place: the new product is ahead opponent by 10-17%. A similar situation is observed in games: in FarCry 2, despite the better optimization of the engine for NVIDIA architectures, which we have already noticed, the AMD video cards lead by the same 16%, and in general they provide a more comfortable performance level.

    In the more complex game engines S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and DIRT 2, which use tessellation to process some objects, the GeForce GT 240 manages to take the lead, but we emphasize that despite the same settings, in this case this video card that supports only DirectX 10.1 is simply ignores part of the scene, thereby reducing the load and increasing performance. With more games featuring tessellation and complex effects in the future, the Radeon HD 5570 looks to be the winner. However, in fairness, we note that after a while it will have to compete not with the representative of the previous generation NVIDIA, but with the GeForce GTS 450 based on the Fermi architecture.

    Summing up, let’s note that AMD, by means of minimal modifications to an already existing video card, managed to create a novelty that makes a serious claim to dominance in the budget segment.

    The

    Radeon HD 5570 delivers a good level of performance, consumes and releases very little power, and comes at an affordable price. Moreover, a good overclocking potential calls into question the expediency of the further existence of the Radeon HD 5670 — the differences between this model and the novelty are minimal. So at $75, the Radeon HD 5570 with 512MB GDDR5 is a decent choice for a budget PC.

    Video Card Specifications
    Model NVIDIA
    GeForce GT 240
    ATI
    Radeon HD 5570
    ATI
    Radeon HD 5670
    GPU GT215 Redwood PRO Redwood XT
    Number of transistors, million 727 627
    Core area, mm 2 139 104
    Process technology, nm 40
    GPU Configuration (SP/TMU/ROP) 96/32/8 400(80×5)/20/8
    GPU Clock Speed 550/1340 650 775
    Memory bus width, bits 128
    Memory type, capacity DDR3/GDDR3/GDDR5,
    512-1024 MB
    DDR3/GDDR5,
    512-1024 MB
    GDDR5,
    512-1024 MB
    Memory frequency, MHz 1800 (512MB)
    2000 (1024MB)
    3400 (GDDR5)
    3600 (GDDR5) 4000 (GDDR5)
    Supported APIs DirectX 10. 1,
    OpenGL 3.3, CUDA 1.2
    DirectX 11,
    OpenGL 4.0, OpenCL 1.1
    TDP, W 69 39 64
    Estimated price, $ 75 75 100

    A budget representative of the computer segment, the Radeon HD 5570 video adapter from ATI, has been on the domestic market for several years. The chip is popular both among and in mobile solutions. It seems that for several years the developers have not been able to create something new and more productive in an inexpensive class. In this article, the reader will take a closer look at the popular graphics accelerator and find out its technical characteristics. Reviews, reviews and recommendations from IT professionals will help potential buyers make the right choice.

    In pursuit of happiness

    The ATI Radeon HD 5570 video card was designed to eliminate a competitor Accordingly, the manufacturer released four modifications of the graphics accelerator to fight for the championship in the budget class. All of them differ not only in the amount of RAM, but also in the bus technology (GDDR3 and GDDR5). In order to somehow surpass the competitor, ATI’s technologists had to provide the video adapter with some modern developments that are being introduced into devices in the gaming segment.

    Many laptop manufacturers are interested in decent performance. True, this interest was limited only to the production of compact mobile devices and ultrabooks. But first things first.

    Declared characteristics

    Four modifications of video cards have only two differences between them. On the market, the user can purchase a video adapter with a 128-bit bus built using GDDR3 or GDDR5 technology. The second difference is 512 MB or 1024 MB on board. All other specifications for ATI Radeon HD 5570 modifications are identical (except for performance, of course).

    The graphics core is built using a 40nm process and has an area of ​​104mm2. At the same time, about 627 million transistors are placed on one chip. The clock frequency of the graphics core is 650 MHz. The most attractive indicator is the power consumption of the video adapter — only 35 watts. It is this parameter that attracted the attention of many manufacturers of mobile devices, because the low power consumption of a laptop is the key to long-term offline performance.

    Modern technologies through magenta glasses

    For many owners of a video adapter based on the ATI Radeon HD 5570 chip, performance characteristics are more priority than technologies implemented at the hardware level. There are a lot of reviews in the media that confirm this fact. However, it is the implemented technologies that are responsible not only for performance, but also for the quality of the transmitted image.

