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Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review
| Manufacturer: | Sapphire |
| Product: | Radeon HD 5570 |
| Date: | Tue, Feb 09, 2010 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Temperature Testing
Since video card temperatures and the heat generated by next-generation cards have become an area of concern among enthusiasts and gamers, we want to take a closer look at how the Radeon HD 5570 series does at idle and under a full load.
ATI Radeon HD 5570 1GB Idle Temperature:
Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB Idle Temperature:
At idle the ATI Radeon HD 5570 1GB video card with the reference
designed cooler had a decent
idle temperature of 37C. As you can see from the screen shot above, the
idle state of the Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB video card was 36, so both video cards idle at roughly the same temperature. The GPU core clock
frequency on both cards drops down to just 157 MHz to help conserve
power and lower
temperatures.
ATI Radeon HD 5570 1GB Load Temperature:
Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB Load Temperature
We fired up FurMark and ran the stability at 640x480 which was
enough to put the GPU at 100% load in order to get the highest load
temperature possible. This application also charted the temperature
results so you can see how the temperature rises and levels off, which
is very nice. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 1GB graphics card topped out at 65C. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB graphics card maxed out slightly warmer at 67C. The two cards use different coolers, but as you can see the performance of both solutions is roughly the same.
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - Radeon HD 5570 - $79 for 520 GFlops
Page 2 - ATI Radeon HD 5570 HDMI Page 3 - Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB Page 4 - Retail Box and Bundle Page 5 - Radeon HD 5570 Test Settings Page 6 - Batman: Arkham Asylum Page 7 - Resident Evil 5 Page 8 - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Page 9 - 3DMark Vantage Page 10 - FurMark 1.7.0 Page 11 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11 Page 12 - Temperature Testing Page 13 - Power Consumption Page 14 - Radeon HD 5570 Overclocking Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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