Test: HiS HD 5830

Konklusion

HiS HD 5830 er ikke et high-end gamer kort, men det er egentlig heller ikke et mid-end kort, altså er det en lidt underlig mellemting. Kortet er jo i virkeligheden en nedgraderet version af HD 5870, og dette betyder, at det i nogle tests var hurtigere end det ellers mægtige og ca. 600 kr. dyrere GTX-285. Dog har kortet et problem, fordi hvis vi sammenligner det med 5850, som specifikationsmæssigt er en del hurtigere så er prisforskellen kun omkring 150 kr og hvorfor så vælge et 5830? Men hvis vi kigger på de gode ting, så kommer kortet med en god fornuftig stille køler og et af de mest populære spil på markedet.
 

Innovation/Teknologi - 5
Kortet kommer med 1 GB GDDR 5 RAM, den nyeste 40nm produktionsteknologi, DirectX 11 understøttelse og mulighed for tilslutning af 3 skærme. Det kun meget få spil, der understøtter den nye API, men der er allerede en god håndfuld spilproducenter, som har udtalt, at de vil lave deres næste spil i DirectX 11.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 4
Kortet kommer med alt, hvad jeg mener, der skal medfølge til et grafikkort i denne klasse strømkabler, adaptorer, drivere og et spil. Derfor tildeler jeg kortet 4 point, hvis det 5 skal inkasseres, så skal vi lige have en ekstra godbid med.

Design/Layout - 4
Køleren HiS har monteret på kortet, er af en ganske fornuftig slags, den er overvejende stille i både ilde og load, og køler kortet ganske effektivt, når man tænker på den høje TPD. Det trækker dog lidt ned, at HiS igen har valgt at placere strømstikkene i bunden af kortet, dette forstår jeg stadigvæk ikke. 

Software/BIOS - 4
Driverne er som sædvanligt klippestabile og fungerer virkelig godt. Efter 30 sek i CCC ved man, hvor alt er og det er super nemt at overclocke kortet.

Ydelse - 4
Dette kort yder i mange tests lige så godt som GTX-285 og falder kun igennem ved OpenGL testen. Før kortet er blevet sammenliget med de 2 nyheder fra Nvidia samt dets storebrødre, kan jeg ikke give en helt korrekt score, men vi ender indtil videre på et 4-tal.

Pris - 2
Kortet sælges endnu ikke i Danmark, derfor kendes den endelige pris ikke endnu, men den lille version af dette kort, som kommer uden Modern Warfare 2 koster 1700 kr. Så jeg vil tillade mig at gå ud fra, at spillet koster 150 kr ekstra, altså er prisen ca. 1850 kr. Hviket kun er 100 mindre end det større HD 5850, en lidt pebret pris efter min mening derfor lander vi på et 2-tal. 

Test: HiS HD 5830

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	4
Design - Layout	4
Software - BIOS	4
Ydelse	4
Pris	2
Samlet	76%

UK summary

HIS HD 5830 is not a high-end gamer card, but neither is it a mid-end card, so it is a weird thing between those. The card is actually a downgraded version of HD 5870, and this means that in some tests, it was faster than the otherwise powerful and approximately 600 DKK more expensive GTX-285. However, the card has a problem because if we compare it with HD 5850, which specification wise is a lot faster and since the price difference is only around 150 DKK, then why choose a 5830? But if we look at the good things, then the card arrives with a good quiet cooler and one of the most popular games on the market. 
 

Innovation/Technology - 5
The card comes with 1GB of GDDR 5 memory, the latest 40nm manufacturing technology, DirectX 11 support and the possibility of connecting the three screens. There is very few games that support the new API, but there is already a good handful of games producers that have said they will make their next game in DirectX 11.

Bundle/Accessories - 4
The card comes with everything I believe that should be supplied with graphics card in this class power cables, adapters, drivers, and a game. Therefore I assign card 4 points to recover the last, it needed an extra treat.

Design/Layout - 4
The cooler HiS has mounted on the card is of a very sensible sort, it is mostly quiet in both idle and load furthermore it cools the card very effective when you consider the high TPD. It pulls the score a little down that HiS once again have chosen to place the power connectors in the bottom of the card that I still do not understand why they do this.

Software/BIOS - 4
The drivers are as usual rock stable and works really well. After 30 seconds in CCC, you know where everything is and it is super easy to overclock the card. 

Performance - 4
This card performs in many tests as good as GTX-285 and only falls through in the OpenGL test. Before the card has been compared with the two new ones from Nvidia as well as its big brothers, I can not give an entirely correct score, but we end up so far on a four-figure.

Price - 2
The card is not sold yet in Denmark, therefore the price is not known yet, but the small version of this card, which comes without Modern Warfare 2 costs 1,700 DKK. So I will allow myself to assume that the game costs 150 DKK extra therefore the price is approx. 1850 DKK which is only 100 DKK less than the bigger HD 5850, a little pricey price in my opinion, therefore, we land on a two-figures.