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ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB DX11 Video Card Review

Manufacturer: AMD
Product: Radeon HD 5830
Date: Wed, Feb 24, 2010 - 11:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Radeon HD 5830 Overclocking


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To overclock the ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB graphics card, we used the ATI Overdrive utility that is part of the CATALYST Control Center. When you 'unlock' the ATI Overdrive, you can manually set the clock and memory settings or let the 'auto-tune' utility set the frequencies for you.

ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocking

To save on time we skipped the auto-tune feature and just maxed out the sliders and took the card the highest that it could go. We also cranked up the fan to 50% just for fun and to make sure the GPU was as cool as it could possibly get. We started out at the default settings of 800MHz on the core and 1000MHz on the memory, but were able to reach 875MHz on the core and 1200MHz on the GDDR5 memory with no stability issues. This is a 75MHz overclock on the core and a 200MHz boost on the GDDR5 memory ICs.

To test out the overclock we fired up 3DMark Vantage and manually set the fans at 100% just to be sure heat wasn't an issue when benchmarking at this overclock.

The ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocked 800MHz/1000MHz:

ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocking

The Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocked 875MHz/1200MHz:

ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocking

Running 3DMark Vantage with the Extreme preset we got a score of X6147.  The score went up to X6674 3DMarks when overclocked, which was an improvement of 527 3DMarks or 8.6% with this moderate overclock. Let's take a look at a real game title.

The ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocked 800MHz/1000MHz:

ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocking

The Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocked 875MHz/1200MHz:

ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Overclocking

Benchmarking S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat showed solid performance numbers and the scores in the day scene increased by 8.7% thanks to the overclock. This confirms the 8.6% performance gains that we saw in 3DMark Vantage, so it's safe to say performance improvements of at least 9% can be had when overclocking a Radeon HD 5830 graphics card.

Next Page - Final Thoughts and Conclusions


Review Index
Page 1 - The $239 Radeon HD 5830 GDDR5 GPU
Page 2 - The Radeon HD 5830
Page 3 - Radeon HD 5830 Test Settings
Page 4 - Batman: Arkham Asylum
Page 5 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 8 - FurMark 1.7.0
Page 9 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 10 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 11 - Temperature Testing
Page 12 - Power Consumption
Page 13 - Radeon HD 5830 Overclocking
Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions