The main board I am using for testing is ASROCK 890GX Extreme3, the mean feature is the True 333 function, USB3.0 / SATA 3.0 & E-SATA 3 can be performed at x16 full speed. In the early stage, the ASROCK 890GX main board is one of the few models which can break out from the limitation of supporting multi-core CPU of the AMD SB850. South bridge chipset is AMD latest model SB850, which supports 6 x SATA3 devices, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 & RAID 5. The North Bridge chipset is AMD 890GX chipset, which is integrated with AMD Radeon HD 4290 VGA chipset. CPU is designed with V8 + 2 Phase, supports the highest 140W CPU which makes the stability of the entire system much better. Testing Platform CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition MB: ASROCK 890GX Extreme3 DRAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR-GT CMD4GX3M2B1600C7 VGA: ATI Radeon HD 5570 HD: CORSAIR CMFSSD-128GBG2D POWER: be quiet! power4 DELUXE 530W Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp14Pro OS: Windows7 Ultimate 64bit CPU: 222 X 18 => 3996MHz DRAM: 1776 CL8 8-8-24 1T GPU Default 650MHz/900MHz CINEBENCH R11.5 OpenGL => 36.95 fps CPU => 4.61 pts CPU(Single Core) => 1.14 pts 3DMARK2006 => 8481 3DMark Vantage => P4453 CPU SCORE => 13443 GPU SCORE => 3641 GPU OC 745MHz/1133MHz CINEBENCH R11.5 OpenGL => 44.52 fps CPU => 4.59 pts CPU(Single Core) => 1.15 pts |
3DMARK2006 => 10007 3DMark Vantage => P5363 CPU SCORE => 13456 GPU SCORE => 4467 The performance of 5570 shows quite good in the stable over clocking range, the over clocking efficiency increases a lot compare with normal. With 3DMARK2006 & 3DMARK VANTAGE testing programs, the efficiency increase 20% up by 3D games. GPU Default 650MHz/900MHz StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1280 X 720 => 110.18FPS DEVIL MAY CRY4 1280 X 1024 => 94.33/81.35/120.46/67.27 fps FINAL FANTASY XIV 1920 X 1080 => 2051 GPU OC 745MHz/1133MHz StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1280 X 720 => 131.18FPS DEVIL MAY CRY4 1280 X 1024 => 113.98/99.90/145.02/79.52 fps FINAL FANTASY XIV 1920 X 1080 => 2420 The Radeon HD 5570 has good testing results with the games above, which operates very smoothly even if using the 1920 X 1200 screen resolution. But if users adjust the 3D effects too high, that might cause a little bit lag in some games, by this situation, users might need some higher grade VGA cards to work it out. For the lower-cost level VGA Card, the performance of 5570 is quite well among the 3D effects. Power Consumption GPU Default 650MHz/900MHz System Standby - 102W GPU Full speed - 151W |
GPU OC 745MHz/1133MHz System Standby - 102W GPU Full speed - 169W The default & over clocking settings all have no additional power consumption in standby, the entire PC keeps at around 102W. When GPU full speed , the over clocking might increase around 18W power consumption, but the efficiency also increases around 20% more, so the range increased of the power consumption when over clocked is also quite reasonable & acceptable. Thermal Testing GPU Default 650MHz/900MHz System Standby - 50.5 GPU Full speed - 61.0 GPU OC 745MHz/1133MHz System Standby - 51.5 GPU Full speed - 64.0 The ambient temperature is at 33 degree, no mater with over clocking or with default settings, the standby temperature shows stable, and it just increases 3 degree when over clocked. So it should have some help a lot by using 40nm process chipsets to control the thermal for 5570 The last, it is the one of the hottest 3D games at the moment - StarCraft II : Wings of Liberty Setting page GPU Default 650MHz/900MHz Default - 49 High level settings - 40 GPU OC 745MHz/1133MHz Default - 62 High level settings - 47 Even we keep the StarCraft II resolution at 1920 X 1200, there is still 30/fps smooth performance, we recommended not to adjust the 3D effects too high, otherwise it might cause a little bit lag during the game. But in the high resolution with StarCrafe II, which can still be qualified with the high loading of StarCraft II, that means the 3D performance of 5570 is still higher than standard. |
The VGA card is always the one of the most popular market of the PC components, lots of the customers are all targeted on gaming purpose. Moreover, the largest part of the VGA users is focused on the models under US$100, which is also the basic market. But there are still some entry level models under US$ 60, the models are suitable for the users who can not be satisfied with the built-in on board GPU and would like to have independent VGA card. But at the point of my view, except the budget issue, if users would like to choose an entry level VGA for the PC in order to get better 3D performance, I think the best solution for the better C/P rates is to choose the VGA between US&60-US$100. ATI provides multiple solutions in entry level and middle-end VGA cards, there are 3 different models with good performance for the price under US$100, the highest on is the previous generation Radeon HD 4850, the cheapest one is the Radeon HD 4670. The weakness of the 4850 is its higher power consumption and the dimensions are also larger. And the 3D technology of 4670 is not as new as 5570 supports, and the dimensions are not available for the smaller PC. For these 2 models listed, ATI 4850/4670 VGA both belong to the promotional models with higher C/P rates during the gap of the 2 different generations. The price of ATI Radeon HD 5570 is between these two models, and which is designed with newer technology and using advanced process, but I think the major advantage of ATI Radeon HD 5570 will be to use for the smaller PC mainframes. In the recent years, no mater PC or NB, the designs of the outside dimensions are getting smaller and smaller. At the PC end, Micro ATX has been popular for many years, but there are many kinds of Mini-ITX models came into the market this year. So its quite important to have high performance & low power consumption for the model with Low Profile dimensions in the new developing market. It was hard to find one Low Profile VGA with good 3D performance on the market before ATI Radeon HD 5570 released. But after then, ATI Radeon HD 5570 has increased the strong power of competition for ATI. It has better 3D performance than 4670 and it might be very possible to become the king of performance and efficiency in the field of Low Profile size. And we also hope that ATI is able to release more Low Profile size VGA cards to have more choices for the users who love smaller PC mainframes. This article is also posted in my blog: WIND'S 3C Welcome 3C fans to drop by. |
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