AMD’s Radeon HD 6670 & Radeon HD 6570: Two’s Company, Sub-$100’s A Crowd
by Ryan Smith on April 19, 2011 12:01 AM ESTWolfenstein
Finally among our benchmark suite we have Wolfenstein, the most recent game to be released using the id Software Tech 4 engine. All things considered it’s not a very graphically intensive game, but at this point it’s the most recent OpenGL title available. It’s more than likely the entire OpenGL landscape will be thrown upside-down once id releases Rage later this year.
As our final game Wolfenstein is another game that’s pretty easy to run, leading to both Turks cards easily exceeding 30fps at 1680, and 60fps for the 6670 at 1280x1024. Regardless of the resolution the relative performance of each card is rather consistent, with the 6670 enjoying an 11% lead over the 5670 and 17% lead over the 6570, while the 6570 is within 5% of the 5670. Once again showcasing how these cards are outclassed by higher-tier cards on sale, the 5750 is the next-slowest modern card at 1680, and it’s ahead by 30%.
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codedivine - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
Just a clarification:. I guess these don't support fp64?Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
Correct. AMD only supports FP64 on the 5800, 5900, and 6900 series.haplo602 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
6800 do not ?Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
Also correct. The 6800 series (Barts) does not support FP64; AMD opted not to include it to save on die space.haplo602 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
awww so my choices got reduced to the 5850 :-(Taft12 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
At $150, 5850 is the obvious choice anyway (today - 6570/6670 launch day)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
Macabre215 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
Eh. If this is your price point you might as well go with a 5670.Taft12 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
Not if you want the 6xxx-series features.OzzieGT - Saturday, April 23, 2011 - link
Why? 5670 costs only $5 less on newegg right now and it uses more power. I would rather pay the extra $5 for the newest generation card if it offers the same performance.dagamer34 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link
Don't these cards do AMD 3D? That's the only reason for someone to upgrade a previous HTPC card to something with a Turks GPU.