Test Machine:
Chassis: NZXT Phantom
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Motherboard
Processor: AMD Phenom II 1090T
Memory: OCZ ELV Platinum DDR3 1600 4GB RAM Kit
Storage: Western Digital 1TB Black
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Video Drivers: AMD Catalyst Software Suite 11.3
Our Testing Suite Included:
- Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark 2.5
- FutureMark 3DMark 11 Pro
- FutureMark 3DMark Vantage Pro
- FutureMark 3DMark 06 Pro
- PCMark Vantage
- Aliens vs Predator DX11 Benchmark
Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark 2.5
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Unigine Heaven presents a large DX11 rendered environment with many objects and a lot of lighting effects. The 5830 Xtreme did very well mustering almost FMV at 27.7 FPS average. The framerate dipped as low as 14.2 and went as high as 61. During most of the benchmark the playback was pretty smooth.
FutureMark 3DMark 11 Pro
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As we have previously mentioned the new 3DMark 11 is a torture test for any current graphics card. This test comes with presets for Entry, Performance, and Extreme. As you can see by the graphic above, we ran this test in Performance mode. The Extreme test is best suited for SLI or Crossfire configurations as anything else results in watching a slide show for most of the benchmark. As you can see the 5830 Xtreme scores well but not exceptional on this test. Considering the nature of the card and its price point I would call this a win for Sapphire.
FutureMark 3DMark Vantage Pro
3DMark vantage – 1280 x 1024
3DMark vantage 1920 x 1200
This benchmark more accurately portrays the performance that you can expect to see in the majority of applications using DX10 and video playback. 3D performance becomes much more acceptable approaching FMV (30fps) and easily surpassing 30fps at a resolution of 1280 x 1024. This places the card as an excellent choice for anyone seeking to have an enjoyable gaming experience on DX10 titles using a 1280 resolution.
At 1920 x 1200 we see the 5830 struggling to produce 30fps though its average framerate is just a bit shy of that mark. This still shows that full HD playback of almost any content you could throw at this card it can handle.
