PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 LCS: The GHz Limit, Broken
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Benchmark Results: Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 shows us more of the same, with the overclocked Radeon HD 5870 only able to challenge the Radeon HD 4890s in CrossFire at 1920x1200 without AA applied. Once AA is used or the resolution is increased, the 4890s win. But with high frame rates like this, there are no losers.
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CoryInJapan Wow...is ATI leading again...O wait they are.Reply
Nice to see ATI back on top. Would be nice to have that card. -
jimmysmitty Enjoy it while it lasts ATI.Reply
Unless nV screws G300 up (rebranding G200) then it may be a nice time but wont last forever.
If only they could get a damn seperate shader clock. With 1600 SPs running at 1.7GHz they could blow nV out of the water.... -
anamaniac It's dissapointing to hear the memory had to be put so low...Reply
Though I'd love to liquid cool my i7, then add a 5870 and liquid cool that also. I got a radiator at work that can likely handle a 10 kilowatt system, add to that it's constantly cooled by sub zero temperatures (during winter atleast), with a 5 barrel resevoir, and dual 24" fans (used to cool 3000psi hydraulics).
Even more dissapointing to see it can't keep up with it's dual 4xxx series cousin.
Also, GPU waterblocks just look so inneficient... -
7amood WOOOOOOOW extremely low temperatures... but not worth the 500W draw.Reply
I think now am interested in water cooled video cards.
but honestly, i thought the gain will be 20% at least... disappointing. -
liquidsnake718 You made a mistake on the test and benchmark page on the Crysis Bench config. It states you tested it at low quality. This would mean at least 100-150FPS....Reply
Nice work but I also wish you guys tested Crysis at Very High settings.... its always great to see Crysis tested at its maximum threshhold. -
shubham1401 Being a single card 5870 performs very impressively...Reply
And the power usage is impressive too(Only on stock).
This is the best card for now and with a lil price dip it'll be fav. of all high end gamers. -
IzzyCraft I love the draw on their oc 1 gpu is greater then 2 older gen gpus draw that's just hilariously bad results. Still with the waterblock set up maybe you can afford the 1000 dollar electric bill with you're fastest possible machine. Sorry but as far as ATI venders powercolor is low on the list of ones i trust. Poor 5870 gpu wasted on excess and ya can't waste those things, hard to come by with tsmc doing jack in the yields department.Reply