System Setup and Notes
| Graphics cards |
Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 XF |
Sapphire
Radeon HD 5670 (1,024MB, GDDR3) |
Sapphire
Radeon HD 4670 (512MB, GDDR3) |
BFG
GeForce GTS 250 (512MB, GDDR3) |
BFG
GeForce GT 240 (512MB, GDDR3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current pricing, including VAT | £180 | £90 | £50 | £95 | £60 |
| DirectX / Shader Model | DX11, 5.0 | DX11, 5.0 | DX10.1, 4.1 | DX10.1, 4.1 | DX10.1, 4.1 |
| Stream processors | 400 (x2) | 400 | 320 | 128 | 96 |
| GPU clock | 775MHz | 775MHz | 750MHz | 738MHz | 550MHz |
| Shader clock | 775MHz | 775MHz | 750MHz | 1,836MHz | 1,340MHz |
| Memory clock (effective) | 4,000MHz | 4,000MHz | 2,000MHz | 2,200MHz | 3,400MHz |
| Memory bus width (bits) | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 750 LGA1156 (2.66GHz, 1MB L2 cache, quad-core) | ||||
| Motherboard | MSI P55-GD65 (Intel P55) | ||||
| Motherboard BIOS | v1.3 | ||||
| Memory | 4GB Corsair PC12800 | ||||
| Memory timings and speed | 9-9-9-24 2T @ DDR3-1,333MHz | ||||
| PSU | Corsair HX650 | ||||
| Monitor | Dell 2405FPW Widescreen 24in TFT | ||||
| Disk drive(s) | Seagate 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (3Gb/s mode) | ||||
| Graphics driver | Catalyst 10.1 RC3 | Catalyst 10.1 RC3 | Catalyst 9.12 | ForceWare 195.62 | ForceWare 195.62 |
| Operating system | Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit | ||||
Software
| 3D benchmarks | Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2, medium quality Crysis, medium quality Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark. OpenGL, medium quality Far Cry 2 v1.03, medium quality H.A.W.X v1.2, internal benchmark: DX10/10.1, medium quality |
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| General benchmarks |
Power draw |
Notes
We're looking at the performance of the Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1,024MB against a range of cards in the mid-range space. Look one generation lower and the HD 4670 can be purchased for around £50, making it much cheaper than the HD 5670. Similarly NVIDIA's GeForce GT 240 is also cheaper, coming in at around £60. Making it fair, we've also added in the next model up from NVIDIA, the GeForce GTS 250 that's represented by a 512MB framebuffer-equipped model from BFG.What we will be able to determine is the performance increase as we scale the monetary ladder from £50 to £95. Benchmarks were conducted at 1,280x1,024 and 1,680x1,050 with varying degrees of image quality.
