Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD5670 512MB GDDR5 vs Sparkle GF 9800GT 512MB GDDR

[benkaz]

hello, i decided to buy a new video card to play nba 2k11 and cant decide which 1 i should buy :
1) Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD5670 512MB GDDR5 GV-R567D5-512I ;
Memory : 512 MB, Core Clock : 775 MHz, Memory Clock : 4000 MHz, 128 bits. Ramdac : -
2) Sparkle GF 9800GT 512MB GDDR3 PCIE SX98GT512D3G-VP
Memory : 512 MB, Core Clock : 550 MHz, Memory Clock : 1800 MHz , Ramdac : 400 Mhz, 256 bits!

Please help me out!!

[LarkStarr]

here's my advice: Save a litttttle more and get a better card. the recently launched nvidia gts 450 or a radeon 5770 would do beautifully, or a used radeon 4870, 4890, or nvidia 260. The price difference is like +$40 if you look hard enough or find a sale.

[_dangtx_]

hey man. welcome aboard. what is your current system like, cpu,mobo,power supply wise?

[benkaz]

thanks , well info is in the end of the post :p . by the way , does AMD ATHLON II X2 255 fit to AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+? couse i wanna buy new motherboard, CPU that fits it and video card to play latest games so need more experienced people to help me : ) Ofcouse i cant afford too much so if what check prices about that items one.


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Generator BenKaz
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP RTM)
Date 2010-09-14
Time 23:08


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CPU Properties:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3600+
CPU Alias Windsor-256
CPU Stepping BH-F2
Instruction Set x86, x86-64, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Original Clock 2000 MHz
Min / Max CPU Multiplier 4x / 10x
Engineering Sample No
L1 Code Cache 64 KB per core (Parity)
L1 Data Cache 64 KB per core (ECC)
L2 Cache 256 KB per core (On-Die, ECC, Full-Speed)

Multi CPU:
Motherboard ID OEM00000 PROD00000000
CPU #1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+, 2010 MHz
CPU #2 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+, 2010 MHz

CPU Physical Info:
Package Type 940 Pin uOPGA
Package Size 4.00 cm x 4.00 cm
Transistors 227.4 million
Process Technology 9Mi, 90 nm, CMOS, Cu, DSL SOI
Die Size 230 mm2
Core Voltage 1.100 - 1.300 V
I/O Voltage 1.2 V + 2.5 V

CPU Manufacturer:
Company Name Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product Information Products & Technologies

CPU Utilization:
CPU #1 / Core #1 100 %
CPU #1 / Core #2 0 %


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CPUID Properties:
CPUID Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
CPUID CPU Name AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+
CPUID Revision 00040FB2h
Extended CPUID Revision 00040FB2h
AMD Brand ID 08CBh (Athlon 64 X2 3600+)
Platform ID D5h (Socket AM2)
HTT / CMP Units 0 / 2

Instruction Set:
64-bit x86 Extension (AMD64, Intel64) Supported
AMD 3DNow! Supported
AMD 3DNow! Professional Supported
AMD 3DNowPrefetch Not Supported
AMD Enhanced 3DNow! Supported
AMD Extended MMX Supported
AMD MisAligned SSE Not Supported
AMD SSE4A Not Supported
AMD SSE5 Not Supported
Cyrix Extended MMX Not Supported
IA-64 Not Supported
IA MMX Supported
IA SSE Supported
IA SSE 2 Supported
IA SSE 3 Supported
IA Supplemental SSE 3 Not Supported
IA SSE 4.1 Not Supported
IA SSE 4.2 Not Supported
IA AVX Not Supported
IA FMA Not Supported
IA AES Extensions Not Supported
VIA Alternate Instruction Set Not Supported
CLFLUSH Instruction Supported
CMPXCHG8B Instruction Supported
CMPXCHG16B Instruction Supported
Conditional Move Instruction Supported
LZCNT Instruction Not Supported
MONITOR / MWAIT Instruction Not Supported
MOVBE Instruction Not Supported
PCLMULQDQ Instruction Not Supported
POPCNT Instruction Not Supported
RDTSCP Instruction Supported
SYSCALL / SYSRET Instruction Supported
SYSENTER / SYSEXIT Instruction Supported
VIA FEMMS Instruction Not Supported

Security Features:
Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE) Not Supported
Advanced Cryptography Engine 2 (ACE2) Not Supported
Data Execution Prevention (DEP, NX, EDB) Supported
Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG) Not Supported
PadLock Hash Engine (PHE) Not Supported
PadLock Montgomery Multiplier (PMM) Not Supported
Processor Serial Number (PSN) Not Supported

Power Management Features:
Automatic Clock Control Not Supported
Digital Thermometer Supported
Dynamic FSB Frequency Switching Not Supported
Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Not Supported
Enhanced SpeedStep Technology (EIST, ESS) Not Supported
Frequency ID Control Supported
Hardware P-State Control Not Supported
LongRun Not Supported
LongRun Table Interface Not Supported
PowerSaver 1.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 2.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 3.0 Not Supported
Processor Duty Cycle Control Not Supported
Software Thermal Control Supported
Temperature Sensing Diode Supported
Thermal Monitor 1 Not Supported
Thermal Monitor 2 Not Supported
Thermal Monitoring Supported
Thermal Trip Supported
Voltage ID Control Supported

