Video cards. Video cards Game tests: Crysis Warhead
Apparently, on Danish moment AMD takes a leading position in the market of video cards supporting DirectX 11. The company's line of video cards from the Evergreen family can satisfy the needs of almost any consumer who wants to crave all the beauty new technologies. Regardless of the progress of AMD's main competitor, NVIDIA, the release of the GF 100 chip at the end of this month, AMD has already filled a small gap in the line of ATI video cards. On February 25, 2010, AMD introduced a new video card ATI Radeon HD 5830, which took the place between the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 models. The new product uses the same GPU as other models in the same series, and has an even more important video card in the category ї Middle-End for fans of computer games that can be played budget restrictions. Considering the price, which may exceed $250, the assessment of the productivity of this model arouses increased interest.
Based on the fact that the standard ATI Radeon HD 5830 video card was not available, we decided to protest the Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 video card. This video card, according to the numerical index, is the youngest of the series Video cards on the Cypress graphics processor.
Architecture of tested video cards
| Radeon HD 5850 | Radeon HD 5830 | Radeon HD 5770 | Radeon HD 4890 | GeForce GTX 275 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More precise processors | 1440 | 1120 | 800 | 800 | 240 |
| Texture blocks | 72 | 56 | 40 | 40 | 80 |
| Raster Operation Blocks (ROPs) | 32 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 28 |
| Core frequency (MHz) | 725 | 800 | 850 | 850 | 633/1404 |
| Memory frequency (MHz) | 1000 | 1000 | 1200 | 975 | 300/600 |
| Memory bus | 256 bit | 256 bit | 128 bit | 256 bit | 448 bit |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 128 | 128 | 776,8 | 124,8 | 127 |
| Maximum energy consumption | 1151 W | 175 W | 1108 W | 190 W | 219 W |
| Reference price | $310 | $250 | $159 | $200 | $249 |
From the table presented, you can find clear information about the new product. The new Radeon HD 5830 owes much to the superior Radeon HD 5770 for up to a factor of two-fold more memory bandwidth and a third more thread cores. On the other hand, the 22% reduction in the number of thread cores can be offset by a 10% increase in GPU clock speed. Do you think AMD introduced an analogue of the Radeon HD 5850 for $250? Yak bi not so! Please note that the Radeon HD 5850 also features a twofold reduction in the number of raster operation units (ROPs). Shader processing is carried out on the same level as the Radeon HD 5850, but it’s also impossible to display the captured pixels on the screen, so it’s close to the same level as the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 4890.
External review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 video card
The Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Modern Warfare 2 Edition comes in a black cardboard box that contains a description of all its benefits, such as support for DirectX 11, HDMI, support for Windows 7, etc. In the middle of the box is a ribbed container, in the middle of which lies the video card itself, packed in an antistatic bag. Under the container with the video card there is another container - a small box in which the equipment is placed. When we opened it, we found instructions, a disk with drivers, life adapters, a DVI-VGA adapter, a CrossFire port, and a coupon for downloading Call of Duty.
The video card is equipped with a solid cooling system, housed in a black casing. The graphics processor is cooled by an 80 mm fan, which means that it copes well with its limitations, practically not causing any noise. When tested under conditions, the temperature of the Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 video card was the lowest among the tested video cards, hovering around 65 degrees. However, the presence of unoccupied openings for the cooling system on the video card board makes it clear that this cooling system is not the reference one.
On the front sides of the video card there are two separate ports for connecting a monitor, two DVI ports, one HDMI port and one DisplayPort. On the back side there are two sockets for connecting additional equipment, which is necessary for connecting a video card.
Testing
Test configuration
- Processor: Intel Core i7 920(ES) @ 4.0Ghz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
- Memory: Corsair 3x2GB Dominator DDR3 1600MHz
- Video cards: Sapphire HD 5830 Modern Warfare 2 1GB GDDR5, Sapphire HD 5850 1GB, Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X, ATI HD 4890 1GB (reference), ASUS ENGTX275
- Life block: Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W, ATX12V, EPS12V, 80-Plus
- Hard disk: 1 x Seagate 7200.11 750GB SATA w/32MB Cache
- Monitor: 24" Samsung T240 (1920 x 1200 / 60 Hz)
- Operating system : Windows Vista Ultimate Edition SP2 64-bit
- Drivers: ATI 10.3 Beta, NVIDIA 195.62 WHQL
Rozgin
Considering that the Radeon HD 5830 operates at higher frequencies, we did not rely on significant overclocking of this model. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 video card, in stable operation, still did not reach the limit frequency of 875 MHz allowed in the Catalyst Control Center. The maximum frequencies that we managed to achieve, the first video card lost stability, became 870 MHz (core) and 1200 MHz (memory).
Testi
Crysis Warhead
The video card showed a result that can be compared with the results shown by NVIDIA solutions. As it was reported, the performance is very close to the level of the Radeon HD 4890.
Far Cry 2
The least powerful game engine allowed the Sapphire Radeon HD 5030 to outperform its competitors on the GTX 275 chip. It’s no less, it’s clearly not comparable to its closest relative, the Radeon HD 5850.
Resident Evil 5
Here the new product is led by a younger model, so once again we talk about those that the prices of Radeon HD 4890 video cards reflect their capabilities, and the Radeon HD 5770 also looks bad.
3DMark Vantage
Based on the results of 3DMark Vantage, the Sapphire HD 5830 showed itself to be even worse; the released version beat the older model. Don’t forget that this is a synthetic test, but in real minds the results are completely different.
Visnovok
The Radeon HD 5830 video card sits empty in the line of video cards supporting DirectX 11. Thus, AMD has expanded its range with yet another highly competitive price category of video card that replaced the Radeon HD 4890, which is known in the market.
The similarity between the Sapphire HD 5830 and Radeon HD 4890 video cards we tested is unmistakable. This is reflected not only in a price close to HD 4890, but also in practically identical capabilities to what is expected with the new product. It should be noted that the advantages of a video card include productivity and a competitive price. Here you can add the quiet mode of the Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 robot, regardless of the heavy cooling system. In addition, it uses less energy than the Radeon HD 4890, both with and without power.
The video card can be overclocked poorly, which is not surprising, even though the GPU operates at higher frequencies. Tim is no less, but the noticeably small increase in frequencies that we detected brought the Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 closer to the older model - the Radeon HD 5850. When choosing between these two models, you still have to be careful that there is a difference in price become less than $60, and the number of raster blocks Operations (ROP) from representatives of the Radeon HD 5830 decreases to a minimum.