    The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics accelerator supports DirectX 11 (the direct competitor uses the old DirectX 10 instruction set). OpenGL 4.0 is responsible for the transfer of three-dimensional graphics in the HD 5570 chip (Nvidia supports only the third modification). Fans of GeForce products will certainly reproach ATI for the lack of CUDA technology. However, do not forget that the video card is in the budget segment, where low cost is a priority over performance.

    Artificially created popularity

    Global popularity of the Radeon HD 5570 chip, whose characteristics do not go beyond the cheapest class on the computer market, is due to Apple. The fact is that a well-known brand has looked after this economical graphics accelerator for its laptops and monoblocks. True, many IT professionals are not entirely clear about the company’s policy when a budget video adapter is installed in high-performance systems based on Intel Core I7.

    By the way, Apple’s technologists should be given their due — after minor improvements, the video card based on the Radeon HD 5570 chip received an increased amount of memory. The American manufacturer presents its products with two gigabytes of video memory, which can be increased up to 6 GB due to RAM. This is a real breakthrough in the computer market. Many other manufacturers have followed Apple’s example and provided their laptops with a budget graphics accelerator, but in all the reviews on such mobile devices there is a lot of negativity about the performance of the video card in gaming applications.

    The right approach of manufacturers

    It has long been known that low-cost video adapters in the factory version are completely absent on the world market, and in retail sales, users are offered to purchase these products under completely different brands. ATI Radeon HD 5570 based graphics accelerator can be bought under the logo of ASUS, PowerColor, MSI, HIS, Gigabyte and many other companies.

    All video adapters from different vendors have almost identical factory performance, but differ in cost and ease of use, which means low noise levels and the presence of the necessary interfaces for connecting monitors. In fact, the buyer chooses his purchase not by the number of frames per second in dynamic games, but by the availability of the necessary ports (DVI, HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort) and the quality of the cooling system.

    Silence is a guarantee of health

    Many consider the HIS video adapter based on the Radeon HD 5570 to be the lowest-performance product in the budget segment. Owner reviews claim that the graphics accelerator is not designed to run many popular games. It is more interesting among home users who need a computer to work with multimedia and surf the Internet. The video card differs from other representatives of the market by the installed passive cooling system.

    If there are no rotating components, then the noise can simply be forgotten. IT professionals, in their reviews, recommend that potential buyers pay more attention to the HIS product. The fact is that a huge aluminum alloy radiator grill is not only located almost along the entire perimeter of the motherboard, but also provides the ability to mount the cooler from above. Quite an interesting solution for fans of upgrading computer devices.

    World’s best seller

    Club3D, which has few fans in the domestic market, has become the leader in sales of video adapters based on the Radeon HD 5570 chip. Overclocking of the graphics core to increase performance and beautiful packaging seemed attractive to many buyers. Foreigners are quite difficult to understand, because Russian-speaking users in the budget class will be interested in an inexpensive device. The beautiful appearance of the packaging and the 5% increase in chip performance by overclocking in no way explain the doubled cost of the video card.

    Another thing is the ASUS brand. It is he who owns the entire computer market in Russia (judging by the annual sales reports of manufacturers). Classic appearance, proprietary cooling system, the presence of the necessary interfaces and good performance. It is simply not necessary to expect something more from a representative of the inexpensive segment.

    A toy for experiments

    Gigabyte did something rather interesting by presenting its solution based on the Radeon HD 5570 graphics accelerator. It’s all about the cooling system — technologists paid special attention to it. The aluminum radiator covers not only the graphics core and memory modules, but also the batteries. A gigantic low-frequency fan is installed on top.

    The manufacturer did not overclock the video adapter at the factory, but provided this opportunity to the owner. To do this, he provided the device with specialized software that comes with the video card in the kit. As practice shows, the result directly depends on the high-quality blowing of the system unit. Fast heat dissipation and inflow keep the video card fan from making a lot of noise, and the graphics accelerator demonstrates decent performance in games.

    When it comes to gifts

    PowerColor products are no strangers. This is one of the few brands on the market that provides the market with its solutions complete with popular computer games. The video card based on the Radeon HD 5570 chip is no exception — customers are invited to test the performance of the graphics accelerator by playing one of the popular toys (FarCry, Crysis or WarCraft).

    It is interesting that such a kit does not affect the market value of the video adapter in any way. That is, it really is a gift, not a sale. There are no complaints about the operation of the graphics accelerator — it works quietly, can be overclocked, and supports popular video devices.

