Introducing AMD’s “Turks” – HD 6670 and HD 6570
Test Configuration
Test Configuration – Hardware
- Intel Core i7 920-reference 2.66 GHz and overclocked to 3.8 GHz; 21x multiplier for 3.97 GHz, Turbo is on.
- Gigabyte EX58-UD3R (Intel X58 chipset, latest BIOS, PCIe 2.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 16x+16x).
- 6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC1800 Kingston RAM (3×2 GB, tri-channel at PC1600 speeds; 2×2 GB supplied by Kingston)
- AMD Radeon HD 6670 (1GB 800/1000 and overclocked to 950/1150MHz) supplied by AMD
- AMD Radeon HD 6570 (512MB 650/1000 MHz) supplied by AMD
- AMD Radeon HD 6790 (1GB 840/1050 and overclocked to 940/1200MHz) supplied by AMD
- AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB, reference clocks 850/1200MHz), on loan by a friend
- GeForce GTS 450 (1GB reference clocks 675/1800MHz) supplied by Galaxy
- EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti; 1GB at reference clocks (901/2180MHz) supplied by EVGA
- GeForce GTX 460, 1.0 GB reference design and clocks (675/1800 MHz), supplied by Galaxy/Nvidia
- GeForce GT 430, 1.0 GB reference design and clocks (700/1600 MHz DDR3), supplied by Nvidia.
- Onboard Realtek Audio
- Two identical 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 hard drives configured and set up identically from drive image; one partition for Nvidia GeForce drivers and one for ATI Catalyst drivers
- Thermaltake ToughPower 775 W power supply unit supplied by Thermaltake
- Thermaltake Element G Case supplied by Thermaltake
- Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler, supplied by Noctua
- Philips DVD SATA writer
- HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD
Test Configuration – Software
- ATi Catalyst 11.4 beta driver for all Radeons; highest quality mip-mapping set in the driver; surface performance optimizations are off; “use applications settings” are checked
- NVIDIA GeForce release candidate 267.59 for GTX 550 Ti; 270.71 Beta for GTS 450 and GT 430 and WHQL 266.58 used for the GTX 460. High Quality
- Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
- DirectX July/November 2010
- All games are patched to their latest versions.
- vsync is forced off in the control panel.
- Varying AA enabled as noted in games and “forced” in Catalyst Control Center for UT3 ; all in-game settings are specified with 16xAF always applied; 16xAF forced in control panel for Crysis.
- All results show average, minimum and maximum frame rates except as noted.
- Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
- Windows 7 64, all DX9 titles were run under DX9 render paths, DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths and DX11 titles under DX11 render paths.
The Benchmarks
- Vantage
- 3DMark11
- F.E.A.R.
- X3:Terran Conflict
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- Call of Duty 4
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Serious Sam, Second Encounter HD (2010)
- Wolfenstein
- Left 4 Dead
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Mafia II
- Call of Juarez
- Crysis
- Warhead
- Lost Planet
- World in Conflict
- Far Cry 2
- Just Cause 2
- H.A.W.X.
- Resident Evil 5
- Alien vs. Predator
- STALKER, Call of Pripyat
- Dirt 2
- F1 2010
- Metro 2033
- Lost Planet 2
- H.A.W.X. 2
- Heaven 2
We have got an interesting project going. Let’s check our results to see if the new Turks HD 6670/6570 delivers all that AMD promises for mainstream. You are going to particularly want to note Turks performance in relation to its competition, the GTS 450 which sit close to its price range, as well as the HD 5770 which is not much more expensive.
great review mark! Huge piles of data, thats what i love about the abt. I totally agree with your conclusion which is spot on. Given the gts450 and hd5770 may not be around for much longer these cards should be a great option in the future but for now there are some really nice price/performance options in the same bracket and they just dont shine through them. In time they may fall in place when some of these killer deals from the last generation slowly slip out of the picture.