INTRODUCTION
The Radeon 5000 series of graphics cards rather recently released by AMD / ATI and for the first time in a few years, AMD / ATI (the only AMD) is returned to power. NVidea is the next generation of graphics cards soon but no release date is set and only limited information has leaked.
Only a few weeks ago, the 5850 and AMD released the HD 5870 graphics cards, which were very goodreceived by consumers in court. I have a comment on a Asus 5850 itself.
Only a few weeks later, the AMD HD 5970, a dual-GPU card with the code name "Hemlock", a very powerful card and expensive. You can testseek.com reviews on her. Here is the current lineup of AMD:
I have already discussed the message with the Radeon 5000-series in my Asus HD 5850 review, I will not repeat everything. Suffice it to say, the next generation of some newgood properties. First, the 40nm chip technology, which promises lower power consumption and less heat. Secondly, the ATI Eyefinity allows up to three monitors on each card, which means a total of 6 monitors in CrossFireX. Other important features are the ATI Stream (GPU acceleration), support open CL (API for parallel processing of the GPU-CPU) and DirectX 11.
TECHNICAL ENGINEERING: Sapphire 5750 1GB Vapor-XDDR5
OK, enough is enough, let's take a look at the specifications of the Sapphire HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 Vapor-X:
Sapphire HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 steam
Juniper PRO GPUs (Radeon HD 5870)
40nm technology
Stream Processors 720
36 texture units
POR 16
GPU Speed 710 MHz (700 MHz HD 5750)
1GB of GDDR5 (GDDR5 1GB/512MB HD 5750)
Memory Speed 4640 Mhz (4600Mhz)
Width 128-bit
Memory bandwidth of 108GB / s
Steam cooling system, dualSlot
2 DVI-I connectivity
HDMI
DisplayPort
Compatibility with CrossFireX Yes
External Power Connections 1 x 6 pin PCI-E
108W maximum power consumption (load) / 18W (residual)
Supported technologies DirectX 11, DirectX 10.1n, ATI Power Play, ATI Avivo, DXVA 1.0 and 2.0, Open GL 3.2 (G), Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio Stream ATI, ATI Eyefinity.
THE FIRST IMPRESSION: Sapphire 5750 Vapor-X 1GB GDDR5 HD
Insists on the Sapphire FieldThe Vapor-X and AMD all the new technologies mentioned above.
The card is fixed in a cardboard box and surrounded by the usual anti-static plastic bag.
The accessories included are: a manual, CD with drivers and utilities that use "ArcSoft SimHD", a coupon for the game Dirt2 (DirectX 11) download, 2 molex to 6 pin PCIe adapter cable, a DVI-VGA adapter and CrossFire bridge.
IN DETAIL: Vapor-X Sapphire HD 5750 Vapor-X 1GB GDDR5
The same cardlooks really impressive with its massive cooling solution. I had the chance to see the 5750 models are quite a few producers and the Sapphire card on top.
The cooling solution is a double slot, be a disadvantage, because this paper must be rated as mid-range card, and many users prefer a single card slot in this segment. AMD / ATI sets the general rules from which producers can build their cards, and often have rather low margins, which Ihas to guess why I have a 5750 single-slot card to see.
The technology used by the Vapor-X cooling system has its origins in the aerospace industry. The cooling fluid (in this case water), steam on a hot surface (the GPU) and the resulting vapor condenses when it comes into contact with a cold surface, the vapor turns back into liquid and heat re -surface and so the process repeats. Sapphire maintains that Vapor-X is the system much moreeffective than the reference cooling, up to 7 degrees.
In the right hands, less heat means less noise. And another feature is the Vapor-X system.
To help the Vapor-X system, the fluid that circulates cold inside her, Sapphire has a 80mm fan that is perfectly integrated with the black plastic cover. One side of the plastic cover keeps the logo Sapphire blue when the system is running lights. View imagesbelow to see what I'm talking about.
The "Black Diamond" capacitors, which caused some buzz in the industry are included in this map. The polymer aluminum capacitors in this is better than the one he used in "normal" aluminum capacitors. According to Sapphire, these capacitors are 25% less energy than conventional capacitors.
The card has an additional 6-pin PCIe power connector, as you can see from the photo below.
The 5750 Crossfire is actually two connections, even if duethe inefficiency of the Catalyst drivers, you should not install more than two cards.
