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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB graphics card: the jigsaw is now complete

by Tarinder Sandhu on 9 February 2010, 05:00 3.45

Tags: Win7 - Radeon HD 5570 1GB DDR3, Sapphire

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ET:QW, Far Cry 2, H.A.W.X

ET:QW

Enemy Territory: QW - 1,280x1,024 4xAA 16xAF medium
BFG GeForce GT 240Sapphire Radeon HD 5570Sapphire Radeon HD 5670BFG GeForce GT 220Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
61.6549.7569.943.8563.25


Enemy Territory: QW - 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF medium
BFG GeForce GT 240Sapphire Radeon HD 5570Sapphire Radeon HD 5670BFG GeForce GT 220Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
49.83955.634.3548.85


Enemy Territory: QW, an older OpenGL title, favours texturing ability over pure GFLOPs. This is why the HD 5570 is significantly slower than HD 4670.

Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 - 1,280x1,024 4xAA medium
BFG GeForce GT 240Sapphire Radeon HD 5570Sapphire Radeon HD 5670BFG GeForce GT 220Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
35.1329.6440.8823.6333.24


Far Cry 2 - 1,680x1,050 0xAA medium
BFG GeForce GT 240Sapphire Radeon HD 5570Sapphire Radeon HD 5670BFG GeForce GT 220Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
40.5237.0347.2626.3442.15


And it falls between the GeForce GT 220 and GT 240 in Far Cry 2. Frame-rates are important here because any increase in performance translates to a tangible difference in the games-playing experience.

H.A.W.X

H.A.W.X - 1,280x1,024 4xAA 0xAF medium
BFG GeForce GT 240Sapphire Radeon HD 5570Sapphire Radeon HD 5670BFG GeForce GT 220Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
65.550.5724162


H.A.W.X - 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF medium
BFG GeForce GT 240Sapphire Radeon HD 5570Sapphire Radeon HD 5670BFG GeForce GT 220Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
51.5405729.548


H.A.W.X performance also falls between the two GeForces. Interestingly, as with other games on this page, the HD 5570 comes off comfortably second-best to the same-priced HD 4670.