AMD’s Radeon HD 5830: A Filler Card at the Wrong Price
by Ryan Smith on February 24, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Crysis: Warhead
Being our most stressing game, Crysis also tends to generate some of our most interesting results. Right off the bat at 2560 we have the 5830 beating the GTX 275 by 9%, the 4870 by 5%, and losing to the 4890 by 6%. But lower that resolution and we fall in to another pattern: 10% under the 4890, 6% under the GTX 275, 3% over the 4870, and 20% under the 5850.
Crysis is a game where we expected the ROP loss to hurt the most, but that clearly isn’t the case. The 5830 does have the unfortunate distinction of being the first 5800 series card to drop below 30fps at 1920 however, a resolution the 5850 and 5870 can sustain.
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ET - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
The graph shows the 5770 getting 46.6 fps at 1920x1200, which is out of line with its relative power as well as the 42 fps it gets at 1680x1050.Ryan Smith - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
Yep, a number got transposed. Fixed.ET - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
Makes me wonder how the 5770 fares at 2560x1600. In the original review it got 35.9, but I see that the frame rate went up at the other resolutions, so it might be closer to 40 fps.Ryan Smith - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
No, the only issue is that I wrote down the 1920 data for 1680 and vice versa. Performance for anything else is the same.ET - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
You didn't understand my comment. I'll try again:The 5770 seems to provide pretty good performance in this game (even after your fix). In the original 5770/50 review it scored 35.9 fps at 1600x1200, but it looks like the frame rates have gone up since then, probably thanks to drive changes, so I wonder how well it performs now at that resolution (which was unfortunately not mentioned in the current review).
ET - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
Oops, meant 2560x1600, not 1600x1200.Mygaffer - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
Is it just me, or does the 4890 compete head to head with the GTX285? I didn't realize it was that fast.strikeback03 - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3539">http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3539looks similar to a little slower
coldpower27 - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
I would say on average 4890 = GTX 280...GTX 285 would be a tad faster.
AnandThenMan - Thursday, February 25, 2010 - link
Yet another needlessly negative article for an AMD product. Colour me shocked, and hey nice touch, you put the #1 downfall of the card right in the title, excellent!gave the card a gold award despite the somewhat questionable price, and higher power consumption vs. the 5850. BTW, don't even bother defending the review, I've heard all the excuses and reasons before.