ATI mobility HD 5730: benchmark review

Hi guys, recently I bought the ASUS N61JA-JX056V and I decided to make a review benchmark for its graphics card, the ATI mobility Radeon HD 57030, since it is a new card and despite the amount people in these forums who have acquired a laptop with the card, there is still a lack of benchmark reviews. So far the only review on the card that I have found is http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=457517 and its focus is on overclocking.

The system:
CPU: Intel i5 430M (2.26GHz w/turbo up to 2.53GHz)
4GB Ram
GPU: is an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5730 w/1 GB DDR3 Ram
Note: the drivers for the GPU are the Catalist 10.3a (apparently not the official ones, but the pre-release).

The benchmarks:
These are a mixture of synthetic and in-built benchmark tools from games. I decided to include the synthetic bench for reference, but it should be emphasized that benchmarks from games are the real deal. Note: I decided to run only benchmark applications since they provide a consistent quantitative framework of testing, rather than playing 2 minutes any game and give my impressions.

The methodology:
Each benchmark has been taken 3 times and its average is presented. The windows environment is Windows 7 64-bits with the AVG antivirus active (but not scanning) with the Firefox explorer open. With no further introduction let´s see the results:

3D mark ´06
Resolution: 1280x768
Result: 7807

3D mark Vantage
Resolution: 1366x768
CPU: 6802
GPU: 4179

Crysis (w/benchmark utility, DX10, 64 bits)
Resolution: 1280x720
All high settings, no AA: 27.84
All medium settings, 2x AA: 44.20
Crysis (w/benchmark utility, DX9, 64 bits)
Resolution: 1280x720
All high settings, no AA: 29.11

World in Conflict (Very high settings option, 4x AA/AF)
Resolution: 1366x768
Min/Avg/Max: 9/18/32

Resident Evil 5 (all high settings, 2x AA)
Resolution: 1360x768
DX10: 46.1
DX9c: 45.9

Stalker: Call of Prypiat (Day/Night/Rain/Sun shaft)
Resolution: 1366x768
Medium settings, 2x AA w/DX 10 AA, DX 10: 27.2/24.9/27.1/17.9
High settings, no AA, DX10: 36.6/37.2/41.0/20.2
High settings, no AA, DX11: 37.7/37.8/42.0/20.7

Comments: For both Resident evil and Stalker I don´t understand why the change from one version of direct X to another shows, surprisingly, a small increase in fps.

In conclusion: for a “low” resolution (1366x768) laptop the mobility HD 5730 performs very good being able to play heavy duty games at their high settings with moderate AA (except crysis, as we know...).

If you would like to make any comment, contribution, or ask for some other benchmark please do so and I´ll gladly will do it. Hopefully this report can serve as a reference for the new cards and ease many questions that have been presented in the forums.

For a comparison here is the review from Anandtech with the same model laptop but with a different graphics card: the Nvidia GT325m with Optimus technology. Here is the link: http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3765&p=1

 

Can you connect your machine to an external monitor and run the 3DMark tests at the 1280x1024 resolution that's standard? That would give your numbers some weight... as it is, the scores you're getting are not comparable to most other 3DMark scores you find elsewhere, as they're skewed high due to the lower resolution.

 

I understand your concern. At the moment I have no monitor at hand where I can make the test, but I will look for one with a friend.

 

I believe it's somewhere around ~7100 for '06. If I get a chance tonight I'll run both on my external.

 

N61JQ-A1

3DMark '06
1280x1024 All Default
3DMarks: 7201
SM 2.0: 2615
SM 3.0: 3106
CPU: 3000

3D Mark Vantage
1280x1024 All Default
3DMarks: P3845
CPU: 10012
Graphics: 3190

 

can you run crysis in dx9 mode too?

 

I´ll try it tonight.

 

thank you !

 

Done, I´ve updated it on the first post. In comparison with the all high settings, DX9 give 29.11fps. A small gain I´d say.

 

the magic 30fps!
it's nice to see ati pushing performance per watt rather than raw power.
i'd rep you again if i could

 

Yeah, but remember there are many options, I am sure if shadows are lowered you can get and average fps above 30 easily. In fact 32.35fps

 

hi guys i need some help with my ASUS n61Jq well i recently bought this laptop and i really like it just got 2 questions on my mind if someone can help me with that would be great thanks ...

1 atm screen resolution is i think 1366x768 is there any way i can go up in the resolution like 1920x1280 ...... is it possible or not .....
2. i played cod 6 it totally works smooth on this laptop but when i m trying to pla gta IV the new episodes it just lags like in every 2 seconds why is that? does any one hv any idea how i can fix it ..... pls let me know my email id is [email protected]

 

1. No, screen resolutions are fixed.
2. GTA IV is well known to be CPU-bound. Your best chance is to reduce settings affecting the CPU (density of cars option, if it exists, etc.). If it works let me know, I've been wondering if to buy the game or not.

 

wha! your Vantage GPU scores scared me much..until i saw the resolution. The 5730 is quite a bit better than the 4670 tho. How much does 500 marks translate into FPS gain?

 

In 3D Mark 06 it was the percentage difference the change in FPS. The best way is to compare it to the game benchmarks I've provided, most of them come from demos or benchmark utilities.

 

seems like a ~500-600 point increase in 3dmark06 over the 4670...for all those sxps 16 people who believe this upgrade might be coming

 

I bet with a nice win-7 optimizing, video driver change to a modified one and OC you can get the hell out of this card.

I own an SXPS 1640 with an ati 3670 and with those tweaks/changes (oc up to 82% with only 5°+ with no added ventilation) i can put crysis at very high settings (tweaked cfg) DX9 and get around 24 FPS on 1280x900 (48+ on 800x600) (C2D p7350 - 2ghz, 3gb ram, 7200 rpm dd)

So i could say that card would have a beast performance waiting to be unleashed...