    Fun device

    XFX has always tried to stand out in the graphics card market by trying to provide the customer with a unique device. The graphics accelerator Radeon HD 5570 suffered the same fate. The manufacturer installed a proprietary cooling system with a turbofan located in a protective casing. But the dimensions of this casing are so tiny that they provide cooling only for the graphics core and memory modules, which are located in close proximity to the crystal.

    Branded cooler, pre-overclocked at the factory and colorful design led to the fact that the cost of the product is slightly higher than other representatives. Yes, the performance increase is noticeable (when compared with video cards from other brands), but it is not directly proportional to the cost. Once again, the manufacturer offers a potential buyer to give preference to appearance, rather than high performance for low cost. Do not forget that the owner sees the video card only once — before installing it in the system unit. And the performance is constantly monitored.

    In conclusion

    The video adapter based on ATI Radeon HD 5570 is presented in the budget class, which means that a potential buyer has no right to demand high performance in games or overclocking potential from it. The maximum that can be achieved is the launch of a resource-intensive toy with minimal quality settings. Accordingly, you should not trust manufacturers who provide dynamic games as a gift when buying.

    When it comes to working with multimedia (watching videos, working with photos, processing 3D objects), the use of this video card increases. Especially when it comes to a device with 1 GB of memory, running on GDDR5 technology: support for the desired functionality, work with DirectX 11 and Bly Ray, full compatibility with all HD video and graphics codecs.

    Introduction

    In September 2008 (almost a year and a half ago), AMD surprised gamers on a budget with the release of its Radeon HD 4670 graphics card. were comparable to the flagship of the previous generation Radeon HD 3870.

    The performance of the Radeon HD 4670 surpassed the competitor. With 320 streaming cores, the Radeon HD 4670 has changed the balance of power in this price segment. The release of 4670 led to the fact that nVidia had to create GeForce 9600 GSO based on high-end GPUs, which are more expensive to manufacture. Not to mention that the prices for the GeForce 9600 GT had to be lowered.

    Since its announcement, the Radeon HD 4670 has remained one of the best «budget» graphics cards on the market (and we regularly included it in our recommendations). In addition, it was the fastest reference card that did not require additional PCIe power for a long time until Nvidia introduced its GeForce GT 240.
    which then gave way to ATI Radeon HD 5670
    .

    AMD really raised the bar for $80 graphics performance with the release of the Radeon HD 4670. As it happens, today AMD is introducing the successor to that acclaimed graphics card in the form of a , which should also retail for $80.

    That said, we can’t deny the appeal of the Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT to gamers looking for optimal performance on a single monitor at $80 ().

    We’d also like to point out that in this price range, where there are a lot of different graphics cards, it’s impressive to see what a difference in performance a relatively small amount can make. Radeon HD 5670 video card can already be found on the international market from $95 (). If the Radeon HD 5570 is sold at the recommended price or cheaper than the GeForce 9600 GT by $5 or $10, then the purchase will be quite attractive. But AMD now has a monopoly on DirectX 11 hardware (and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, given the lack of details on nVidia’s new mainstream products), so it’s unlikely that prices will drop until the competitor introduces new models.

    AMD’s range of DirectX 11 graphics cards is now complete. The only thing missing in the 5000 line is perhaps an analogue of the Radeon HD 4650 model, but so far we have not seen a mention of such a video card. Below we have provided links to our reviews, which will allow you to get acquainted with a particular model in more detail.

    • » ATI Radeon HD 5850: great performance at an affordable price
      «;
    • » ATI Radeon HD 5770 and HD 5750: New DirectX 11 Graphics Cards for the Mass Market
      «;
    • » ATI Radeon HD 5670: DirectX 11 Graphics Card for Thrifty Gamers
      «;
    • » ATI Radeon HD 5450: DirectX 11 and Eyefinity graphics card at a low price
      «.

    An impressive list, considering that he has accumulated since September 2009of the year.

    In February 2010, AMD introduced to the video card market a new graphic accelerator Radeon HD 5570 512 MB, based on the Redwood core and belonging to the lower price segment. This product has quite attractive technical specifications and supports the DirectX 11 API. Today we will test this video card and see what it can do.

