GT520 Vs GT430 Vs HD5670 vs HD6570 Low Profile battle

[king smp]

Gt430 vs GT520 vs HD5670
also considering HD 6570

system is
Core2Duo 2.93ghz
4gb ram DDR2-800

I am leaning towards the HD 5670
but am confused if the other cards
can match up to it at a cheaper price

any help would be appreciated

 

[king smp]

Gracias
Review es bueno
HD 5670 Si!

 

[king smp]

written in very poor Espanol

 

[nforce4max]

The gt520 only has 48 shaders and is a very basic card over all. The GT430 has twice the shaders but isn't a great card for gaming ect. 5670 is a solid card but price is high. The 6570 is worth it but I have not kept up to date about ati in this price segment.

 

[king smp]

The gt520 only has 48 shaders and is a very basic card over all. The GT430 has twice the shaders but isn't a great card for gaming ect. 5670 is a solid card but price is high. The 6570 is worth it but I have not kept up to date about ati in this price segment.

those two (hd5670 or 6570) I have had trouble deciding
both are same price on US Newegg
the Sapphire HD5670 is 512mb GDDDR5 with nice design
the HD 6570 is 1gb DDR3

I dont think the 1gb makes much of a difference
and I like the GDDR5 of the HD5670 (should be able to get great memory OC)

I do like the HD6570 because it is newer (features) with about 40 more stream processors

I go to make sure that the HD 6570 is NOT PCI_E 2.1
I know 2.0 cards work in my tower
I am not sure if 2.1 do

 

[nforce4max]

5670 hands down as it has twice the memory bandwidth despite having half the vram capacity. GDDR5 is twice the performance of GDDR3 at any clock rate.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

5670 or there is also a 5750 low profile.

 

[king smp]

Thanks Crowe
add another one to my confusion
I will look into the 5750 specs
Originally I wanted the HD5670 mainly due to Toms Video card of the month
roundups from a few months ago
but then I saw the other ones

@nforce4max - that is what I was thinking also

Does 5750 require 6pin?

 

[Tamz_msc]

Yes, it requires one six pin connector.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/home-theater-pc-half-height-radeon-hd-5750,2804-5.html heres some info about the 5750 low profile. its the best low profile card you can get. power draw is up near 250 watts though (with an athlonIIx4, maybe a core 2 duo would use a little less power.)

 

[king smp]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/home-theater-pc-half-height-radeon-hd-5750,2804-5.html heres some info about the 5750 low profile. its the best low profile card you can get. power draw is up near 250 watts though (with an athlonIIx4, maybe a core 2 duo would use a little less power.)

That is too much power for my Dell 280w
That is a shame

I will go with the HD 5670 for now because of performance vs power usage vs price
it looks like the best choice

In the future I will look into upgrading PSU
but for now I want to wait

 

[king smp]

The HD6670 is a good idea but
No low profile cards are available yet
also price point in USA is @$30 higher
I want to get a card this month
and as you said the HD5670 at $75 USD is
the best choice

I hope my poor Espanol did not offend you

 

[iam2thecrowe]

pcie 2.1 is not any faster than 2.0 and is irrelevant as the card would not use all of the bandwidth on even a pcie 1 slot.

that aside ., i agree the 5670 is the best choice for you.

 

[nforce4max]

pcie 2.1 is not any faster than 2.0 and is irrelevant as the card would not use all of the bandwidth on even a pcie 1 slot.

that aside ., i agree the 5670 is the best choice for you.

pci-e is like rdram most of the bandwidth is wasted or lost due to high latency.

 

[king smp]

I was avoiding PCI-e 2.1 do to compatibility issus
I have a 1.1 slot so 2.0 is the highest I can go
without running into problems

 

[Guest]

You do realise that a DDR5 card is not necessary better than a DDR3 one,don't you?It mostly depends on the card's graphic engine,and if you take a look at some reviews(like this one http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/amd_hd_6670_6570/ ,let's say)you'll see that hd6570 and hd5670 have more likely the same performance overall.

So,if I were you,I would go for the hd6570,given the fact that it has double the amount of memory and,on top of that,it's the newer card.

 

[king smp]

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