Testing – Gaming
Keep in mind that the Radeon HD 5670 is not a gaming card. It is a mainstream graphics card, which traditionally have meant graphics better than onboard, but not capable of any kind of decent gaming. The Radeon HD 4670 did a better-than-expected job of gaming, and even gave some AA goodness if you could handle FPS in the mid-20s. (Crysis) With the improved performance we saw in the Futuremark testing, we should expect the same increases in gaming.
Crysis: Though over two years old now, Crysis is still my favorite gaming benchmark. I’ve found no other game that pushes the processor and memory so much, and still is very VGA intensive. The Radeon HD 4670 performed surprisingly well with Crysis, and I expect no less from the HD 5670. The extra memory should make a difference here too. I used the Crysis Benchmark Tool by Boris Vergiza, settings were Medium, 2 x AA, GPU benchmark, DX10, 64-bit, 1280 x 1024.
I also ran Crysis in my earlier testing at no AA. I thought that I’d do that with the HD 5670 too, since I still feel that one shouldn’t expect to be able to run AA successfully with a sub-$100 video card. I used the same settings as above but with no AA.
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea: I like the PT Boats benchmark because there are some hard camera angle changes in the video that really pushes the GPU. Like Crysis, the benchmark prefers a powerful system with a strong video card. The HD 4670 did ok but marginal, let’s see how the HD 5670 does. I used the standalone benchmark, settings were Medium, 2 x AA, 1280 x 1024.
Golden. Great, useful info.
This is a very helpful review. As I belive there exists a significant number of users who would love to see mainstream card like this one getting such powerful. Not everyone needs a 150w+ monster in their set-up to enjoy premeum quality HD or to play their favourite Dx9/10 tittles which also exist in great number. As the industry is moving more toward performance per watt rather than performance per $, cards such as radion 4670/5550/5670 are welcome contenders in the mainstream. I'll upgrade to the HD5670 from the 4550 which I'm using now. BTW, it would've great if the crossfire performances were also included.
will this work with windows 7
Yes it will work with windows 7
I just want to know that is this card can run on PCI-E x16 1.0 slot??? if yes then is there any noticeable difference in performance??? if no the can you suggest me any other 1gb card???
400w needed? Really?
I have a PCI-E x16 slot, is this compatible?
Yes it is