Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 Single & Crossfire Review

Test System & Setup

Please note that this test system was specifically picked out to run our budget GPUs hand in hand with a configuration that doesn't cost more than $500CAD for the CPU, motherboard and memory.

Processor: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67Ghz (Turbo Mode Enabled)
Memory: 2x2GB OCZ Platinum PC-15000 @ 6-7-6-17 1066Mhz DDR
Motherboard: Gigabyte H57M-USB3
Cooling: Thermalright TRUE
Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
Power Supply: Corsair HX520
Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate N x64



Graphics Cards:

Sapphire HD 5670 1GB GDDR5
XFX HD 5750 (Reference)
Diamond HD 4770 (Reference)
ATI HD 4650 512MB
ATI HD 4670 512MB
Sparkle GT 240 1GB GDDR3
Sparkle GT 240 512MB GDDR5
Sparkle GT 220 1GB GDDR3
EVGA 9800 GT 512MB (Reference)
EVGA 9600 GT 512MB (Reference)
Palit 9600 GSO 384MB (Reference)


Drivers:

ATI 10.1 WHQL
ATI 10.2 Beta
NVIDIA 196.21 WHQL


Applications Used:

Batman Arkum Asylum
Borderlands
Dawn of War II
DiRT 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Far Cry 2
Left 4 Dead 2


*Notes:

- All games tested have been patched to their latest version

- The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed

- All scores you see are the averages after 2 benchmark runs

All game-specific methodologies are explained above the graphs for each game

All IQ settings were adjusted in-game