Test: HiS Radeon HD5870 2GB Eyefinity-Six

Konklusion

Hvis du leder after et grafikkort der kan have seks skærme tilsluttet er din søgen forbi, 5870 Eyefinity6 er pt. det eneste på markedet der tillader dette. Kortet yder også rigtig godt i diverse benchmarks og køre gladelig de nyeste spil selv i 5040x1050 Eyefinity setup. Af hvad jeg har læst mig frem til på nettet, er det dog ikke nødvendigt med 2GB ram til at køre 3 skærme, det er først når vi ryger over at de 2GB ram bliver nødvendige og her kræves der desuden også et Crossfire setup, for at køre spil særligt med AA aktiveret.

Innovation/Teknologi – 5
Selve teknologien bag HIS 5870 Eyefinity6 er den samme som i et almindeligt 5870. Jeg vælger dog alligevel at give top karakter, fordi at muligheden for at tilslutte seks skærme er nyt, samtidig med at kortet giver fuld understøttelse af DX11 og alt hvad det indebærer.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 5
Ingen tvivl topkarakter med sådan et stort bundle også er der oveni købet blevet plads til Modern Warfare 2 spillet. Du får måske ikke adaptere nok med til seks skærme, men hvis der skulle tages høje for alle setup ville det blive nødvendigt at have en kasse bare til kabler, så jeg sytes at de fem adaptere er mere end rimeligt.

Design/Layout - 4
Selve designet er et reference design og det fungere ganske godt, køleren støjer dog lidt rigeligt og det koster da også en topkarakter i denne kategori, men alt i alt et lækkert kort at se på og holde ved.

Software/BIOS – 3
ATI Catalyst Control Center fungere fint og har mange gode fetures, brugerinterfacet kan godt virke lidt uoverskueligt i starten, men man finder hurtigt ud af hvor de forskellige ting ligger: Jeg har dog endnu ikke fundet noget sted hvor man kan indstille billedstørrelsen på TV, jeg ved det er muligt i nVIDIAs drivere, det er en god funktion og den mangler desværre.

Ydelse – 5
Alle andre kort i testen får baghjul af HIS 5870 Eyefinty6 kortet og det faktum at det fint kører de nyeste spil i 5040x1050 samt det glimrende overclocking potentiale resulterer i et 5 tal herfra.

Pris - 2
Jeg fandt kortet på nettet til 3764,- kr. sammenlignet med knap 2900,- kr. for 1GB modellen af samme kort, det resulterer i at kortet kun er attraktivt for dem som ønsker at køre seks skærme. For 500,- kr. mere kan man få et 5970 og for 800,- kr. mindre kan man få 1Gb modellen så personligt vil jeg vælge 5870 1Gb.

Test: HiS Radeon HD5870 2GB Eyefinity-Six

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	5
Design - Layout	4
Software - BIOS	3
Ydelse	5
Pris	2
Samlet	80%

UK summary

If you are looking for a graphics card that may have six monitors connected, your quest is over, 5870 Eyefinity6 is at the moment the only one that allows this. The card is also very good in various benchmarks and happily run the latest games even at 5040x1050 Eyefinity setup. From what I've read on the web, it is not necessary with 2GB of RAM to run three screens, it is only when we add three more the 2GB of RAM is required and this will also require a Crossfire setup to run games especially with AA enabled.

Innovation/Technology - 5
The actual technology behind HIS 5870 Eyefinity6 is the same as in an ordinary 5870, I chose nonetheless to give top score because of the possibility of connecting six displays, and also offers full support for DX11 and everything it entails.

Bundle/Accessories - 5
No doubt top marks with such a large bundle. On top of that there have even been room for a Modern Warfare 2 game. You may not have enough adaptors to plug in all six screens, but if all setups should have been taken into acount, it would have been necessary to have a box just for cables, so I think the five adapters are more than reasonable.

Design/Layout - 4
The actual design is a reference designanf it works quite well, the fanniisy, and because off this I wont get the top ratingin this category, but all in all a nice card to look at and hold.

Software/BIOS - 3
ATI Catalyst Control Center work fine and have many good fetures, user interface might seem a bit confusing at first, but you quickly find out where the different things are. I have not yet found any place where you can set the image size on the TV, I know that it is possible in the Nvidia drivers, it is a good feature and sorry to say is missing.

Performance - 5
All other cards in the test fall short of HIS 5870 Eyefinty6 card and the fact that it easily runs the latest games at 5040x1050 makes its performance excellent

Price - 2
I found the card on the web for 3764,- DKK compared with nearly 2900,- DKK the 1GB model of the same card, it results in this card being only attractive to those wishing to run six monitors. For 500,- DKK more you get a 5970 and 800,- DKK less you can get 1Gb model, so personally I would choose 5870 1Gb.