The countless advantages of the Radeon HD 5830 include the advantages of the Radeon HD 5000 line, which suggests that it will be even more advantageous. There is the ability to play on three Eyefinity monitors, the ability to display high-definition sound in encoded video via HDMI, support for DirectX 11 technology, with the possibility of tessellation and shaders version 5.0.
The only downside of the Radeon HD 5830 is the price difference from the Radeon HD 5770 model, which is close to $80. However, the significant increase in memory bandwidth in certain situations significantly increases the productivity of the Radeon HD 5830 and makes it possible for it to look quite decent on the Radeon HD 5770.
Unfortunately, the price difference can only be judged in a few years, after the assortment of solutions based on the Radeon HD 5830 appears on the market from NVIDIA (the GF100 edition, which is planned for the end of the year).
Competition is a cruel thing. Just as one of the market's leaders is weakening, the other is immediately losing ground. Effective output from the world video AMD cards series Radeon HD 5xxx becoming a serious blow to the position of the main competitor - NVIDIA. Almost five months have passed since the release of the Radeon HD 5870, and in that hour AMD began to introduce to the market not only the super-productive dual processor Radeon HD 5970, but also gifted people with a whole range of inexpensive solutions I can handle DirectX 11. Of course, while the competitor is “moving” ", AMD introduces new and new solutions, covered by the widest range of buyers. Today, February 25th, there will be an official announcement of the video card AMD Radeon HD 5830. Having brought the standard image of this video clip to our laboratory, let’s get to know its characteristics and admire what it produces in battle.
Technical characteristics
| Radeon HD 5770 | Radeon HD 5830 | Radeon HD 5850 | Radeon HD 5870 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technological process, nm | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Number of transistors, billion pieces | 1,04 | 2,15 | 2,15 | 2,15 |
| GPU frequency, MHz | 850 | 800 | 725 | 850 |
| Number of stream processors | 800 | 1120 | 1440 | 1600 |
| Theoretical computational pressure, Tflops | 1,36 | 1,79 | 2,09 | 2,72 |
| Number of texture processors | 40 | 56 | 72 | 80 |
| Number of ROP units | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| Video memory type | GDDR-5 | GDDR-5 | GDDR-5 | GDDR-5 |
| Video memory bus capacity, bit | 128 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Memory frequency, MHz QDR | 4800 | 4000 | 4000 | 4800 |
| Video memory throughput, GB/s | 76,8 | 128 | 128 | 153,6 |
| Maximum energy consumption, W | 108 | 175 | 151 | 188 |
| Energy gain in peace, W | 18 | 25 | 27 | 27 |
Well, the Radeon HD 5830 video card is nothing more than a stripped-down version of the Radeon HD 5870. The heart of the HD 5830 is the same AMD Cypress GPU. Prevention of lower clock frequencies, new chip reducing the number of ROP units and stream processors, as well as 56 texture processors out of 80 possible. All these modifications essentially reduced the theoretical power density of the Radeon HD 5830, which was approximately 1.5 times lower than that of the Radeon HD 5870. The manufacturer positions the new product as a highly productive solution for uziastiv. The price of the new product, which is recommended, is 230 US dollars, and we can assure you that with suitable video cards in the Russian market, prices will not change much depending on the advancement. Already today, on the day of the official announcement, it became clear that AMD’s partners are preparing to release their solutions based on the Radeon HD 5830, and, judging by the photographs taken, the new video cards show not only a sticker on the cooling system Zhenya. As an example, let’s look at the photo solution for the selection of XFX, HIS and PowerColor: Having tested the standard Radeon HD 5830 in our test laboratory, let’s take a closer look at the new product. The new AMD Radeon HD 5830 video processor differs little from its older brothers. Design of a refrigeration system without recognizing the daily changes. The remaining parts of the board were in OEM configuration, the necessary accessories were not supplied to it, and separate copies will be properly equipped. The installation panel houses all the necessary connectors - two DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort.
Both in price and in terms of productivity, the difference between them turned out to be quite large. A mid-range model was needed, which, it was found, could completely replace the company’s old single-chip flagship, especially the Radeon HD 4890.
Without wasting much effort on developing a new graphics processor, AMD decided to keep it simple and released another stripped-down version of the RV870. Aside from the popular Radeon HD 5850, the new video adapter has a real problem. With 20 SIMD cores of the full-fledged Cypress, the Radeon HD 5830 lost only 14, then. Instead of 1600 universal stream processors, the younger model uses 1120. Apparently, the number of texture units has changed to 56 (4 on one SIMD core). As a matter of fact, the number of calculation blocks has changed by as much as 42%. And the number of rendering blocks was cut in half - to eight. Just like the RV840 and the old RV770.
With such characteristics, it is not possible to invest at a high level of productivity. If you compare with the old solutions of the Radeon HD 4800 series, the new Radeon HD 5830 is still a little bit better. The advantage over the Radeon HD 5770 is even greater, and it is also equipped with a 128-bit memory access interface, since the new card has lost its full 256-bit bus.
To slightly compensate for the large number of enabled computing units, the operating core frequency is set to 800 MHz, which is 10% lower than the older Radeon HD 5850, and lower than the Radeon HD 5870 (850 MHz). And the GDDR5 memory axis operates at the same 4 GHz as the Radeon HD 5850. Looking at the good overclocking potential of the RV870 and the new generation of GDDR5 chips, you can still rely on the poor overclocking of basic characteristics.
| Video adapter | Radeon HD 5870 | Radeon HD 5850 | Radeon HD 5770 | Radeon HD 4890 | |
| Core | Cypress (RV870) | Cypress (RV870) | Cypress (RV870) | Juniper (RV840) | RV770 |
| Number of transistors, million pieces | 2154 | 2154 | 2154 | 1040 | 959 |
| Technological process, nm | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 55 |
| Core area, sq. mm | 334 | 334 | 334 | 170 | 282 |
| Number of stream processors | 1600 | 1440 | 1120 | 800 | 800 |
| Number of texture blocks | 80 | 72 | 56 | 40 | 40 |
| Number of rendering blocks | 32 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Core frequency, MHz | 850 | 725 | 800 | 850 | 850 |
| Memory bus, bit | 256 | 256 | 256 | 128 | 256 |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory capacity, MB | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Memory frequency, MHz | 4800 | 4000 | 4000 | 4800 | 3900 |
| DirectX version supported | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10.1 |
| Interface | PCI Express 2.1 | PCI Express 2.1 | PCI Express 2.1 | PCI Express 2.1 | PCI Express 2.0 |
| Declared tiredness, navantazhenya/prosti, W | 188/27 | 170/27 | 175/25 | 108/18 | 190/60 |
In terms of energy efficiency, the Radeon HD 5830, unfortunately, does not please with low performance compared to its brothers. According to official data, the weight of this adapter is slightly lower than that of the Radeon HD 5850. However, everything is not so bad, as we take into account the old Radeon HD 4890, which have even greater power itami."
