Radeon HD 5770, Radeon HD 4890, And GeForce GTX 275 Overclocked

[Guest]

Can you hit the performance level of the next-fastest GPU by overclocking your graphics card? What is the impact on power consumption? Can your cooler take the extra heat? We overclock three modern graphics cards to their limits for some answers.

Radeon HD 5770, Radeon HD 4890, And GeForce GTX 275 Overclocked : Read more

 

[amdgamer666]

Nice article. Ever since the 5770 came out I've been wondering how far someone could push the memory to relieve that bottleneck. Being able to push it to 1430 allows it to be competitive to it's older sibling and makes it enticing (with the 5700 series' extra features of course)

 

[Onyx2291]

Damn some of these cards run really well for 1920x1200 which I run at. Could pick up a lower one and run just about anything at a decent speed if I overclock well. Good ol charts

 

[skora]

If you're trying to get to the next cards performance by OCing, shouldn't the 5850 be benched also? I know the 5770 isn't going to get there because of the memory bandwidth issue, but you missed the mark. One card is compared to its big brother, but the other two aren't.

I am glad to see the 5770 produce playable frame rates at 1920x1200. Nice game selection also.

 

[quantumrand]

I'm really disappointed that they aren't any benchmarks from the 5870 or 5850 series included. Why even bother with tha GTX 295 or 4870x2 and such without the higher 5-series Radeons?

I mean if I'm considering an ATI card, I'm going to want to compare the 5770 to the 5850 and 5870 just to see if that extra cost may be justified, not to mention the potential of a dual 5770 setup.

 

[presidenteody]

I don't care what this article says, when the 5870 or 5970 become available i am going to buy a few.

 

[kartu]

Well, at least in Germany 4870 costs quite a bit less (30-40 Euros) compared to 5770. It would take 2+ years of playing to compensate for it with lower power consumption.

 

[kartu]

"Power Consumption, Noise, And Temperature" charts are hard to comprehend. Show bars instead of numbers, maybe?

 

[arkadi]

Well that put things in prospective. I was really happy with 260gtx numbers, and i can push my evga card even higher easy. To bad we didn't see the 5850 here, it looks like the optimal upgrade 4 gamers on the budget like my self. Grade article overall.

 

[B16CXHatch]

I got lucky with my card. Before, I had a SuperClocked 8800GT from EVGA. I ordered a while back, a new EVGA GeForce GTX 275 (896MB). I figured the extra cash wasn't worth getting an overclocked model particularly when I could do it myself. I get it, I try to register it. The S/N on mine was a duplicate. They sent me an unused S/N to register with. I then check the speeds under one utility and it's showing GTX 275 SuperClocked speeds, not regular speeds. I check 2 more utilities and they all report the same. I had paid for a regular model and received a mislabeled SuperClocked. Flippin sweet.

Now they also sell an SSC model which is overclocked even more. I used the EVGA precision tool to set those speeds and it gave me like 1 or 2 extra FPS is Crysis and F.E.A.R. 2 already played so well without overclocking. So overclocking on these bad boys doesn't really do much. Oh well.

One comment though, GTX 275's are HOT! Like, ridiculously hot. I open my window in 40 degree F weather and it'll still get warm in my room playing Team Fortress 2.

 

[Guest]

With the 5970 out there seems to be nothing else about graphic cards that interests me anymore Its supposed to be the fastest card yet and beats Crysis too!

 

[Guest]

Excellent article [hindered by poor chart].

 

[falchard]

Benchmark suite is kind of gimped again. Every game selected except Fear 2 is designed to gimp ATI hardware. I guess its ok if you are comparing ATI to ATI, but when you say the GTX275 is a better buy over the HD4890 based on this review its completely biased. You didn't even come close to portraying the HD4890 in any sort of fair comparison.

 

[wickedsnow]

While I normally refrain form ever commenting on video card reviews. I could not resist this.

