5670 Review

[rjc]

AnandTech

Hardwarezone have their 5670 review up early(don't think the others are due till the 14th):

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=3&id=3109

"Not content with their dominant display of late, ATI is following up on its recent successes with a brand new graphics card for the more budget-minded, the Radeon HD 5670. The new Radeon HD 5670 cards will be powered by the Redwood XT GPU, which has 400 stream processing units, 20 texture mapping units and 8 raster operating units. Its core will run at 775MHz, with the memory at 4000MHz DDR. Memory bus width will be kept at 128 bits width (similar to the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5750 ), and the new cards will come in either 512MB or 1GB flavors"

Looks quite a bit above the 4670, perhaps +50% in places, also just above the GT240, sometimes even breathing down the neck of the 9800GT.

On the negative side, runs a bit hot(suspect using an average cooler as the cards wattage is not that high) and AA at higher resolutions isnt so good. Supposed to come in less than $100.

Edit - Other reviews are out as well as anandtech's above:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=441&Itemid=72
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2010/test_ati_radeon_hd_5670/
http://www.elitebastards.com/index....e&id=1132&catid=13:hardware-reviews&Itemid=27
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2358040,00.asp
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5670-review-test-crossfire/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru.../27732-sapphire-hd-5670-1gb-gddr5-review.html
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews.php?reviewid=915
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21916
http://hothardware.com/Articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-5670-DX11-For-Under-100/
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/hd5670launch/
http://techreport.com/articles.x/18288

 

[Hey Zeus]

Hmm... These cards will be available the 14th. Might have to pick up a pair

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Cheapest Eyefinity card. I like it's potential.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Cheapest Eyefinity card. I like it's potential.

Review says it match's and beats the 9800GT which is very impressive. Wonder if you can Trifire them

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Review says it match's and beats the 9800GT which is very impressive. Wonder if you can Trifire them

Tbh, that's pretty impressive considering my 4830 is only 15-20% faster than a stock 8800gt. 240SP's less and it still competes.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Tbh, that's pretty impressive considering my 4830 is only 15-20% faster than a stock 8800gt. 240SP's less and it still competes.

Pretty sure i'm buying two tomorrow. Might be three if i can Trifire on this board

 

[PingviN]

Seems to be a great mid-line card.

 

[edplayer]

Review says it match's and beats the 9800GT which is very impressive.

No it doesn't say that, read it again.

Read the whole review also. I see only one game benchmark where it can beat a 9800GT, Dawn of War II at 1280x1024

 

[rjc]

The chip also has a DDR3 version the 5570, at the moment i can only find a chinese review that has been up for awhile here: http://vga.it168.com/a2010/0107/834/000000834487.shtml

Provided the OEM supplies the required video outs think this should also support eyefinity and should come in cheaper than the 5670 thanks to the lesser performing memory.

 

[Hey Zeus]

No it doesn't say that, read it again.

Read the whole review also. I see only one game benchmark where it can beat a 9800GT, Dawn of War II at 1280x1024

Your correct. I read it wrong. Those power consumption numbers are great. Will replace my power hungry 9600gt's

 

[edplayer]

I have a eVGA 9600GT SSC and I think its a great card for its price (bought it for $63 in Sept. '08). The 5670 is a better card but not by much.

Considering that you have two 9600GTs, I don't think it would be a good upgrade. Sure, it uses only a small amount of power (I also like really low powered parts). The 5770 seems like the lowest reasonable upgrade for a 9600GT owner. It is hard to decide what to upgrade to with that card because it has pretty good performance (when not using AA, I run mine at 1920x1080) for its price and power consumption. The 5770 is a decent upgrade but I don't think it would allow me to use 4XAA in every game. Even if it does, I don't think AA is worth the $100+ premium (after selling my old card).

 

[Hey Zeus]

I have a eVGA 9600GT SSC and I think its a great card for its price (bought it for $63 in Sept. '08). The 5670 is a better card but not by much.

Considering that you have two 9600GTs, I don't think it would be a good upgrade. Sure, it uses only a small amount of power (I also like really low powered parts). The 5770 seems like the lowest reasonable upgrade for a 9600GT owner. It is hard to decide what to upgrade to with that card because it has pretty good performance (when not using AA, I run mine at 1920x1080) for its price and power consumption. The 5770 is a decent upgrade but I don't think it would allow me to use 4XAA in every game. Even if it does, I don't think AA is worth the $100+ premium (after selling my old card).

Edit : JUst read some sites. Rumor has it this card will start off at 89.99

 

[edplayer]

I think $60~70 is fair.

I know that ATi will try to get the most possible for it, as long as possible. But when prices settle down, that it what it is worth. About 9600GT pricing.

 

[Hey Zeus]

I think $60~70 is fair.

I know that ATi will try to get the most possible for it, as long as possible. But when prices settle down, that it what it is worth. About 9600GT pricing.

Ed,

ZZF has a HIS 5670 listed for 159.99. They must be mad.

 

[crisium]

GT 240 DDR5 is $100, and this is a superior card in virtually every way. Those wanting pure DX10 or less gaming performance at that price range will try to find a 4850 if they can, or a 9800GT. But if you want super low power gaming performance this is the way to go.

It's a 9600GT killer, and that card offered similar performance to an 8800GTS 640MB. Now you can get that same performance (or a bit better) for uber lower power consumption.

 

[nemesismk2]

The 5670 is looking very nice with good performance.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Pretty sure i'm buying two tomorrow. Might be three if i can Trifire on this board

If you are thinking about buying three lower end ~$90 cards, you'd probably be better served by a single 5850 for about the same price

This card isn't too exciting for me, but it does what it should at it's price range. It competes with the GT240, seems to be even faster in general.

 

[exar333]

If you are thinking about buying three lower end ~$90 cards, you'd probably be better served by a single 5850 for about the same price

This card isn't too exciting for me, but it does what it should at it's price range. It competes with the GT240, seems to be even faster in general.

+1. Avoid the CF scaling issues and just get a single, good GPU.

CF these might not be a bad idea if your budget is tight and can't get them all at once though.

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

That link redirects to the main article page now, must have pulled down the review til tomorrow.

 

[soccerballtux]

darn they've pulled it

 

[Rezist]

Yep it's been pulled but I didn't like that review much they were all 512mb cards which is fair but they tried to run too high of resolutions. I expect this card to debut at the same GT240 pricing for the DDR5 versions.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Yep it's been pulled but I didn't like that review much they were all 512mb cards which is fair but they tried to run too high of resolutions. I expect this card to debut at the same GT240 pricing for the DDR5 versions.

There will be 1GB cards available as well

 

[Rezist]

I know, that but they were testing pretty high res or 512mb cards is all. No one will be buying these for 1920*1200 gaming especially the 512mb versions.

 

[Hey Zeus]

I know, that but they were testing pretty high res or 512mb cards is all. No one will be buying these for 1920*1200 gaming especially the 512mb versions.

I really like them because of the power consumption levels. Totally destroy my 9600's

 

[Arkaign]

This is perfect for those who want a good HTPC card, but also be capable of light gaming from time to time.