And the axis can allow the Radeon HD 5830 to compete with older solutions, which is exactly what we are talking about in our tests. Let’s take a look at the following product from this series.
Before us, we purchased a video adapter from Sapphire from the OEM package. The card is packed in a simple fluffy bag with a set of accessories:
- DVI/D-Sub adapter;
- life adapter "molex-PCI-E";
- locality CrossFire;
- disk with drivers.
The video card is equipped with two DVI connectors, one HDMI and one Display Port.
A great (there is no way to say majestic) fan of the cooling system across the entire width of the board (90 mm) with an original curved shape of the blades flows into the eyes.
The radiator is not large in size. In fact, the entire structure is permeated with five heat pipes.
The tubes are splashed white on the base and soldered onto the middle plate of the heat sink.
To cool the elements of the Lanczyg, a simple ribbed radiator was installed.
The board itself looks like this:
The main responsibility as a reference for the reprocessing of the food subsystem. The Sapphire HD5830 1GB GDDR5 is powered by R2J20602 DrMOS chips manufactured by the Japanese company Renesas. Such microcircuits are often used in motherboards, and DrMOS from Renesas is used in expensive top-end products, for example, the MSI 790FX-GD70 board is used in R2J20604.
The RV870 graphics chip operates at 800 MHz.
The board is soldered with GDDR5 Samsung K4G10325FE-HC04 microcircuits with an access time of 0.4 ns, so it is entirely possible to use the effective 5 GHz instead of the nominal 4 GHz.
I repeat everything said above with a screenshot using the CPU-Z program with the parameters of the Radeon HD 5830 video card.
In 2D, frequencies are reduced from 800/4000 MHz to 157/1200 MHz.
The cooling system demonstrated miraculous efficiency. In the Fur Rendering Benchmark stress test with a separate frame size of 1680x1050, the chip temperature did not exceed 66 degrees Celsius (at 21 ° C at the location). At 44% fan wrap, this is simply a miraculous result. In simple 3D add-ons (the same as in real games), the peak temperature was even lower, and the fan speed did not exceed the 40% mark of the maximum (approximately 1500 rpm), and the noise level was minimal. In a simple fan, the fan is practically silent, and its speed falls within 36% (1360 rpm).
The plan is to disperse Sapphire video card We were not disappointed either. In addition to the reference models of the HD 5800 series, this example does not allow software control of GPU voltage, which, however, does not allow us to achieve new stability at a frequency of 960 MHz (20% higher than the nominal lu). Samsung memory also demonstrated outstanding overclocking capabilities and increased stability at an effective frequency of 5512 MHz (37% higher than the nominal and 10% higher than the capabilities of the chips themselves).
It is important to note that for overclocking we did not change the CO level, but rather increased the fan speed to 85%, which threatens with a high-pitched hum, and such a mode cannot be called practical. First, we carried out all the tests in the automatic mode of heating with fan wraps. True, the card did not show intense interest, and after five years of testing, minor problems began to appear. After letting it cool down for five minutes, we set it to higher speeds and passed all the tests at the same frequencies without any problems. So, in practice, for everyday use you have to either switch to lower frequencies, or still sacrifice acoustic comfort and raise the fan wraps a little. Besides the fact that for a significant overclocking, this cooler was able to ensure the efficiency of the standard “quiet” mode, talk about its high efficiency.
Radeon HD 5830: closing gaps
"What?" - our readers will hum melodiously. Another video card from the Radeon HD 5000 line presented by AMD? So completely true. In fact, the company presented two video cards: Radeon HD 5830, as we test in this article, the Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition, to get more light from the world. And we will present tests of this video card in addition to six displays a little later. Graphics cards based on Nvidia's GF100 are still on the market every day, and the new Radeon HD 5830 is responsible for ensuring consistent price and performance between Radeon HD 5770і Radeon HD 5850 .
So far, the year 2010 can be called the month of the announcement of video cards from the Radeon 5000 line, in just 28 days there is already a third video card. Before speaking, there you go from the trio. If you had a fit, you somehow missed looking around Radeon HD 5450і Radeon HD 5570, where discrete video cards are transferred to models cob vine. This announcement is aimed at those hobbyists who are willing to spend a little more on a video card, but who are still not willing to spend more than $300 for the company’s high-end models.
How can you wait until today? Radeon HD 5770 for $160 () that Radeon HD 5850 for $310 () there was a big gap. To be fair, we were looking at a significant gap of more than $150, considering that AMD’s latest generation line ends after the Radeon HD 4890, and nVidia could compete only in the segment of around $200 with the GeForce GTX 26 video card 0 or more expensive for $350 with model 285. market. Radeon HD 4890 video cards the finest hour They cost close to $200 on the international market, but today you wouldn’t find them at that price. The availability of the Radeon HD 4890 for the rest of the month appears to be increasingly difficult.
Unfortunately, AMD didn’t respond to such a situation and introduced the Radeon HD 5830 video card to fill the gap. The recommended price at the time of the announcement was $239, which looks reasonable, but we are unlikely to take such a price into account, which was already visible in the announcements Radeon HD 5850 ta 5870. Splinters new Radeon HD 5830 Based on the same high-end Cypress GPU as its high-end predecessor, our hopes for the new model were even more ambitious. However, it’s surprising what this video card can get for your money, since at first glance it seems perfectly balanced.
Architecture Radeon HD 5830
There is plenty on the market today AMD video cards, then let's marvel at the characteristics of the models to get a feel for the new Radeon HD 5830 at a price.
| Radeon HD 5850 | Radeon HD 5830 | Radeon HD 5770 | Radeon HD 4890 | |
| More precise processors | 1440 | 1120 | 800 | 800 |
| Texture blocks | 72 | 56 | 40 | 40 |
| Raster Operation Blocks (ROP) | 32 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Core frequency | 725 MHz | 800 MHz | 850 MHz | 850 MHz |
| GDDR5 memory frequency | 1000 MHz | 1000 MHz | 1200 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Memory bus | 256 bit | 256 bit | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 128 | 128 | 76,8 | 124,8 |
| Floating pressure (TFLOPs) | 2,09 | 1,79 | 1,36 | 1,6 |
| Number of transistors (billion) | 2,15 | 2,15 | 1,04 | 0,959 |
| Maximum energy consumption | 151 W | 175 W | 108 W | 190 W |
| Energy saving in idle mode | 27 W | 25 W | 18 W | 60 W |
The table does not have much information for thought. At first glance, the new Radeon HD 5830 may be noticeably smaller Radeon HD 5770 There is a lot more memory bandwidth and perhaps a third more thread cores. True, new video card looks polished with effort Radeon HD 5850. So, we took a 22% reduction in the number of thread cores, then we have a 10% increase in the GPU clock frequency, which helps compensate for the deficit.