I agree with falchard (to a degree) that while i don't think the review is biased, I do think something is not right about it. In most of the games listed, the 4890 (1024 version) is not only loosing to the gtx260 192 AND 216 versions, but loosing by a huge margin. I own both cards myself in 2 machines that are the same (except the videocards) and 99% of the time, the 4890 spanks my other rig. (with an evga SSC gtx260 core216).

I'm not saying anything is biased (just a reminder) I am saying something just is not right. PSU not big enough, wrong drivers,... etc etc... no idea.

 

[notty22]

The 5770 does not perform well. Its overpriced right now. All playable numbers, but the Nvdia cards spank it for the same money.

 

[brisingamen]

the 5770 has great overclocking potential with the stock cooler, with a good cooler the numbers could be phenominal and in crossfire situation really be nice, also not to mention it is direct x 11, and can do things both the 4890 and 275 cannot. deals will be availible on the 5770 sooner than any of the higher models. im considering getting two and overclocking the shinanigans out of them, the 275 spanks nothing with its old tech, IQ matters.

 

[sparky13]

I think a better 4890 to use instead of the MSI would be the Gigabyte 4890 OC model I have in my system right now. That MSI cooler is decent but the way it's secured to the GPU is just pitiful.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/24770-value-meets-performance-hd-4890-cards-gigabyte-msi-19.html

The Gigabyte comes w/a Zalman cooler and is Factory OC'd to 900mhz. I pushed it to 975mhz it it didn't break a sweat. Idle temps hover around 30-34 C. Under load it rarely breaks 52 C. The Zalman is a beast. It stays quiet too, barely audible under my tricool LED fans on low setting. I reccommend it to anyone looking for a GPU in the 170.00 range.

 

[scrumworks]

[citation][nom]falchard[/nom]Benchmark suite is kind of gimped again. Every game selected except Fear 2 is designed to gimp ATI hardware. I guess its ok if you are comparing ATI to ATI, but when you say the GTX275 is a better buy over the HD4890 based on this review its completely biased. You didn't even come close to portraying the HD4890 in any sort of fair comparison.[/citation]

I haven't seen a single review from the author that wouldn't be somehow made selectively nvidia biased. Last Remnant, HAWX DX10.0, no HD5870/HD5970 are just quick examples. Reviewers should stay absolutely neutral in these matters and arrange proper conditions for all parties.

I won't analyze any deeper of the results but it seems like Radeon's don't perform quite as well as they should perform in many other reviews.

 

[cinergy]

[citation][nom]notty22[/nom]The 5770 does not perform well. Its overpriced right now. All playable numbers, but the Nvdia cards spank it for the same money.[/citation]

I guess they are if you don't care about DX11 and lower power consumption readings. I think AMD can easily drop HD5x00 prices after supply starts exceeding demand.

 

[cknobman]

nice article.............that is if your in the nvidia camp. Gotta love your sponsors right???

Guess I need to go to anand or tweaktown to get a non nvidia biased review.

Dont come back giving me some crap about you cant help what games favor nvidia because you can......dont include them in a damn review of ati cards!!!!!! How come you just so happened to exclude every game that favors ATI???

Your a tool and a fool Kreiss!!

 

[siliconchampion]

Whoa, people, people!

Perhaps in stead of flaming the author out about his choice of Nvidia favoring titles, perhaps you could make some helpful suggestions of game titles you would like to see benchmarked...

Personally, I would love to see some CoD4 and MW2 benchies, but that's just me.

 

[shubham1401]

^COD4 And MW2 Not suited.
All good cards will max out the game.
So how can we make out the difference.

 

[Cades]

I wish they would have done a 5770 Crossfire in this, since they also have a 4870 in Crossfire.

Would have been nice to see how the 5770 stacked up with 2.

 

[Intel_Hydralisk]

Hmm, there seems to be something up with Last Remnant and ATI cards. The overall performance charts are therefore largely skewed by this game.

 

[warezme]

295's still rule, you can easily OC them to 285 speeds without additional thermals and a pair OCed and tied in Quad SLI rule.