Sapphire Radeon 1G GDD3 HD5570 "Cut-Down" Version?

[esprugodoys]

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Good day tech pips!

Just some days passed when I noticed something with this video card I purchased last month or early this month. For the others who are planning to buy video cards, be very sure (if possible) have it tested in the store with GPU-Z info (at least) shown. You'll never know what the components are used on the card's circuit board.... so take this as a little warning. This is the first time i encountered this..

Here's the label on the video card box itself which shows the product information..



all the details are very clear from that picture.. However, after several days of usage on this card i've been noticing some "unusual performance". by that time i started researching all over the internet about this "Sapphire Radeon HD5570" until i bumped on this website presenting a review about the mentioned video card;

LINK: Sapphire HD 5570 1GB Review - Overclockers Club

even the images of the video card packaging are very similar to what i have, so it made me very eager to read further until i reached this page of the review where it showed and discussed the video cards technical specifications and features;

LINK: Sapphire HD 5570 1GB Review » Page 5 - Specifications & Features - Overclockers Club

on the 4 variations of the video card presented... NONE of it matched the SKU of my video card. surprised? well im sure anyone would be.. the next page of that link above, you will see an image of GPU-Z report of the card that's about to be tested for performance rating. this is where the interesting part is.... i ran GPU-Z on the pc where i installed the card. here's the result along with the GPU-Z report shown from the other website;

**GPU-Z on the right (black themed) is my video card



and below is a list of "differences only" between the 2 cards that has the same label on the packaging and from the same vendor which is Sapphire;



to wrap this first post, i submitted a ticket about this at Sapphiretech website and the only response i got is this..

Ticket No. 28205

"This SKU# is using Turks GPU , if you think the porformance is not better than Redwood , you can retuen the card back. Sorry about the inconvenience."

As for the enthusiasts and techies, would my card perform better than the one with Redwood GPU given those information? what difference will it create when the card is installed on a PCI-E 1.1 and on a PCI-E 2.0? Bandwith is what i know of that is better with PCI-E 2.0.. based on these information i have provided, what's your assessment / opinion on this? "cut-down"?

As for the istoryan (you know who you are) from whom i bought this video card, dont worry sir i wont call this as "scam/ilad", the item is working anyway. My one concern would be is the Proof of Purchase / Receipt of the video card at which you did not provided but you indicated on your thread it's brand new and with receipt.

[esprugodoys]

hmm... odd.. nobody got the same card as mine?

[Archfear]

I bought a Sapphire HD5570 twice... for a friend and for another someone.. Haven't encountered this problem... Hmmmm... What a bother... The card you got performs slower than the usual 5570 basing on the two GPU-Z results you have posted....

[JoanaRheyl]

@TS
have you tried updating the drivers?

[jewicked]

nakapalit pd kog hd5570..working man pd nuon..try nya nako gpu-z sir..

[Sempron Guy]

Pang-ilad man ni IMO. Cause there is no way of finding out whether turks or redwood imo makuha pagpalit. The HD 5500 series is supposedly based sa redwood.

And no, walay difference ang pci-e 1.1 sa 2.0. The card is to weak to fully utilize it.

[esprugodoys]

@Sempron Guy

same thing i had in mind. "Rebranded" card from IDK which older card nga hinay ug halin sa Sapphire. i've done some research on this for several days already and so far it's leading me to that idea nga "rebranded" if not "cut-down". that's why i also mentioned on my first post nga for others take this as a "caution" lang sa pag palit ug computer parts ky sakto jd imo gisulti nga dili ta makahibaw sa tinuod "unod" sa pc part inig palit.

@JoanaRheyl

i've played around with the drivers na sir. funny thing is mo work gihapon ang card if im going to install the "ATI Radeon HD5570" driver.. mejo ma praning lang ang catalyst.. but still working. i tested it with games as well... Skyrim for one has this function nga mu detect siya sa video card before ma launch ang game and set the appropriate settings kung unsa ma kaya sa video card.

if katong "AMD Radeon HD5500 Series" driver ako e install, LOW settings ang ma apply.
if ang "ATI Radeon HD5570" driver gamiton, High ang settings e set sa game launcher.

[JoanaRheyl]

first time jd ko kabasa ani dri..
and if mao jd ang case nga mura xa gi cut down
this should serve as a warning..
mura mn ug (china phone) or lets say fake nga gpu
same box same face of the card yet ang sulod jd ang di mao..
wala kaha ni mo agi ug abli? XD kuyawa pd ani oi

[marky1216]

dli kaha wrong item sulod sa box bai? mura man 5500 series pagtest nimo. asa nimo na palit?

[jairoh_]

dli kaha wrong item sulod sa box bai? mura man 5500 series pagtest nimo. asa nimo na palit?

naa byay sticker bro. kuyawa aning style nila run oe. ilad man.