Everything looks bad for the new one Radeon HD 5830, while you do not reveal the "Achilles' heel" of this model: increase your respect on the basis of reducing the number of raster operations (ROP) blocks, equalized with Radeon HD 5850. And we thought that we were approaching the productivity level of the Radeon HD 5850 for $240! Of course, for this very reason, AMD has reduced the number of rendering units on the back of the conveyor, which is double the same as the Radeon HD 5870 and 5850.
What's the point in practice? Video card Radeon HD 5830 You can also combine operations with shaders as quickly as possible Radeon HD 5850, but the ability to render pixels onto the screen has been reduced to the same level Radeon HD 5770. We can assume that the new Radeon HD 5830 video card will compete between the Radeon HD 5770 and 5850, and, above all, it will be close to the 5770 or Radeon HD 4890.
Test configuration
When choosing video cards for testing against new ones Radeon HD 5830, We looked at solutions in a similar price range. The closest video cards are Radeon HD 4890 and GeForce GTX 275, with the availability of both models changing today. We already have a Radeon HD 4890 in our hands, but we couldn’t find a GeForce GTX 275 video card from the retailer. Then we add the GeForce GTX 260, which can also be considered as an alternative, some of which can be found at a price of $200 to $220 on the international market ().
At this time, the expected video cards were not approved at the factory. All video cards ran at standard clock frequencies.
| Hardware configuration | |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (Nehalem), 2.67 GHz, QPI-4200, 8 MB L3 cache, boost up to 3.06 GHz @ 153 MHz BCLK |
| Motherboard | ASRock X58 SuperComputer, Intel X58, BIOS P1.90 |
| Merezha | Introducing Realtek Gigabit LAN controller |
| Memory | Kingston PC3-10700, 3 x 1024 MB, DDR3-1225, CL 9-9-9-22-1T |
| Video cards | Radeon HD 5830 Reference, 800 MHz core, 1000 MHz memory, 1 GB GDDR5 PowerColor Radeon HD 5850, 725 MHz core, 1000 MHz memory, 1 GB GDDR5 HIS Radeon HD 4890, 850 MHz core, 975 MHz memory, 1 GB GDDR5 Asus ENGTX 260 MATRIX (Core 216), 576 MHz core, 1242 MHz shaders, 999 MHz memory, 896 MB GDDR3 XFX Radeon HD 5770, 850 MHz core, 1200 MHz memory, 1 GB GDDR5 |
| Hard disk | Western Digital Caviar WD50 00AAJS-00YFA, 500 GB, 7200 rpm, 8 MB cache, SATA 3.0 Gbit/s |
| Life block | Thermaltake Toughpower 1,200W, 1200 W, ATX 12V 2.2, EPS 12v 2.91 |
| Software and drivers | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit 6.0.6001, SP1 |
| DirectX version | DirectX 11 |
| Graphics drivers | AMD Catalyst 10.2, Nvidia GeForce 196.21 |
Test and adjust
| 3D games | |
| Crysis | Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool High Quality Setting, No AA |
| Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Highest Settings, 4x 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 Very High Details, 4x AA/4x AF |
| Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. | Patch 1.02, DirectX 10 in-game benchmark Maximum Settings, 8x AA |
| Left 4 Dead | Version 1.0.1.5., Custom THG Benchmark Highest Settings |
| Resident Evil 5 | Resident Evil 5 Benchmark Version Maximum Detail Settings, 8x AA, DirectX 9 |
| Fallout 3 | Patch 1.4.0.6., Custom THG Benchmark Ultra Quality, 4x AA, 16x AF |
| Synthetic doughs | |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02, PhysX Off, 3DMark scores |
Test results
3DMark is preparing us to be disappointed. 3DMark intensively uses shaders, which means that due to the number of ROPs, they play a more significant role in real tests, and the productivity is closer to the level of the Radeon HD 4890.
And our first gaming test demonstrates an almost identical level of productivity between the Radeon HD 5830 and the Radeon HD 4890, whose availability is even worse. The surprise was that the 4890 video card came out ahead by a little. Please note that the number of ROPs is higher Radeon HD 5850 Display this video card on the leaders?
Of course, we would really like to know how DirectX 11 games change the balance of power. Gra Aliens Vs. Predator, for example, will definitely become one of the candidates for our tests in the future. Vaughn is committed to hardware tessellation, and we will soon find out how Vaughn is affected by productivity.
Left 4 Dead - smoothing and anisotropic filtering
Left 4 Dead doesn't rely so much on the video card, so it allowed us to evaluate the performance of anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering on the tested video cards. Featuring GDDR5 memory and a full 256-bit memory interface, we also have the new Radeon HD 5870, which is what our reference video card is built on. However, under the circumstances, the new card still consumes less energy.
Honestly speaking, AMD specifications say something else: there is transferred what Radeon HD 5830 Vikorist has less energy in inactivity mode and more energy under pressure. We were also surprised by the fact that the Radeon HD 4890 managed to cope with less energy, similar to the GeForce GTX 260 that we had on hand. However, the Asus ENGTX260 Matrix is not based on a reference design, so we can’t imagine how much Asus’ optimization contributed to the result. We realized that the Radeon HD 4890 is more competitive than the video card it competes with.
Increase your respect, how little energy you have Radeon HD 5770 In this case, this is a disappointing result for a video card, which provides productivity at a comparable level new Radeon HD 5830
The difference between GPU temperature and room temperature.
All temperatures fluctuate within reasonable limits. You can also say that it’s new Radeon HD 5830 It gives much less heating, even if you install a standard cooler on other video cards. Again, the chain is entirely logical, the fragments of the standard cooler are broken up to cool the sweat Radeon HD 5870 under navantazhennyam. It is also worth mentioning that the Asus GeForce GTX 260 is equipped with a powerful third-party cooler, which allows it to operate at very low temperatures.
Radeon HD 5830 Generates very low noise level, similar to standard fan Radeon HD 5870 Do not use very high speeds to cool the GPU. In this version, the Radeon HD 5830 gives a real advantage compared to the much larger Radeon HD 4890 video card.
Visnovok
With the release of the video card Radeon HD 5830 AMD has filled a significant gap in the DirectX 11 product range. The company presented us with another powerful video card, which replaced the Radeon HD 4890, which is now on sale.