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    Tests were carried out on the following stand:

    • Processor:
      Intel Core i7 920 (Bloomfield, D0, L3 8 MB), 1.18 V, Turbo Boost — on, Hyper Threading — off — 2660 @ 4000 MHz
    • Motherboard:
      GigaByte GA-EX58-UD5, BIOS F5
    • CPU cooling system:
      Cooler Master V8 (~1100 rpm)
    • RAM:
      2 x 2048MB DDR3 Corsair TR3X6G1600C7
    • (Spec: 1528MHz / 8-8-8-20-1t / 1.5V) , X.M.P. — off

    • Disk subsystem:
      SATA-II 500 GB, WD 5000KS, 7200 rpm, 16 MB
    • Power supply:
      Thermaltake Toughpower 1200 Watts (stock fan: 140mm blown)
    • Housing:
      open test bench
    • Monitor:
      24″ BenQ V2400W (Wide LCD, 1920×1200 / 60Hz)

    Video cards:

    • Radeon HD 4730 512 MB — 625/625/3600 @ 820/820/4600 MHz (Sapphire)
    • Radeon HD 5570 512 MB — 650/650/1800 @ 780/780/2200 MHz (PowerColor)
    • Radeon HD 4670 512 MB — 750/750/2000 @ 850/850/2300 MHz (HIS)
    • GeForce 9600 GT 512 MB — 650/1625/1800 @ 720/1900/2200 MHz (Zotac)
    • GeForce 9600 GSO 512 MB — 650/1625/1800 @ 700/1800/2100 MHz (Zotac)
    • GeForce GT 240 512 MB — 550/1340/3400 @ 600/1412/4400 MHz (Inno3D)
    • GeForce GT 240 512 MB — 550/1340/2000 @ 600/1412/2200 MHz (Gainward)

    Software:

    • Operating system:
      Windows 7 build 7600 RTM x86
    • Video card drivers:
      ATI Catalyst 10. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 197.45 WHQL
    • MSI AFTERBURNER 1.5.1
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    Looking closely at the technical specifications of the Radeon HD 5570 512 MB, we have the impression that this video card should replace a worthy veteran — the Radeon HD 4670 512 MB. Indeed, in terms of balancing functional blocks (hereinafter referred to as FB), video cards are similar — the Radeon HD 5570 512 MB has more FB, but they operate at a lower frequency than the Radeon HD 4670 512 MB FB. Let’s see if the Radeon HD 5570 512MB can replace the Radeon HD 4670 512MB.

    For a more visual comparison of processors, all games used as test applications were launched at 1280×1024 and 1680×1050 resolutions.

    The following games used benchmarks:

    • Colin McRae: DIRT 2
    • Crysis Warhead (ambush)
    • Just Cause 2 (concrete jungle)
    • Resident Evil 5 (scene 1)
    • Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising

    Game where performance was measured by downloading demo scenes:

    • Left 4 Dead 2

    Performance measured in these games using FRAPS v3. 0.3 build 10809:

    • Aliens vs Predator (2010)
    • Battlefield: Bad Company 2
    • Bioshock 2
    • Borderlands
    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
    • Dragon Age: Origins
    • Grand Theft Auto 4
    • Mass Effect 2
    • Metro 2033
    • Napoleon: Total War
    • Need for Speed: SHIFT
    • Prototype
    • Risen
    • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

    All games measured minimum
    and medium
    FPS values.

    In tests where it was not possible to measure the minimum FPS
    , this value was measured by the FRAPS utility.

    VSync
    was disabled during tests.

    To avoid errors and minimize measurement errors, all tests were performed three times. When calculating the average FPS, the arithmetic mean of the results of all runs was taken as the final result. As the minimum FPS, the minimum value of the indicator based on the results of three runs was chosen.

    Let’s go directly to the tests.

    Introduction

    In September 2008 (almost a year and a half ago), AMD surprised gamers on a budget with the release of its Radeon HD 4670 graphics card. The listed price was $80, meaning the card was aimed at direct competition with the entry-level GeForce 9500 GT, and the specifications of the 4670 were comparable to the previous generation flagship Radeon HD 3870.

    The performance of the Radeon HD 4670 outperformed the competition. With 320 streaming cores, the Radeon HD 4670 has changed the balance of power in this price segment. The release of 4670 led to the fact that nVidia had to create GeForce 9600 GSO based on high-end GPUs, which are more expensive to manufacture. Not to mention that the prices for the GeForce 9600 GT had to be lowered.

    Since its announcement, the Radeon HD 4670 has remained one of the best «budget» graphics cards on the market (and we regularly included it in our recommendations). In addition, it was the fastest reference card that did not require additional PCIe power for a long time until Nvidia introduced its GeForce GT 240.
    which then gave way to ATI Radeon HD 5670
    .