The memory elements on the PCB board. Four Hynix GDDR5 chips of high quality.
There are four video outputs on this card, two DVI-I, HDMI and DisplayPort. This should meet the needs of even the most demanding users. The card is only 185 mm long and fits in most cases.
TEST SYSTEM
These are the components of my test system:
TestEquipment
Intel Core 2 Quad 9300@3.245 Ghz
Zalman LED CPU Cooler CNPS9900A
Gigabyte EP45-DS3R Motherboard
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 5750 Vapor-X 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card Integrated
Memory OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2 1150 2 x 2 GB Ed (5-6-6-18)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500 GB
PSU Corsair HX850W
Case Cooler Master 690 PURE
Operating System and Software
Windows 7 64bit
SystemDriver Catalyst-9, 11
DirectX August 2009
Benchmarking software 3DMark 06
3D Mark Vantage
Belarc Advisor 1.7
Unigyne sky reference
Games The Last Remnant
Tom Clancy's HAWX
Street Fighter IV
Are you sick V
Weak May Cry 4
Stalker Clear Sky
Weapon 2
Club officers' of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Cry 2
Crysis Warhead
Other software CPU-Z 1.49
GPU-Z 0.3.7
OCCT 3.1
Here are the screenshotsmy test system configuration:
Benchmarking tests
Unfortunately, I received this card a little 'too late to be able to test on my old system on which I tested several cards tests. This means that I really need to comment on the figures, without reference to the results of tests of old. I'll try to be as objective as possible.
It is no secret that the cards are often surprisingly high scores on the FutureMark benchmark programs (3D Mark 06 and 3D Mark Vantage) AMD.And this time was no exception, as you can see from the graphs above.
Tests Unigine DirectX 10 and 11X was interesting to me directly, because the results I came up with the same test a few weeks ago, Asus 5850. One of the main market of DirectX 11 that will be much faster than its predecessor. With the 5850 I have the opposite effect, as can be seen from the graphs above, the same applies to the map 5750. Apparently AMDproblems here. We hope to see improvements with the release of the new Catalyst drivers.
THE GAME
The performance of the Radeon HD 5750 is spectacular. It 'can get a high FPS rate to maintain with all the games in this first series. It had no problems when I reinforced the resolution and turning on the filters. The fact that it is 1 GB of GDDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 108 Gb / s contains, must be ultimately what keeps the softness in the games goes on even with the filters.
GAMEII
In the second series of games that includes the most demanding games, the limits of the HD 5750 comes to light. Although not prevent us from enjoying the game in general, it is clear that this is a mid-range card. In favor of the HD 5750, it is necessary to say that the amazingly powerful HD 5850 some problems with these games with all settings on max had. Since the HD 5850 has twice the amount of stream processors compared to 5750, is justsay that the HD 5750 is a very strong paper.
OVERCLOCKING, COOLING AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION
The release of the HD 5750 comes on the medium. Up to now I do not know much about its ability to overclock, but reports from other reviews and forums have been positive. So I was very curious to test a HD 5750 card and see the potential of overclocking was very good as I had heard. I can not deny that I am even happier when I learned that I must be ableFor testing a HD 5750 Vapor-X technology.
In fact, the ability to overclock this card is high. Check the screenshot below, I have received no change in tension, but only with the Catalyst Control Center.
After trying several combinations, I gave a stable configuration at 860 MHz for the GPU and 1345 MHz memory. This means an increase of 23% of the standard figures for the GPU and 17% for the memories (as a percentage was based onvalues for the reference model at 700 MHz for the GPU and 1150 MHz memory).
The Vapor-X is obviously a fantastic job. The chart below shows the temperatures when the card is idle and full. IDLE temperatures after the system had been running for half an hour, measured without load. FULL LOAD numbers were recorded after the system was fully loaded (with Belarc Advisor 1.7) for half an hour. The temperature was17ËsC.
The Vapor-X makes it very clear to keep the temperatures down. It 'been a long time ago I saw these numbers low at full load. I'm telling you, the Vapor-X does a great job.
The noise level is always difficult to talk because it is a very subjective thing. The fan can be adjusted manually or automatically. During my overclocking the fan was on the rules you set and filmed in 50% of maximum speed. I think the noise at these levels of software completely in order, butif above, it is clear and it's going a bit 'annoying.