Almost identical game performance makes it easier to draw parallels between Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon HD 4890. The similarity does not end there, since the new video card is announced at a price close to the HD 4890. Naturally, over time (and we will be aware of the appearance of competitors on the market), the Radeon HD 5830 video card will fall in price, and will provide the same performance/price ratio as the Radeon HD 4890. forgettable, what the HD 5830 does not Reduces productivity in games. In idle mode, it saves half the energy of the Radeon HD 4890, and also provides all the benefits of the Radeon HD 5000 line, making new desktop video cards more enjoyable. Of course, we can play on three Eyefinity monitors, supporting the transmission of high-quality audio in an encoded format to the external receiver (bitstream) via HDMI and DirectX 11 support. This video card turned out to be much quieter in work, below 4890, is associated with compromises due to the large size of the video card.
What did we miss the most about the Radeon HD 5830? Well, the stated price by $80 exceeds the price level of most video cards Radeon HD 5770, that's only $60 less for a lot of models Radeon HD 5850(On the international market, the price of Radeon HD 5830 in Russia is still difficult to calculate). Judging by its apparent productivity, the price of the new product is close to the Radeon HD 5770, while it is closer to the same video card, and not to the HD 5850. In addition, we called before the Radeon HD 48 90 will provide a decent level of productivity at a price $200 (), so spending additional pennies for such a level of productivity is not at all offensive. However, the Radeon HD 4890 video cards are no longer available for sale in the world, so the same level of operation will no longer be possible.
If you deprive the other side of the price of merchandising, then Radeon HD 5830- the video card is completely decent for productivity, equipped with a universal set of functions that we found in all Radeon HD 5000 models. It offers quiet operation and low energy consumption. You should bypass the Radeon HD 5770 for memory bandwidth, which is even more important. In some scenarios there is a noticeable increase.
AMD, it seems doubtful, will continue its monopoly on DirectX 11 class video cards, but Nvidia has not yet given a blow to the test. We hope that the upcoming release of the Radeon 5000 line (which is expected by the end of the week) will add competition to this market, as well as increase the number of choices. And AMD has an incredible assortment of video cards on hand.
ATI Radeon HD 5770 and HD 5750: new DirectX 11 video cards for the mass market”;
Introduced on the 25th of 2010 in the industry of gaming trivial graphics there was a significant change - the graphics subdivision of Advanced Micro Devices put a stop to the process of changing the Radeon HD 4000 generation to the Radeon HD 5000 generation. The Radeon HD 5830 has been released, and the transition to DirectX 11 architecture has also been completed. It must be said that the younger model in the Radeon HD 5800 line was not effective, as the price difference between the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850 became more than two times. Obviously, it was necessary to replace this by adding a new model to one of the lines - either a stronger version of the Radeon HD 5770, or a smaller version of the Radeon HD 5850. AMD chose a different option, presenting the Radeon to the public HD 5830, which is a vikor based on the Cypress core , which results in even more limited configurations than the Radeon HD 5850.
The result is logical, since Cypress itself is a very foldable core that consists of more than two billion transistors. Regardless of the need for a well-established technical process, there is an inevitable gap in the production of a folding chip table, in which some of the crystals may be completely useless if defective blocks are connected to them. This allows for the intermittent sale of chips that would otherwise simply be disposed of and would be utilized as outputs of production. So, graphic card companies found themselves at the same time, and, perhaps, when designing the Radeon HD 5830, ATI Technologies was ruined by its own destruction. Once again, the “surgeons” from the AMD graphics card turned out to be very funny: while the built Radeon HD 5850 had only a small part of shader and texture processors enabled, then the Radeon HD 5830 had Below there are as many as 480 ALU, 24 TMU and half of the RBE subsystems - 16 blocks of 32, the first ones available at the RV870 warehouse.
Apparently, in this way an attempt was made to maximize the number of defective crystals that could be defective from the Radeon HD 5830. 800 MHz. Formally, the Radeon HD 5830 does not really compromise its predecessor, surpassing it in numerical and textural strengths and not matching the strength of the raster subsystem. The fluidity of the scene filling, of course, was a little lower for the lower frequency of the GPU - 800 versus 850 MHz, but the fluidity of texture selection in the new solution, however, turned out to be a real asset - theoretically. With the full support of DirectX 11 and Shader Model 5.0, it would seem that the Radeon HD 4890 would have turned out better.
Unfortunately, the results of previous tests were published by us in review Crotch: familiar with ATI Radeon HD 5830“Against all the awakenings, they turned out to be quite disappointing. The purity of the new technologies clearly did not work out, because in a number of tests the Radeon HD 5830 not only failed to demonstrate advantages over the solutions of the previous generation in particular the Radeon HD 4890 and GeForce GTX 275, but also sacrificed it - and all at the same time And the price is reasonable , It could not but have a negative impact on the attractiveness of the new product for buyers. At the time of the announcement, we did not have the current “reference” Radeon HD 5830, and the previous tests of the new product were carried out using a special truncated version of the Radeon HD 5870. It's been almost two years since then Months ago, all AMD partners who helped introduce the Radeon HD 5830 to the market have made it possible to buy the correct Radeon HD 5830 does not present any difficulties. One of these cards, released by the XFX company, was sent to our test laboratory, which we did not forget to speed up, making sure that the situation with the productivity of the Radeon HD 5830 per hour has changed even better, since Great announcement.
XFX Radeon HD 5830: packaging and equipment
The XFX Radeon HD 5800 series of cards is supplied in separate sales units in unified packaging, as we have already described in our review of the XFX Radeon HD 5850 Black Edition. Packaging should be in a compact, narrow and long-lasting box.