    AMD really raised the bar for $80 graphics performance with the release of the Radeon HD 4670. As it happens, today AMD is introducing the successor to that acclaimed graphics card in the form of a , which should also retail for $80.

    Radeon HD 5450 graphics card
    The
    is too slow to provide decent gaming performance at an affordable price, while the Radeon HD 5670
    The
    costs more than $100 (), so let’s hope that the new HD 5570 will be the «golden mean» for many gamers on a budget. Perhaps we will get the game on three Eyefinity monitors even in the entry-level market?

    Radeon HD 5570 architecture

    At the end of the article dedicated to the release of the Radeon HD 5670
    , we have expressed our hope that the Radeon 5500 line will receive a version of the Radeon HD 5670 with DDR3 memory. And so it happened!

    Radeon HD 5670
    Flow cores 400 400
    Texture blocks 20 20
    8 8
    Core frequency 650 MHz 775 MHz
    Memory frequency 900 MHz (DDR3) 1000 MHz (GDDR5)
    Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
    Effective memory frequency 1. 8 GHz 4 GHz
    Number of transistors (millions). 627 627

    Yes, the new one is just a Radeon HD 5670
    with DDR3 memory, as well as a GPU slowed down by 125 MHz. If you look at the effective memory frequency, you will find that the Radeon HD 5570 provides less than twice the bandwidth compared to the HD 5670. This is due to the fact that DDR3 memory theoretically provides half the bandwidth of GDDR5 at equal clock speeds and memory bus width. As a result, we can expect a significant performance difference between the two graphics cards.

    Let’s take a look at the GPU circuitry.

    GPU like Radeon HD 5670
    , contains five SIMD engines, each with four texture units and 16 stream processors. Of course, each stream processor supports five ALUs (AMD calls them stream cores). As a result, this GPU contains a total of 400 stream cores and 20 texture units. Note that there are two 64-bit memory controllers on the back of the render pipeline. There you can also see a couple of sections of four ROP blocks, which gives a total of eight raster operation blocks (ROP) and a 128-bit memory interface.

    Let’s compare the specifications of the video card with the Radeon HD 4670 model, which the 5570 is intended to replace.

    Radeon HD 4670
    Flow cores 400 320
    Texture blocks 20 32
    Raster Operation Blocks (ROPs) 8 8
    Process technology 40 nm 55 nm
    Core frequency 650 MHz 750 MHz
    Memory frequency 900 MHz 1000 MHz
    Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
    Effective memory frequency 1. 8 GHz 2 GHz
    Number of transistors (millions). 627 514

    At first glance, the 5570 looks impressive due to the increase in the number of streaming cores. But if you dig a little deeper, you can see some holes in the armor of the novelty. The old Radeon HD 4670 has a 100MHz GPU clock advantage over the new HD 5570
    , which almost eliminates the HD 5570’s higher number of shaders. The older HD 4670 also has more texture units and higher memory clock speeds. However, in our experience, many Radeon HD 4670 cards shipped with 800 MHz memory (200 MHz below the reference). But judging by the reference specs, the Radeon HD 5570 can be called a parallel port of the HD 4670.

    Nothing surprises us so far. Sub-$100 Radeon HD 5000 graphics cards aren’t designed to raise the bar for gaming performance. They should simply give the same 3D performance for this segment, but with some bonuses related to the new line: support for DirectX 11, Eyefinity, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio transmission to an external receiver in encoded form (bitstream). Good news for gamers looking to upgrade from integrated graphics to a discrete graphics card. And not so good if you have already purchased a graphics card from the Radeon HD 4000 line.

    Radeon HD 5570 features

    It’s hard not to repeat the functionality of the 5000 series graphics cards: this is the eighth new-generation AMD graphics card reviewed on our pages in the past six months. And the functions of all video cards are the same. For an in-depth look at the new features of the Radeon HD 5000 line, we recommend that you return to our release of the Radeon HD 5870 article.
    , as we will only briefly review them here.

    DirectX 11 9 support1682

    Click on the picture to enlarge.

    Prior to GeForce GTX 470 and 480, which will be based on GF100
    , the ATI Radeon HD 5000 line remains the only one to support DirectX 11.