CPUID Features:
1 GB Page Size Not Supported
36-bit Page Size Extension Supported
Address Region Registers (ARR) Not Supported
CPL Qualified Debug Store Not Supported
Debug Trace Store Not Supported
Debugging Extension Supported
Direct Cache Access Not Supported
Dynamic Acceleration Technology (IDA) Not Supported
Fast Save & Restore Supported
Hyper-Threading Technology (HTT) Not Supported
Invariant Time Stamp Counter Not Supported
L1 Context ID Not Supported
Local APIC On Chip Supported
Machine Check Architecture (MCA) Supported
Machine Check Exception (MCE) Supported
Memory Configuration Registers (MCR) Not Supported
Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) Supported
Model Specific Registers (MSR) Supported
Nested Paging Not Supported
Page Attribute Table (PAT) Supported
Page Global Extension Supported
Page Size Extension (PSE) Supported
Pending Break Event Not Supported
Physical Address Extension (PAE) Supported
Safer Mode Extensions (SMX) Not Supported
Secure Virtual Machine Extensions (Pacifica) Supported
Self-Snoop Not Supported
Time Stamp Counter (TSC) Supported
Turbo Boost Not Supported
Virtual Machine Extensions (Vanderpool) Not Supported
Virtual Mode Extension Supported
x2APIC Not Supported
XSAVE / XRSTOR Extended States Not Supported


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Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 09/08/2006-NV-MCP55S-6A61JG06C-00
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3 v1

Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type AMD Hammer
Real Clock 200 MHz
Effective Clock 200 MHz
HyperTransport Clock 1000 MHz

Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type DDR2 SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
DRAM:FSB Ratio CPU/5
Real Clock 402 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 804 MHz
Bandwidth 6433 MB/s

Motherboard Physical Info:
CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket AM2
Expansion Slots 2 PCI, 4 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16
RAM Slots 4 DDR2 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394
Form Factor ATX
Motherboard Size 230 mm x 300 mm
Motherboard Chipset nForce550

Motherboard Manufacturer:
Company Name Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Information Motherboard - GIGABYTE
BIOS Download Motherboard - GIGABYTE
Driver Update DriverAgent - Device Driver Downloads, Updates, and Scans
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Physical Memory:
Total 2047 MB
Used 1042 MB
Free 1004 MB
Utilization 51 %

Swap Space:
Total 3939 MB
Used 864 MB
Free 3074 MB
Utilization 22 %

Virtual Memory:
Total 5987 MB
Used 1907 MB
Free 4079 MB
Utilization 32 %

Paging File:
Paging File C:\pagefile.sys
Initial / Maximum Size 2046 MB / 4092 MB
Current Size 2046 MB
Current / Peak Usage 48 MB / 351 MB
Utilization 2 %

Physical Address Extension (PAE):
Supported by Operating System Yes
Supported by CPU Yes
Active Yes


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[ DIMM1: Power Quotient (2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM) ]

Memory Module Properties:
Module Name Power Quotient
Serial Number None
Module Size 2 GB (2 ranks, 8 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered DIMM
Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM
Memory Speed DDR2-800 (400 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 1.8
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

Memory Timings:
@ 400 MHz 5-5-5-18 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 23-51-3-6-3-3 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
@ 333 MHz 4-5-5-15 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 20-43-3-5-3-3 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
@ 266 MHz 3-4-4-12 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 16-34-2-4-2-2 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)

Memory Module Features:
Analysis Probe Not Present
FET Switch External Disabled
Weak Driver Supported


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[ North Bridge: AMD Hammer DDR2 IMC ]

North Bridge Properties:
North Bridge AMD Hammer DDR2 IMC
Supported Memory Types DDR2-400 SDRAM, DDR2-533 SDRAM, DDR2-667 SDRAM, DDR2-800 SDRAM
Revision 00

Memory Controller:
Type Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode Single Channel (64-bit)

Memory Timings:
CAS Latency (CL) 5T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 5T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 5T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 18T
Row Cycle Time (tRC) 24T
Command Rate (CR) 2T
RAS To RAS Delay (tRRD) 3T
Write Recovery Time (tWR) 6T
Write To Read Delay (tWTR) 3T
Read To Precharge Delay (tRTP) 4T
Four Activate Window Delay (tFAW) 14T
Refresh Period (tREF) 3.9 us
DRAM Drive Strength 1.0x
DRAM Data Drive Strength 1.0x
Clock Drive Strength 1.5x
CKE Drive Strength 1.5x
Max Async Latency 5 ns
Idle Cycle Limit 16
Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter Enabled
Read/Write Queue Bypass 8

Error Correction:
ECC Supported, Disabled
ChipKill ECC Supported, Disabled
RAID Not Supported
DRAM Scrub Rate Disabled
L1 Data Cache Scrub Rate Disabled
L2 Cache Scrub Rate Disabled

