Installation
As mentioned earlier, the card uses up two slot space due to teh large IceQ5 cooler, but we encounter any problems with installation. One plus point is that the card only uses 1 x 6-pin PCIe power connector. I’m a great believer in less is more … less cables means better airflow inside the case.
The IceQ5 consists of a heatsink that had copper heatpipes and large aluminum fins for effective heat dissipate. This is all cooled by a single fan, which is pretty quiet but slightly audible.
Test Setup
| Processor | Intel Core i5 – 650 @ 3.2Ghz (LGA 1156) |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte P55 USB3 |
| Ram | Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1600 4Gb kits |
| Graphics Card | HIS Radeon HD 5770 IceQ5 (1Gb GDDR5) |
| Hard Drive | Seagate Barracuda 250Gb (8Mb Cache) 7,200rpm SATA-II |
| Optical Drive | LG x24 DVD-RW Re-writer SATA |
| CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D14 |
| Power Supply | Silver Power 650W |
| Chassis | Lian-Li Pitstop T60 Test Bench |
| Network | Netgear WG111v2 |
| Monitor | 23″ Samsung (1920×1080) – HD 1080p |
| OS | Windows 7 Ultimate |
To test the HIS Radeon HD 5770 IceQ5 (1Gb GDDR5), we used a test rig based on the above components. As you can see, it’s a pretty decent system, enough for what we need. Here are some of the benchmark software which we’ll be using:
- CPU-Z and Everest
- PC Mark Vantage
- Unigine Heaven (DX11)
- Aliens Vs Predator (DX11)
- Stone Giant (DX11)
Catalyst Drivers