This box is designed in a neat and solid manner, although the design still does not reach the true aristocratic asceticism. There are not a lot of colorful information on the front side of the box, and, to be honest, their meanings are limited by the type and purpose of video memory. In addition, there is a sticker that indicates that the kit contains the latest version of the shooter Aliens vs. Predator. In the middle there is another box made of thick cardboard, at the bottom of which lies the video adapter in an antistatic dry bag, and above it, in flat boxes containing accompanying accessories, the list of which looks like this:
DVI-I → D-Sub adapter
2 adapters 2x4-pin. PATA → 1x6-pin PCIe
Happy place CrossFire
A short summary from the installation
Koristuvach's instructions
CD with drivers
Sign on the door "I am Gaming, Do Not Disturb"
Coupon for the latest version of Aliens vs. Predator
The package package can only be praised: having purchased an XFX Radeon HD 5830, the user will receive everything necessary for full use of this video adapter, and can also enjoy new version Aliens vs. Predator is a popular trivial shooter with the appearance of the first individual based on the motives of a widely known and, perhaps, cult sci-fi setting. There is no physical information in the kit itself, except for the additional delivery of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 coupon with a serial number, which is included in the kit, it can be downloaded without downloading via the digital distribution system. Steam. Why do you need any time, however, with the low width and availability of channels, access to the Internet will not be necessary in most cases. And there is a sign with the inscription “Don’t turbulently!” You can even hang it on the doorknob while you try to live in the skin of a nasty alien mischief, or in the guise of a Marine of the colonial forces, you will most likely fight against the game of various xenomorphs. :)
The packaging and configuration of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 does not cause any complaints. Minimal information content of packaging is a problem that, by the same token, applies to all manufacturers and suppliers of graphics cards. Then you want to be praised by your peers, and especially welcome to include a popular game with clear graphics. Nowadays, such generosity from the side of the manufacturer can not be seen as often as in extra hours, when companies, trying to get a potential buyer, have supplied their products with two or three games, or even in large quantities.
The advantage of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 can be detrimental to the price, but in other words, all variants of the Radeon HD 5830 currently available on the market, regardless of the term, have passed the moment of the official announcement of the video adapter. At the moment, the XFX Radeon HD 5830 can be purchased at a price of about 9 thousand rubles, and about the same as the Radeon HD 4890 or GeForce GTX 275, and based on the results of the latest testing, our readers already know that AMD’s new solution based on RV870 far from the beginning outperforms its competitors as it champions the latest generation of technologies. The situation with the productivity of the Radeon HD 5830 has changed shortest b_k? We'll try to take a closer look at this section, but for now let's get to know the XFX card better.
XFX Radeon HD 5830: design and technical characteristics
The XFX Radeon HD 5830 doesn’t resemble anything from the first glance - since it is based on the Radeon HD 5870, then we now have an absolutely independent product, which is not only equipped with a non-standard cooling system, but is specially designed for it wow drukovanu fee .
For a video adapter based on the radically shortened RV870 Cypress, the board is not suitable for long, although shorter, the lower Radeon HD 5870 board is 24 centimeters versus 28 centimeters for the older model. The Radeon HD 5850 board has the same dimensions, but, apparently, it is more compact and suitable for installation in small-sized cases. Theoretically, there will be no problems, except for the fragments of life-saving roses on the end side of the board, in some cases the whole structure can rest against, for example, a catastrophe hard disks. In this case, the design of the Radeon HD 5870 with connectors on the top side of the board looks more rational.
It is significant that besides the dimensions, the XFX Radeon HD 5830 board itself has nothing in common with the Radeon HD 5850 board:
Food system graphics core unsatisfactorily pressed and driven by the four-phase circuit due to the use of Renesas R2J20602 integrated power assemblies, in order to make the circuit more simple and compact; However, similar integrated solutions, except Volterra’s modifications, are used in the designs of Radeon HD 5870 and 5850. However, there is no saving on electrolytic capacitors in the circuit, although in older models of the family they are replaced There are more compact ceramic capacitors available.
The controller of the power supply system is on the gate of the hand-held board, and it is a pity that amateurs are not keen on overclocking the Volterra VT1165, but the uPI uP6213, so it is a pity that they have forgotten about the program for controlling the voltage life of the graphics core. We do not know the reasons for the malfunction of the controller itself in the design of the XFX Radeon HD 5830.
Live memory stabilizers use more primary components – discrete power MOSFETs. As controllers, judging by this, we are using Anpec APW7165 chips. To connect external life, use a pair of six-pin PCIe 1.0 connectors; There are no mounting spaces for installing an eight-pin PCIe 2.0 connector on the XFX Radeon HD 5830 board.
The same and more memory chips are installed in this type pushing models the Radeon HD 5800 family, and itself, Samsung K4G10325FE-HC04. These chips have a capacity of 1 Gbit (32Mx32) with a voltage rating of 1.5 and are designed to operate at a frequency of 1250 (5000) MHz, and the standard value for the Radeon HD 5830 is 1000 (4000) M Hz, at what frequency the memory operates. Regardless of the level of the RBE subsystem, the memory bus width has lost a lot - 256 bits, which means that the Radeon HD 5830 does not suffer from a lack of bandwidth. The peak PSP value for the new one will be 128 GB/sec. - just as much as it does with the Radeon HD 5850. The minimum capacity of the local video memory bank is more than 1 GB, which in some circumstances is a daily occurrence.
As soon as the marking is applied to the surface of the graphics processor crystal, do not tell the intersecting correspondent anything other than the time interval during which this process will be prepared. Our year is the 2nd week of 2010, so the beginning is the middle of today. The ubiquitous GPU-Z utility provides much more information: it reports that the monitored card has 1120 active ALUs (224 unified shader processors) and 16 RBE units. Looking at the formal capabilities of “Cypress”, which have been laid down at the beginning, the reduction of capabilities of the Radeon HD 5830 looks like a huge waste of money, especially for the RBE subsystem; However, the Radeon HD 4890 made do with 16 blocks and its capacity was not a big deal. As we have repeatedly noted, in current raster games the system rarely becomes a “dancing neck”. Information about the number of texture processors is not displayed by the GPU-Z program, and out of 80 units present in the RV870 warehouse, 56 are active, which is 16 more, lower for the Radeon HD 4890 and Radeon HD 5770. The 3D mode has a graphics clock speed High quality core 800 conforms to official specifications . Possibly, there is room for acceleration, but this will be explained in the next section of our view.
Like all standard models of the Radeon HD 5800 family, the XFX Radeon HD 5830 is equipped with connectors for connecting monitors: two DVI-I with the ability to connect an analog VGA via an adapter, one HDMI with the output of sound, including formats that support Protect Audi has one DisplayPort. It is significant that at one time you can operate as many as three display devices, and one of them has to use the DisplayPort connector, so you can connect a pair of monitors via DVI and a TV panel via HDMI will not work. There is also a pair of standard “combs” for the CrossFire interface, which allows you to organize up to four AMD cards on a single multi-processor graphics complex. It is unlikely that you will be able to use more than two Radeon HD 5830 at a time, but the very possibility of working will not be clear.
The cooling system of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 is very compact, and at first glance it looks like the front panel has only a decorative casing, secured to it with two plastic clamps:
Without this plate, the cooler looks compact, regardless of the 80 mm fan. Its design is not at all extraordinary and is even guessed by the Zalman VF900-Cu, as well as described in one of the first reviews of the PowerColor PCS HD5750 Premium cooling system. It is significant that the heat pipes are extremely durable. The area of the fin of a two-section round radiator, in our opinion, is large enough for this design to successfully cope with the cooling of a medium-sized, but still RV870. It’s great that the vikorist fan has a simple two-wire connection.
As a thermal interface, the traditional dark gray thick thermal paste is used, applied with a slight excess. Memory chips are removed from any radiators, but the stink fragments are blown by the wind flow from the main fan, which does not threaten overheating. The refrigeration system itself is secured to the plate using four stands and an X-like spring steel plate on the return side of the plate. There is a noticeable gap in this case, but it is still not recommended to take the XFX Radeon HD 5830 for a cooler, the fragments of the base area that is in contact with the GPU crystal is small, it practically does not stick to the dry frame installed on the core package, and therefore sleeps singing rizik poshkoditi screaming crystal.
The cooling system of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 has sufficient potential to successfully cool a card based on a not-so-cold RV870 chip, however, it has one drawback - it does not transfer the heated air outside the system body . All the heat that is generated by the card will be lost in the middle, even without improving the thermal image in the system, so the housing in which this product is planned to be used is strictly responsible for its ventilation.
Energy efficiency, thermal conditions, noise and discharge
Once again in our laboratory, not the latest version of the Radeon HD 5830, creations based on the Radeon HD 5870, but a full-fledged serial card, and, obviously, we could not pass such a power supply as the level of energy saving. To carry out the necessary simulations, the following configuration of the test platform was selected:
Intel processor Core 2 Quad Q6600 (3 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB x 9, LGA775)
DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard (ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200)
Memory PC2-1066 (2x2 GB, 1066 MHz)
Energy supply unit Enermax Liberty ELT620AWT (power 620 W)
CyberLink PowerDVD 9 Ultra/Serenity BD (1080p VC-1, 20 Mbps)
Crysis Warhead
OCCT Perestroika 3.1.0
This platform is equipped with a special imaging module, described in the review “ Energy saving of computers: how much power do you need?" This resource allows you to view the latest data on the electrical characteristics of current graphics cards in different modes. First of all, to determine the video adapter's performance in different modes, use the following tests:
CyberLink PowerDVD 9: FullScreen, hardware accelerated
Crysis Warhead: 1600x1200, FSAA 4x, DirectX 10/Enthusiast, "frost" card
OCCT Perestroika GPU: 1600x1200, FullScreen, Shader Complexity 8
For the cutaneous mode, following the simulation of OCCT boundary intensity, measurements were carried out for 60 seconds; In order to ensure that the card is out of the box in the best possible way, for the OCCT test: the GPU testing hour was separated by 10 seconds. Using this method, we were able to extract the following data:
It’s important that in the Desktop and Blu-ray playback modes, the internal line +12, that is, the power part of the PCI Express x16 slot, is most important. In “important” 3D modes, obviously, the main weight falls on the shoulders of external life-savings approximately equally.
Calling the card “sharply economical” does not work - since in modes that do not transfer active attention to the GPU, the performance of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 is equal to that of the reference Radeon HD 5850, but in the 3D mode the remaining one appears economical, and not at all important more. significant technical characteristics. But the solution is simple: while the graphics core of the Radeon HD 5850 in 3D mode operates at a frequency of 725 MHz, for the Radeon HD 5830 this parameter is more than 800 MHz, which compensates for the difference in the number of active functional units ів GPU. It is important to note that the XFX Radeon HD 5830 looks similar to its siblings, but the GeForce GTX 275/260 and Radeon HD 4890 play with a significant driver - AMD graphics card models and Nvidia latest generation. modes
The cold operation of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 is also not affected, but you need to understand that the temperature is about 75-80, and even 90 degrees for daily use. graphics processors, from the understanding of their complexity and clock frequencies - the phenomenon is normal and logical. The results of the non-standard cooling system of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 in 2D mode are truly miraculous - the temperature does not exceed 33 degrees. There is no comparison with the standard cooling systems of AMD and Nvidia - the solution, developed by XFX, clearly surpasses them in all parameters. True, as has already been said, it will not ensure the transfer of heated air between the system body, which can be written down as a minus, since the layout in the era of graphics processors, which consists of more than a billion transistors, It's more true.
And it’s simply impossible to compare the Z-axis noise characteristics to the XFX Radeon HD 5830. In the 2D mode, which does not transmit the launch of resource-intensive trivial add-ons, the card suffers from background noise created by other components of the working test platform, and the cooling system of the described product is rather weak noticeable rustling of the fan, when the case is closed - and It’s normal that players who don’t want extreme overclocking will want to operate their gaming platform in their own way. For its superiority to the standard XFX cooling system, one can only praise it, since the design of this model Radeon HD 5830 effectively combines high cooling efficiency with marvelous acoustic characteristics.
As for overclocking, the XFX Radeon HD 5830 pleased us in this area - from the very first try the card was able to run smoothly without stalling additional cooling at frequencies of 900 MHz for GPU and 1300 (5200) MHz for memory i.
We appreciate how important this badge was given to us in the process of extreme overclocking of the Radeon HD 5850, and this is simply a miraculous result. At the available frequencies, the card passed the final test cycle without any problems with the process. We appreciate that such a significant overclocking is due to bring the performance indicators in this mode up to the figures shown by the XFX Radeon HD 5830 in factory mode. In addition, our readers will understand what it is practical to do when overclocking the Radeon HD 5830. Perhaps we have before us a new favorite among fans of “boot-the-clock” overclocking, who are eager to save money on purchasing the expensive Radeon HD 5850? Let's marvel.