Memory Slots:
DRAM Slot #1 2 GB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product Information Welcome to AMD Developer Central | AMD's Software Developer Portal
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BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/in...m?refererid=40
Driver Update DriverAgent - Device Driver Downloads, Updates, and Scans

[ South Bridge: nVIDIA nForce 550 (MCP55) ]

South Bridge Properties:
South Bridge nVIDIA nForce 550 (MCP55)
Revision A2
Package Type PBGA
Package Size 3.3 cm x 3.3 cm
Process Technology 90 nm
nVIDIA SLI Not Supported
nVIDIA Hybrid SLI Not Supported

High Definition Audio:
Codec Name Realtek ALC883
Codec ID 10EC0883h / 1458E601h
Codec Revision 00100002h
Codec Type Audio
Supported Sound Formats 44 kHz, 48 kHz, 96 kHz, 192 kHz, 16-bit, 20-bit, 24-bit

PCI Express Controller:
PCI-E 1.0 x16 port #0 In Use @ x16 (nVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCI-E Video Adapter)

Clock Generator:
CPU FSB 200.9 MHz
HyperTransport 1004.6 MHz
PCI 33.5 MHz
PCI Express 100.0 MHz
MAC PHY 125.0 MHz
SATA PHY 100.0 MHz
Audio/Modem Codec 24.6 MHz
USB2 Controller 48.0 MHz
PIT / ACPI Timer 14.3 MHz

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
Product Information Motherboards and PC Motherboards - NVIDIA nForce Motherboards
Driver Download Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/in...m?refererid=40
Driver Update DriverAgent - Device Driver Downloads, Updates, and Scans


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BIOS Properties:
BIOS Type Award Modular
BIOS Version F3
Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message M55S-S3 F3
System BIOS Date 09/08/06
Video BIOS Date 04/01/06

BIOS Manufacturer:
Company Name Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Product Information http://www.phoenix.com/en/products/default.htm
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/in...m?refererid=40


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[ APIC: Multiple APIC Description Table ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature APIC
Table Description Multiple APIC Description Table
Memory Address 7FFF79C0h
Table Length 124 bytes
OEM ID Nvidia
OEM Table ID AWRDACPI
OEM Revision 42302E31h
Creator ID AWRD
Creator Revision 01010101h
Local APIC Address FEE00000h

[ DSDT: Differentiated System Description Table ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature DSDT
Table Description Differentiated System Description Table
Memory Address 7FFF30C0h
Table Length 18676 bytes
OEM ID NVIDIA
OEM Table ID AWRDACPI
OEM Revision 00001000h
Creator ID MSFT
Creator Revision 0100000Ch

[ FACP: Fixed ACPI Description Table ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature FACP
Table Description Fixed ACPI Description Table
Memory Address 7FFF3040h
Table Length 116 bytes
OEM ID Nvidia
OEM Table ID AWRDACPI
OEM Revision 42302E31h
Creator ID AWRD
Creator Revision 01010101h
SMI Command Port 0000142Eh
PM Timer 00001008h

[ FACS: Firmware ACPI Control Structure ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature FACS
Table Description Firmware ACPI Control Structure
Memory Address 7FFF0000h
Table Length 64 bytes

[ MCFG: Memory Mapped Configuration Space Base Address Description Table ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature MCFG
Table Description Memory Mapped Configuration Space Base Address Description Table
Memory Address 7FFF7C40h
Table Length 60 bytes
OEM ID Nvidia
OEM Table ID AWRDACPI
OEM Revision 42302E31h
Creator ID AWRD
Creator Revision 01010101h

[ RSD PTR: Root System Description Pointer ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature RSD PTR
Table Description Root System Description Pointer
Memory Address 000F6560h
Table Length 36 bytes
OEM ID Nvidia

[ RSDT: Root System Description Table ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature RSDT
Table Description Root System Description Table
Memory Address 7FFF3000h
Table Length 52 bytes
OEM ID Nvidia
OEM Table ID AWRDACPI
OEM Revision 42302E31h
Creator ID AWRD
Creator Revision 01010101h

[ SSDT: Secondary System Description Table ]

ACPI Table Properties:
ACPI Signature SSDT
Table Description Secondary System Description Table
Memory Address 7FFF7A40h
Table Length 452 bytes
OEM ID PTLTD
OEM Table ID POWERNOW
OEM Revision 00000001h
Creator ID LTP
Creator Revision 00000001h

[_dangtx_]

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 1.0) - GIGABYTE

click cpu support. :)

if you buy a new mobo, depends if you want to stay ddr2 or 3. if latter, you may want to try the 870a,also from gigabyte. killer board.

[benkaz]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 1.0) - GIGABYTE

click cpu support. :)

if you buy a new mobo, depends if you want to stay ddr2 or 3. if latter, you may want to try the 870a,also from gigabyte. killer board.

ye ima stay ddr2 :p link the 870a plx ;D

[_dangtx_]

good, then score a nice 785 mobo,giga of course. dual pci-e slots or just one, yours to pick

the 870a in question is here : GIGABYTE 870A-UD3 AM3 Motherboard Review