Radeon-5830-details-leak

[Pradeep]

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/02/23/radeon-hd-5830-details-leak/

Uses the same 256 bit bandwidth for the GDDR5 as the 5850, however it looks a little crippled compared to the latter. No need to worry if you are in the GPU market, I would say a pair of 5770s or a 5850 would be a much better deal.

 

[Handruin]

It's strange that for a middle card, that the max wattage is almost 25W more than the high end card.

 

[Pradeep]

Yes, potentially more leakage in that particular derivative of the Cypress core, plus it's running at a 75MHz higher clock speed.

 

[Stereodude]

Idle power consumption is dominated by leakage current. Maximum power isn't.

 

[Pradeep]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5830.html

 

[Mercutio]

I'm not sure why the market needs a 5830.

 

[Pradeep]

It's purely a plug to fill a gap in pricing between a 5770 and a 5850. However it seems to only do about 5-10% better than a 5770 for a significant increase in power consumption, noise, and pricing.

Just all the better to snuff out nvidia this gen.