ATI Radeon HD5830

[WARDOZER9]

Are there any good GPU's for comparing ROP count and related performance? Honestly I would like to know the eirect impact on ROPs with recent games. Can someone do a bios mod on a 4xxx or 5xxx series to shut down some ROP's without touching shaders and give us all a good comparison to see if the neutered ROP count on the 5830 or any card makes much of a difference?

It would seem on paper that the 5830 would be closer to the 5770 in perfomance than the 5850 but I'm hoping ATI thought this one thru and I'm wrong.

I think the 175w thing is a big ol typo, maybe they mean 125?

[LordEC911]

I have a feeling this is the perfect card for the 1680x1050 crowd.
Once you up the res to 1920x1200/1080 the 5850 should pull ahead due to the ROPs but the extra shading power at 1680x1050 should keep it ahead of the 5770.

Edit- I too was hoping the ROPs wouldn't be cut this drastic but it makes sense to make sure it stays under 5850.
The overclocking ability of this card is fantastic though that is due to the fact that the cards from AMD are on a highend PCB, as some have already pointed out.

[Locke]

I have a feeling this is the perfect card for the 1680x1050 crowd.
Once you up the res to 1920x1200/1080 the 5850 should pull ahead due to the ROPs but the extra shading power at 1680x1050 should keep it ahead of the 5770.

+1 I was thinking the same thing. This card's value is based on resolution and final retail price.