Configuration of test platforms and productivity testing methodology
Testing of the gaming potential of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 was carried out on a universal test platform with the following configuration:
Processor Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition (3.33 GHz, 6.4 GT/s QPI)
Cooler Scythe SCKTN-3000 "Katana 3"
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme (Intel X58)
Memory Corsair XMS3-12800C9 (3x2 GB, 1333 MHz, 9-9-9-24, 2T)
Hard drive Samsung Spinpoint F1 (1 TB/32 MB, SATA II)
Life unit Ultra X4 850W Modular (power 850 W)
Dell 3007WFP monitor (30”, maximum separation capacity [email protected] Hz)
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Nvidia GeForce 197.13 WHQL for Nvidia GeForce
ATI Catalyst 10.3 for ATI Radeon HD
ATI Catalyst and Nvidia GeForce drivers are configured as follows:
ATI Catalyst:
Smoothvision HD: Anti-Aliasing: Use application settings/Box Filter
Catalyst A.I.: Standard
Mipmap Detail Level: High Quality
Wait for vertical refresh: Always Off
AAMode: Quality
Nvidia GeForce:
Texture filtering - Quality: High quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: Off
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
Vertical sync: Force off
Antialiasing - Gamma correction: On
Antialiasing - Transparency: Multisampling
Set PhysX GPU acceleration: Enabled
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Other adjustments: behind the scenes
The following games and programs have been added to the test package:
Three-world shooters with a view from the first individual:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Crysis Warhead
Far Cry 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Metro 2033
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Wolfenstein
Three-world shooters with the view of a third individual:
Just Cause 2
Street Fighter IV
Resident Evil 5
RPG:
Simulators:
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Strategies:
BattleForge
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
Synthetic types tested:
Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
The skin that goes into the test software was adjusted in such a way as to ensure the highest possible level of detail. Principles of manual modification of any configuration files This means that for setting up vikors, the tools that were available in the world to any unknown korist were used. Testing was carried out at resolutions of 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600. In addition to the expected losses, the standard 16x anisotropic filtration was complemented by MSAA 4x smoothing. Activation of anti-aliasing was carried out either by means of the game, or, in their case, it was forced using additional settings for the ATI Catalyst and Nvidia GeForce drivers. The top graphics cards of the XFX Radeon HD 5830 are:
ATI Radeon HD 5870
ATI Radeon HD 5850
ATI Radeon HD 5770
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Nvidia GeForce GTX 275
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
To extract data on productivity, testing methods were put into use using the high-viscosity conditions of the original test videos, and also, as far as possible, recording data on minimal productivity. When there were more important features, the Fraps 3.1.2 utility was set to manual mode with a three-fold test pass, fixing the minimum values and then averaging the final result.
Game tests: Battlefield: Bad Company 2
The results of the Radeon HD 5830 do not look obvious, but in a separate 2560 x 1600 unit it looks much worse than the old Radeon HD 4890. Yes - starting already with 1680x1050 HD 5850. However, this approach allows the Radeon HD 5830 to be viewed , at least, no worse than the GeForce GTX 275. This product, without overclocking, feels bad at resolutions up to 1920x1200 inclusive, but it’s also good to show yourself 1920x1080.
Game tests: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The XFX Radeon HD 5830 will provide good performance at 2560x1600, but in all modes the GeForce GTX 275 is inferior, and at 1920x1200 it will perform better than the Radeon HD 4890. n allows you to easily compensate for the rise, but it is obvious that far 5830 will firmly ask for graphics core frequency 900 MHz. It’s no less worth replacing the HD 4890 – it’s clear that prices for the Radeon HD 5830 will fall to the same level.
Game tests: Crysis Warhead
This game, as before, is one of the most powerful, and with maximum fine-tuning of detail, it achieves something stronger than the Radeon HD 5830. As a result, the rest cannot ensure satisfactory performance 1280x1024 in a separate building and up to 900 MHz at G frequency. To AMD's credit, I must say that Nvidia's similar solutions look no better than their class.
Game tests: Far Cry 2
And the axis of Far Cry 2, using a Radeon HD 5830, can be comfortably run in a separate 1920x1200 frame, and, moreover, without heavy overclocking. However, it is significant that the extremely reduced core configuration did not harm the card: already starting from 1680x1050, the Radeon HD 4890 is starting to make progress, and in the world of further growth, the It's getting worse. As in previous cases, a successful overclocking is to place the Radeon HD 5830 on one board with the GeForce GTX 275, and the system competes only with the GeForce GTX 260 and does not seriously outperform the Radeon HD 5770.
Game tests: Left 4 Dead 2
The testing tools integrated into the program are much more accurate than Fraps, but do not provide information about minimal productivity.
What's interesting in this case is that the Radeon HD 5830 is inferior to the Radeon HD 4890 at low levels, and not at high levels, as in some other tests. For the first two to reach the level of the previous generation, the XFX card only supports overclocking. In this regard, with the urakhuvannya of the Zagalny high level Productivity does not become any problem - however, in a separate building 2560x1600, you can safely set maximum detail, turn on smoothing and smoothing. Tim no less, the development team is clearly working closely on optimizing the drivers for the Radeon HD 5000 line.
Game testing: Metro 2033
This game is tested without smoothing, since the inclusion of MSAA deprives the texture of the texture and at the same time greatly reduces productivity.
As it was indicated by obvious observation, the game is very powerful. Ale XFX Radeon HD 5830 will provide very pleasant, in our opinion, displays in separate sizes up to 1680x1050 inclusive. Unfortunately, the expansion here helps badly - although the average productivity increases significantly, but minimal growth may not be prevented, so that the owners of these cards will be able to either forget, or go to the level of detail reduction at the very . It's also obvious that Radeon family The HD 5800 is head and shoulders above the previous generation's design, while the Radeon HD 5770 is clearly comparable to AMD's larger single-processor flagship, the Radeon HD 4890.
Game tests: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
This test for cards that have different capabilities uses DX10.1 and DX11 modes.
It is not included that in this version of the Radeon HD 5830 there are no RBE blocks, which is reflected in extremely low minimum displays in some 1280x1024 units, while between the Radeon HD 5850 and Rad eon HD 5870 there is practically no difference. The amount of overclocking practically does not help, it is obvious that without games and adjusted graphics settings, users of the Radeon HD 5830 will not be able to play comfortably.
Game tests: Wolfenstein
The game is tested in a wide range of proprietary modes that use the OpenGL API.
The modest needs of the Wolfenstein OGL engine are immediately comparable to the results of the older models of the Radeon HD 5800 line and the powered XFX Radeon HD 5830. This mode is used not only by the Radeon HD 5850, but also Radeon HD 5870. 1280x1024. In general, this card will provide productivity on par with the Radeon HD 4890, which is entirely consistent with its positioning.
Game tests: Just Cause 2
Integrated testing features do not output information with minimal productivity.
Gradually, the XFX Radeon HD 5830 copes with the challenges of delivering enjoyable productivity in a separate environment no higher than 1680x1050. At 1920x1200, due to overclocking, the average display does not reach 30 frames per second. True, in Just Cause 2 it is important to use the Radeon HD 5870, which in the same mode produces 35 frames per second. As in many other tests, the Radeon HD 5830 can be called analogous to the GeForce GTX 260, adjusted for DirectX 11 support.
Game testing: Resident Evil 5
By the way, there are no problems with the productivity of the Radeon HD 5830 in the separate 2560x1600 version, and in the original case it only runs the GeForce GTX 275, and when it’s up to speed, it’s only as good as its older siblings on the line. ytsi. It is significant that with overclocking, minimal productivity increases little.
Game tests: Street Fighter IV
Integrated testing features do not output information with minimal productivity.