ATI Radeon HD 5830
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ATI Radeon HD 5830 Reviews
Graphics Card Reviews
Released in February 2010, the Radeon HD 5830 is another card in the Radeon 5000 range. While it does obviously have DirectX 11 compatibility, what about energy consumption and gaming performance? Does it stand up to the competition or should it be avoided? The size of the card varies a great deal from one manufacturer to another. It is sometimes the same length as the very large Radeon HD 5870, sometimes shorter. Get out your ruler and check if it'll fit into your casing. In terms of noise and heat, we can't say as we didn't receive the stock model (see inset). Moreover, each manufacturer offers their own solution. Overall, it does pretty well though this model does consume slightly more than the Radeon HD 5850. We scored it at 90 W at idle (office docs, internet) and 272 W in 3D load (values for whole configuration), while the HD 5850 draws 84 W in idle and 266 W in 3D load. Without being bad, gaming performance is quite disappointing. The Radeon HD 5830 is thus closer to the HD 5770 than the HD 5850. In comparison to the NVIDIA offer, it's a long way behind the GeForce GTX 465 / 460 and on an equal footing with the GTX 275.
Preview: Radeon HD 5830
After pushing back the release date on several occasions, AMD finally decided to announce the Radeon HD 5830, based on the cut down Cypress GPU. Here are our first observations on the new DirectX 11 Radeon, that will, in principle, be available shortly. Generally after several months of GPU production, there’s an accumulation of pieces that didn't pass the validation process. Among these, some GPUs are partially functional and can be reused as cut down versions in a new product. A bit of time is needed before fixing the spec of such a derivative card as there are generally all sorts of faults in the reject pile: GPUs limited in terms of clocks, GPUs with SIMDs (processing + texturing) that don’t work, GPUs with non-functioning ROPs, GPUs on which only some units have clock problems etc. These all need to be sorted and a common spec needs to be found for a maximum number of these parts to allow the sale of a consistently defined product. From its first appearance Cypress was rolled out in a slightly cut down version, the Radeon HD 5850 on which 2 SIMDs out of 20 were disabled and the clocks reduced. AMD goes even further with the Radeon HD 5830, with 6 SIMDs disabled as well as half the ROPs.
ATI Radeon HD 5830 Review: Filling The Gap
Here we are, barely two weeks removed from the launch of the ATI Radeon HD 5570, and we find ourselves in the now familiar position of announcing yet another Radeon HD 5000 series card. With the breakneck pace (relatively speaking) of Radeon HD 5000 series releases over the past 5 or 6 months, it would be easy to dismiss today's launch of the Radeon HD 5830 as a move by AMD to simply use more marginal Cypress GPUs, thus increasing effective yields, while at the same time sticking it to NVIDIA yet again. But a quick look at the company's 5000-series product stack reveals the other major reason. Here's how the currently available cards in the Radeon HD 5000 series line up in terms of street price. You'll notice there's a fairly significant gap between the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850, which just so happens to be where pricing falls for most of NVIDIA's current single-GPU based GeForce line-up. So, it should come as no surprise to the astute observer that filling that gap in the Radeon HD 5000 series is a pre-planned, strategic move on AMD's part. Oh, and while we're at it, there's also a relatively large gap between the Radeon HD 5870 and 5970; we wonder what AMD has in store to fill that gap?
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