Test System Specs & 3Dmark Vantage
Core i7 Test System Specs - Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (Overclocked @ 3.70GHz) - x3 2GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 9-9-9-24) - Asus P6T Deluxe (Intel X58) - OCZ GameXStream (700 watt) - Seagate 500GB 7200-RPM (Serial ATA300) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 4350 (512MB) - ATI Radeon HD 5570 (1GB) - ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 4650 (1GB) - Inno3D GeForce GT 220 (1GB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 4670 (512MB) - Asus Radeon HD 3850 (512MB) - ATI Radeon HD 5670 (512MB) - Inno3D GeForce GT 240 (512MB) - Asus GeForce 9600 GT (512MB) - HIS Radeon HD 4770 (512MB) - Asus GeForce 9800 GT (1GB) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) - Nvidia Forceware 195.62 - ATI Catalyst 10.1 - ATI 8.69 RC3 Win7 Vista (Jan14) |
The Radeon HD 5570 was able to match the performance of the old Radeon HD 3850 when testing with 3Dmark Vantage. Considering the latter was launched with a MSRP of $170 and was pitched as an affordable high-end card, that doesn't sound too bad. At 1440x900 the Radeon HD 5570 was 14% faster than the Radeon HD 4670.
In case you are left wondering, the 24 month old Radeon HD 3850 can still be bought in the ~$80 range.