august 17 2010 review by tbreak

This card has 1GB GDDR5 memory and a factory overclocked GPU core speed of 790MHz (a gain of only 1.9%). There's a relatively large Zalman heatsink and fortunatley it has no power connectors.

Conclusion:

The factory overclock of 15MHz at the core was stable. The Gigabyte HD 5670 stayed under 62 degrees Celsius and the CPU fan was barely audible.

This video card will be sufficient for basic gaming. HTPC and mini-ATX owners might want to know that the HD 5670 covers 2-slots because of the large Zalman Cooler. This video card is a decent budget card for a Home Theatre PC or light gaming.

Test Setup:

• Memory : 3x1GB Corsair DDR3 1333MHz
• Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9
• Processor : Intel Core i7 965 EE

Benchmarks:

Unigine Heaven, Just Cause 2, Starcraft II, 3D Mark Vantage, Far Cry 2, Street Fighter IV.

Overclocking:

The reviewer did not perform any overclocking.

Compared to:

Sapphire HD 5770