AMD ATI Radeon HD 5830

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AMD ATI Radeon HD 5830
VLIW5 (Cypress LE)
Architecture
Midrange
Product Tier
1120
Shader Cores
16
ROPs
56
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
1 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
128 GB/s
Bandwidth
175 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Feb 25, 2010Price at Launch:$239
Type:DesktopArchitecture:VLIW5 (Cypress LE)
Generation:Radeon HD 5000 seriesProduct Tier:Midrange
VRAM Capacity:1 GBTotal Board Power:175 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:1120TMUs:56
ROPs:16L2 Cache:512 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:1 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:4.0 GbpsMemory Bus:256-bit
Bandwidth:128 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:0.8 GHzFP32 Throughput:1.79 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:NoProcess Size:40nm
Process Name:TSMC 40nmDie Size:334 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:175 WPower Connectors:2x 6-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 2.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 1.3
DisplayPort Support:DP 1.1DSC:No
Max Displays:3
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:11.2Shader Model:5.0
OpenGL Version:4.4

Reviews and Ratings

67

Average Score

Based on 11 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Silvertachaward.png, The price might drift down to $200, Unmatched feature set, Fills the huge performance gap nicely, Full 256bit memory architecture, 1.79 TeraFLOPS for < $250 (at launch), HDMI and DisplayPort interfaces included, Wide selection
  • Performance in synthetic tests ran close to the costlier Radeon HD 5850

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Only 1120 Stream Processors, Only 16 ROPs, same as HD5770, GPU clock almost maxed out, Requires more power and cooling than HD5850, Power supply cost may keep card price from falling
  • Large; uses more power under load than HD 5850; at high resolutions, runs just a few frames per sec ahead of HD 5770

AMD is back to serious gaming business with the Radeon HD 5830 after messing around with a few less exciting budget-oriented solutions. While it is very important to provide gamers with a cost effective option, we feel that the Radeon HD 5570 and...

By TechSpot on
80

The name of this card is misleading. It's in fact closer to the mid than high-end. Nevertheless though its performance levels mean it is best reserved for mid-resolution screens, it does retain certain advantages: DX11 compatibility and reduced heat...

By DigitalVersus on
80

Ever since they launched back in October of last year, ATI's 5xx0 series of cards (codename Evergreen) have been dominating the graphics market. Their combination of class-leading performance, features, and power consumption along with support...

By Trusted Reviews on
40

The way the graphics war is going at the moment, it's like AMD is starting its very own game of Battlefield while adding more and more irrelevant spawn points. Its already got heavily armed squads holding onto the three main spawn points; the low,...

By TechRadar on
50

We actually held off publishing this review until we could see live prices, as we didn’t believe the £200-or-so prices we were quoted. However, this seems to be the case – where there is stock and pricing, there’s no HD 5830 that...

By Bit-tech.net on
50

Average performance, a high price and even higher power draw make this a GPU to avoid...

By PC Pro on
88

The performance of the HD5830 GPU is really what this entire review is all about. The design is a derivative of a known entity, or perhaps I should say "entities", since the hard-working chip requires the power supply from the HD5870 in order to...

By Benchmark Reviews on
81

This card plugs the DirectX 11 price gap between the mainstream HD 5770 and the enthusiast-level HD 5850. It's fast, but its performance at high resolutions doesn't beat that of much cheaper cards by a whole lot....

By Computer Shopper on

Putting together these value comparisons is harder than it looks. Oh, sure, looking at our overall value graphs and making broad generalizations is a lot of fun, but it can be quite misleading. You've gotta keep the hidden variables in mind. If this...

By The Tech Report on

The case against the Radeon HD 5830 was made quite clearly in the value scatter plot on the preceding page. This graphics card's price-performance proposition just isn't terribly attractive. That matters a lot in a product like this one, which...

By The Tech Report on

All things considered, the Radeon HD 5830 proved to be a strong performer. At its expected $239 price point, the Radeon HD 5830's closest competition from NVIDIA is currently the GeForce GTX 275. In that match-up, strictly from a performance...

By HotHardware on

The Radeon HD 5830 offers gamers what they have been demanding, gameplay performance that is superior to the Radeon HD 5770, but at a price that is cheaper than the Radeon HD 5850. The Radeon HD 5830 fills a $100 gap that existed between the Radeon HD...

By HardOCP on
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