ASUS EAH5870 - "Unofficial" Review [Archive] - Page 2

Viral

10-03-09, 03:38 AM

Those red pci-e power connectors suit it to a T. Looking good.

MikeC

10-03-09, 04:16 AM

Those red pci-e power connectors suit it to a T. Looking good.LOL. Yeah, the power supply has three red and three black power connectors.

MikeC

10-03-09, 05:05 AM

I'd love if you could test the Asus voltage tweaking to see if it's worth it or not. If it is I'll probable get an asus 5850.Will do, but it will likely be one of the last tests I do. I'm using reference drivers now and I believe that the Asus driver needs to be used for the voltage tweaking.

MikeC

10-03-09, 05:11 AM

I really would know the following:
What about the idle power consume with two (ore more) monitors attached?
There ist NOTHING to find around the net and the behavior of nVidia and the GT200 really p... me off!

Does the idle power keeps down with more than one monitor?
Thx alot!

RazorI don't have any devices that measure power consumption, but that's something I need to invest in. Are you aware of any software that measures power consumption accurately?

bacon12

10-03-09, 10:09 AM

You can get a kill-a-watt for around $20. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882715001)

MikeC

10-03-09, 11:48 AM

You can get a kill-a-watt for around $20. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882715001)Awesome. I'm on it!

Redeemed

10-03-09, 02:03 PM

MikeC- I want your job! :wonder: :drooling: :lol:

Razor3DC

10-03-09, 02:25 PM

I don't have any devices that measure power consumption, but that's something I need to invest in. Are you aware of any software that measures power consumption accurately?
Hi Mike,

I think it's not possible to measure power consumption by software.
But one indicator schould be the clocks of the card.

If they're not going up, when connecting more than one device it should be the first right step on the way.
Looking at your last screen of the panel, the card should keep the really nice core/memory clock of 157/300...

By the way: I LOVE your 'unofficial' test... there is nothing above real user experience!

Razor

mailman2

10-03-09, 02:49 PM

Graphics card successfully installed.

http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/asus_eah5870/images/asus_eah5870_8.jpg

Mine too :) not water cooled yet. Maybe tonight though. I love this thing!! Eats everything I throw at it, including my GTX

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8817/img2404g.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img2404g.jpg) http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/img2404g.jpg/1/w3264.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img267/img2404g.jpg/1/)

mailman2

10-03-09, 02:50 PM

Graphics card successfully installed.

http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/asus_eah5870/images/asus_eah5870_8.jpg

Mine too :) not water cooled yet. Maybe tonight though. I love this thing!! Eats everything I throw at it, including my GTX!!

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5728/img2404t.jpg

MikeC

10-03-09, 03:20 PM

Here are some of the games that are likely to be used in determining the performance of a graphics card. The following list shows the games that were benchmarked in reviews of the Radeon 5870 and the number of times a particular game was used.

http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/asus_eah5870/images/games_benchmarked.png

The following list shows the web sites that were represented in this compilation.

http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/asus_eah5870/images/sites_represented.png

MikeC

10-03-09, 03:40 PM

Mine too :) not water cooled yet. Maybe tonight though. I love this thing!! Eats everything I throw at it, including my GTX!!

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5728/img2404t.th.jpg (http://img210.imageshack.us/i/img2404t.jpg/)Nice!

K007

10-03-09, 11:20 PM

great cable management....man i gotta do something about mine too...they are running all over the place.

mailman2

10-04-09, 11:29 AM

Water Cooled HD5870
http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2098178&postcount=431

MikeC

10-04-09, 11:43 AM

great cable management....man i gotta do something about mine too...they are running all over the place.Yeah, you can beat those high-end enclosures that turn things upside down :wtf:

Although they are a bit expensive, I have no problem recommending Lian Li enclosures.

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/contact_us/index1.php

MikeC

10-04-09, 11:50 AM

Water Cooled HD5870
http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2098178&postcount=431Those temps with Furmark are impressive! Would you mind giving me the options you used when running Furmark? I'll post my temps with air-cooling, which will obviously be higher, in this thread.

Sazar

10-04-09, 11:56 AM

Nice :D

Can't wait for the full thing to be posted.

mailman2

10-04-09, 11:58 AM

Those temps with Furmark are impressive! Would you mind giving me the options you used when running Furmark? I'll post my temps with air-cooling, which will obviously be higher, in this thread.

Sure Mike,
I ran it windowed so I could keep an eye on the temps.

Stability test, unchecked full screen, 1280x1024, 2xAA. I just let it run a few mins. I had CCC overdrive opened and 2 instances of GPU-Z to track all the temps. Also, my core was at 900mhz. Ram still stock.

Its funny, there is nothing fancy there just some ram sinks, mosfet sinks and the D-Tek Fuzion GFX 2 block. I had everything so I didnt need to spend anything more to watercool it.

lee63

10-04-09, 12:30 PM

Yeah, you can beat those high-end enclosures that turn things upside down :wtf:

Although they are a bit expensive, I have no problem recommending Lian Li enclosures.

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/contact_us/index1.php
I love Lian Li cases...but I just cant break away from SilverStone.

Ill be getting a new case this year, I'm sure they'll both have great stuff to offer.

XFire pic :D

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2952/snc10849.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/i/snc10849.jpg/)

mailman2

10-04-09, 12:34 PM

I love Lian Li cases...but I just cant break away from SilverStone.

Ill be getting a new case this year, I'm sure they'll both have great stuff to offer.

XFire pic :D

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2952/snc10849.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/i/snc10849.jpg/)

Silverstone cases are top notch too. I've used both. The TJ07 should have had 2 x 120s at the back though, not 80mm fans :( I prefer to not hear my PC.

Bman212121

10-05-09, 12:22 AM

I love Lian Li cases...but I just cant break away from SilverStone.

Ill be getting a new case this year, I'm sure they'll both have great stuff to offer.

XFire pic :D

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2952/snc10849.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/i/snc10849.jpg/)

Wow that's a tight fit. I really like to have at least 1 slot between the cards for airflow.

lee63

10-05-09, 01:02 AM

These things run so cool I'm not even worried about it.

slaWter

10-05-09, 06:03 AM

Looks even better now Lee :D

Heinz68

10-05-09, 11:41 AM

I love Lian Li cases...but I just cant break away from SilverStone.

Ill be getting a new case this year, I'm sure they'll both have great stuff to offer.

XFire pic :D

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2952/snc10849.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/i/snc10849.jpg/)

Looking good. Hope all works OK now.

fasedww

10-05-09, 02:24 PM

These things run so cool I'm not even worried about it.
Coolest running cards out highend by alot.:)