HD5830 Review by TOM and Anandtech

[andy5174]

TOM: ATI Radeon HD 5830: Bridging The 5700- And 5800- Price Gap

Anandtech: AMD’s Radeon HD 5830: A Filler Card at the Wrong Price

What do you think?

 

[andy5174]

Add "Meh" to the list.

IMO It's a FAIL at 250 dollars. It's a MEH at 200 Dollars. I'd rather pickup a 4890 @ 199.99 then a 5830 @ 239.99

Also there are NO Xfire review's posted.

All HD5xxx should have similar CF scaling.

 

[Keiki646]

Well Not good for me I would have to say but for someone that wants to only spend about $250.00 go right ahead but I think you would be better off just saving up that extra 50 dollars and get a 5850.

 

[andy5174]

Agree and that is what I am going to do!

 

[Keiki646]

It all depends on XFX's price. I'm HOPING for 249.99 but knowing XFX thinking 269.99 and there's no way i'll pay that much for one.

Going to have to agree with that. XFX is banking for sure on this 5830 and take and take and take

 

[Keiki646]

HIS version comes with Modern Warefare 2 and if it's 249.99 would be a decent deal.

Now that is decent for a noob's point of view and first time spending that much money on a card

 

[Keiki646]

Would work very well for me because i don't have MW2 :lol:

But you are not a noob

 

[andy5174]

I got MW2 for free after my friend was tired of it.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Lets see what the AIBs come up with here. They may make cheaper cards, and this is release pricing. Look for better deals in 2 weeks, and some differing cards as well

 

[andy5174]

Lets see what the AIBs come up with here. They may make cheaper cards, and this is release pricing. Look for better deals in 2 weeks, and some differing cards as well

Gosh! That's why I hate AMD fanboys. All they can do is insulting others when others show them truth against AMD.

 

[notty22]

Anand is calling out ATI on this one, its a PAPER LAUNCH to boot ! They blew it on this one, its TO crippled. Its only 10% faster in places than the 5770, for 70 extra dollars ?
This one has managed to lose all the magic of the 5850, all IMHO.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Gosh! That's why I hate AMD fanboys. All they can do is insulting others when others show them truth against AMD.

How is anyone insulting anyone here?
And Ill warn you now, maybe you misunderstood me here, which is fine, but youre accusing me of too many things, and Im not liking it much, so explain how Im insulting anyone?

 

[badboydiablo]

Anand is calling out ATI on this one, its a PAPER LAUNCH to boot ! They blew it on this one, its TO crippled. Its only 10% faster in places than the 5770, for 70 extra dollars ?
This one has managed to lose all the magic of the 5850, all IMHO.

For once, I agree with notty22, this card is pretty fail. If they priced it at around 200 then it would be mediocre at best seeing as the 4890 performs better.

 

[andy5174]

How is anyone insulting anyone here?
And Ill warn you now, maybe you misunderstood me here, which is fine, but youre accusing me of too many things, and Im not liking it much, so explain how Im insulting anyone?

Look here:

Lets see what the AIBs come up with here. They may make cheaper cards, and this is release pricing. Look for better deals in 2 weeks, and some differing cards as well

AIB = Asian Insane boy

You warn me for what? For not agreeing with you?

 

[andy5174]

For once, I agree with notty22, this card is pretty fail. If they priced it at around 200 then it would be mediocre at best seeing as the 4890 performs better.

+1

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Google is your friend, and before yougo around accusing anyone, better check it first
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enUS315US315&q=aibs+gpus&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

 

[andy5174]

I did check it and understand this way from your sentence.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aib

 

[andy5174]

Everyone else are welcome to tell me if I think the wrong way and I will apologize if this is the case.

 

[andy5174]

OK. My apology to jaydeejohn.

BTW, damn PsychoSaysDie give me the rig in your sig. after your next upgrade!!!!!

 

[Truhls]

Well im sad now after reading both of those reviews. I was thinking the 5830 would be 20ish % below the 5850, which is kind of is, but i was hoping a good OC would offset the difference. But with the ROPS cut in HALF that may be a hard one to pull off, especially considering they already have more juice in them then the 5850.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

I wonder if you can BIOS flash it into a 5870 and unlock all 1600 cores...

It might burn out, but it's worth a try if you're crazy enuff...

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Perf is there, price isnt. Id wait, as these may go cheap down the road
Andy, I dont do what you thought, as thats just wrong, its ok, but anyone who does what you thought I did, let me know

 

[jyjjy]

Techpowerups review is up;
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/EAH_5830_DirectCu/1.html
Pretty ugly. They have it as 10% weaker than the HD4890. The one good spot is that they do manage to get it up to 1ghz with a voltage increase.

 

[Rustyy117]

yesturday you could get a 5850 at overclockers.co.uk for £210, now that the 5830 has arrived at £210 they have pushed the price of the 5850 to £220 >.<

The 5830 needs to be cheaper.

 

[-Fran-]

This card is the direct sucessor to the 4890 + DX11 and Eyefinity with it's premium charge. Nothing more, nothing less.

Now, a smart buy would still be a 5850 (up tier) with it's OC potential, there's still no better card ATM for that ([strike]it even runs cooler at default setting, lol[/strike] my bad, lol). And the 5770 (mid tier) would be the other smart buy since it's not so far appart from the 5830.

That "no price land" segment where the 5830 landed leaves us flat footed, because *I think/believe* ATI thought: Cypress can be easily OC'ed, so let's cripple the card the other way around and get real profit.

Didn't like the card, for a performance so close to the 5770 it ain't worth the premium nor be called 5830; 5790 would've been better since, like I said, it's the direct sucessor to the 4890...

Bad move IMO, but time will tell about that.

Cheers!

EDIT: Fixed line.