    Until now, the list of DirectX 11 games has been rather poor. But with the gradual spread of this API, more and more developers will begin to submit games based on it. So far, we cannot say that we were so impressed with DirectX 11 games (most recently we tested DiRT 2
    ). But we are looking at the upcoming Aliens Vs. Predator as a likely candidate to show gamers the beauty of DirectX 11-class hardware. Our expectations are largely based on the tessellation examples we’ve seen so far.

    Playing on three Eyefinity monitors

    Having played on three monitors with Eyefinity support, we can safely say that the experience was much stronger than we expected. Peripheral vision has a very tangible effect. However, it should be recognized that the Radeon HD 5000 line still has problems with support for games on multiple monitors: video cards for the mass market do not cope very well with high resolutions, the game must support an unusual frame format, and one monitor will have to be connected via an interface DisplayPort (or via an active DisplayPort adapter for older displays). These shortcomings make it difficult for Eyefinity to spread, but we expect most of the problems to be resolved over time. As usual, the first «testers» of the new technology will have a hard time while AMD will optimize their drivers.

    ATI Radeon HD 5570: specifications, reviews, review

    A budget representative of the computer segment, the Radeon HD 5570 video adapter from ATI, has existed on the domestic market for several years. The chip is popular both among discrete graphics cards and in mobile solutions. It seems that for several years the developers have not been able to create something new and more productive in an inexpensive class. In this article, the reader will take a closer look at the popular graphics accelerator and find out its technical characteristics. Reviews, reviews and recommendations from IT professionals will help potential buyers make the right choice.

    The Pursuit of Happyness

    The ATI Radeon HD 5570 video card was designed to eliminate the rival Nvidia GeForce GT240. Accordingly, the manufacturer released four modifications of the graphics accelerator to fight for the championship in the budget class. All of them differ not only in the amount of RAM, but also in the bus technology (GDDR3 and GDDR5). In order to somehow surpass the competitor, ATI’s technologists had to provide the video adapter with some modern developments that are being introduced into devices in the gaming segment.

    Many laptop manufacturers are interested in decent performance of a budget device. True, this interest was limited only to the production of compact mobile devices and ultrabooks. But first things first.

    Declared characteristics

    Four modifications of video cards have only two differences between them. On the market, the user can purchase a video adapter with a 128-bit bus built using GDDR3 or GDDR5 technology. The second difference is the amount of memory: 512 MB or 1024 MB on board. All other specifications for ATI Radeon HD 5570 modifications are identical (except for performance, of course).

    The graphics core is built on a 40nm process and has an area of ​​104mm 2 . At the same time, about 627 million transistors are placed on one chip. The clock frequency of the graphics core is 650 MHz. The most attractive indicator is the power consumption of the video adapter — only 35 watts. It is this parameter that attracted the attention of many manufacturers of mobile devices, because the low power consumption of a laptop is the key to long-term offline performance.

    Modern technologies through magenta glasses

    For many owners of a video adapter based on the ATI Radeon HD 5570 chip, performance characteristics are more priority than technologies implemented at the hardware level. There are a lot of reviews in the media that confirm this fact. However, it is the implemented technologies that are responsible not only for performance, but also for the quality of the transmitted image.

    The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics accelerator supports DirectX 11 (the direct competitor uses the old DirectX 10 instruction set). OpenGL 4.0 is responsible for the transfer of three-dimensional graphics in the HD 5570 chip (Nvidia supports only the third modification). Fans of GeForce products will certainly reproach ATI for the lack of CUDA technology. However, do not forget that the video card is in the budget segment, where low cost is a priority over performance.

    Artificially created popularity

    Global popularity of the Radeon HD 5570 chip, whose characteristics do not go beyond the cheapest class on the computer market, is due to Apple. The fact is that a well-known brand has looked after this economical graphics accelerator for its laptops and monoblocks. True, many IT professionals are not entirely clear about the company’s policy when a budget video adapter is installed in high-performance systems based on Intel Core I7.

    By the way, Apple’s technologists should be given their due — after minor modifications, the video card based on the Radeon HD 5570 chip received an increased amount of memory. The American manufacturer presents its products with two gigabytes of video memory, which can be increased up to 6 GB due to RAM. This is a real breakthrough in the computer market. Many other manufacturers have followed Apple’s example and provided their laptops with a budget graphics accelerator, but in all the reviews on such mobile devices there is a lot of negativity about the performance of the video card in gaming applications.

