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    Performance difference between the Radeon 5830 vs 4830 mobility

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Radiating, Jun 14, 2010.

  1. Radiating

    Radiating Notebook Geek

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    I'm having a hard time figuring out the difference between these two, can anyone provide some insight?
     
    Radiating, Jun 14, 2010
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  2. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    HD 4830 has 640 shaders clocked at 550MHz, while the HD 5830 has 800 shaders clocked at 500. They both are manufactured on a 40nm process and use a 128-bit DDR3 or GDDR3 memory at 700 and 800MHz respectively. As for gaming performance, you'd have to be specific on the game, resolution, and settings.
     
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  3. Radiating

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    Well can you provide some examples? I'm just trying to get a benchmark
     
    Radiating, Jun 14, 2010
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  4. sean473

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    on the whole the 5830 is better than 4830 for sure... although for full HD gaming on max settings , both are not sufficient.. IMO look for a 5850 GDDR5 or 5870 GDDR5.
     
    sean473, Jun 14, 2010
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  5. lozanogo

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    If notebookcheck is to be believed as an average source of results, then the 4830 is slightly better than the 5830, contrary to the natural expected results...
     
    lozanogo, Jun 15, 2010
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    And notebookcheck is never to be believed.

    Go look up benchmarks by digging through the HP Envy threads for 1st gen and 2nd gen benchmarks with the same CPU. There are lots of them.
     
    min2209, Jun 15, 2010
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    I consistently get excellent results with my laptop on 1920x1080 resolution, max (enthusiast) detail on all graphics settings using the Radeon 5830 with Crysis Warhead, Bioshock 2, Mass Effect 2, Fallout 3, ranging from 29 - 45 FPS, and around double that for Dragon Age Origins. Absolutely no lag, even when alt+tabbing back and forth to other applications.
     
    moviemarketing, Jul 8, 2010
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  8. G73Guy

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    Well your 5830 beats my 5870 by about double.
     
    G73Guy, Jul 8, 2010
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    Lol, agreed. There is no way a 5830 is going to play Crysis smoothly, at maximum settings and 1920 x 1080 resolution.
     
    Amnesiac, Jul 8, 2010
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    My 4870 x2 barely plays Crysis smoothly at 1080p maxed settings (no AA)...but it still plays smoothly :D

    Only draw back is that damn 512MB RAM...wish they had 1GB... :(
     
    AndroidVageta, Jul 8, 2010
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    I recently changed over my Envy 15 motherboard, from Gen 1 to Gen 2.... effectively, this means I also changed the GPU from 4830 to 5830 in the process. All other hardware remained the same, same driver versions are being used.

    So, an idea of baseline for you. The following is scores in 3dMark06, default settings (and no overclock)

    4830: 7,235
    5830: 8,230

    So nearly 14%. The performance increase I have noted in games (as far as FPS is concerned) is approximately in line with that (some a little more, some a little less).
     
    sakor1, Jul 8, 2010
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    lol i've got a 9600M GT GDDR2 with 4900 with slight OC and i can't run crysis at 1280X800 without lagg at max settings and he runs crysis with a card only double as powerful as mine at full HD res and max settings? Lol i smell a rat...
     
    sean473, Jul 9, 2010
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  13. Amnesiac

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    Wow, that's surprisingly...lackluster...I seriously thought the 5830 was around the 10,000 mark. 9,000 at least. I mean, come on, an overclocked 4670 can do better than that.
     
    Amnesiac, Jul 9, 2010
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