    The right approach of manufacturers

    It has long been known that low-cost video adapters in the factory version are completely absent on the world market, and in retail sales, users are offered to purchase these products under completely different brands. ATI Radeon HD 5570 based graphics accelerator can be bought under the logo of ASUS, PowerColor, MSI, HIS, Gigabyte and many other companies.

    All video adapters from different vendors have almost identical factory performance, but differ in cost and ease of use, which means low noise levels and the presence of the necessary interfaces for connecting monitors. In fact, the buyer chooses his purchase not by the number of frames per second in dynamic games, but by the availability of the necessary ports (DVI, HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort) and the quality of the cooling system.

    Silence is a guarantee of health

    Many consider the HIS video adapter based on the Radeon HD 5570 to be the lowest-performance product in the budget segment. Owner reviews claim that the graphics accelerator is not designed to run many popular games. It is more interesting among home users who need a computer to work with multimedia and surf the Internet. The video card differs from other representatives of the market by the installed passive cooling system.

    If there are no rotating components, then the noise can simply be forgotten. IT professionals, in their reviews, recommend that potential buyers pay more attention to the HIS product. The fact is that a huge aluminum alloy radiator grill is not only located almost along the entire perimeter of the motherboard, but also provides the ability to mount the cooler from above. Quite an interesting solution for fans of upgrading computer devices.

    World’s best seller

    Club3D, which has few fans in the domestic market, has become the leader in sales of video adapters based on the Radeon HD 5570 chip. Overclocking of the graphics core to increase performance and beautiful packaging seemed attractive to many buyers. Foreigners are quite difficult to understand, because Russian-speaking users in the budget class will be interested in an inexpensive device. The beautiful appearance of the packaging and the 5% increase in chip performance by overclocking in no way explain the doubled cost of the video card.

    The ASUS brand is another matter. It is he who owns the entire computer market in Russia (judging by the annual sales reports of manufacturers). Classic appearance, proprietary cooling system, the presence of the necessary interfaces and good performance. It is simply not necessary to expect something more from a representative of the inexpensive segment.

    A toy for experiments

    Gigabyte did something rather interesting by presenting its solution based on the Radeon HD 5570 graphics accelerator. It’s all about the cooling system — technologists paid special attention to it. The aluminum radiator covers not only the graphics core and memory modules, but also the batteries. A gigantic low-frequency fan is installed on top.

    The manufacturer did not overclock the video adapter at the factory, but provided this opportunity to the owner. To do this, he provided the device with specialized software that comes with the video card in the kit. As practice shows, the result directly depends on the high-quality blowing of the system unit. Fast heat dissipation and cool air flow keep the video card fan from making a lot of noise, and the graphics accelerator demonstrates decent performance in games.

    When it comes to gifts

    PowerColor products are no strangers. This is one of the few brands on the market that provides the market with its solutions complete with popular computer games. The video card based on the Radeon HD 5570 chip is no exception — customers are invited to test the performance of the graphics accelerator by playing one of the popular toys (FarCry, Crysis or WarCraft).

    It is interesting that such a kit does not affect the market value of the video adapter in any way. That is, it really is a gift, not a sale. There are no complaints about the operation of the graphics accelerator — it works quietly, can be overclocked, and supports popular video devices.

    Fun device

    XFX has always tried to stand out in the graphics card market by trying to provide the customer with a unique device. The graphics accelerator Radeon HD 5570 suffered the same fate. The manufacturer installed a proprietary cooling system with a turbofan located in a protective casing. But the dimensions of this casing are so tiny that they provide cooling only for the graphics core and memory modules, which are located in close proximity to the crystal.

    Branded cooler, pre-overclocked at the factory and colorful design led to the fact that the cost of the product is slightly higher than other representatives. Yes, the performance increase is noticeable (when compared with video cards from other brands), but it is not directly proportional to the cost. Once again, the manufacturer offers a potential buyer to give preference to appearance, rather than high performance for low cost. Do not forget that the owner sees the video card only once — before installing it in the system unit. And the performance is constantly monitored.

    In conclusion

    The video adapter based on ATI Radeon HD 5570 is presented in the budget class, which means that a potential buyer has no right to demand high performance in games or overclocking potential from it. The maximum that can be achieved is the launch of a resource-intensive toy with minimal quality settings. Accordingly, you should not trust manufacturers who provide dynamic games as a gift when buying.

    When it comes to working with multimedia (watching videos, working with photos, processing 3D objects), the use of this video card increases.