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July 18, 2010 by Lawrence Lee
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Product
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HIS HD 5570 Silence 512MB
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HIS HD 5550 Silence 512MB |
HIS HD 5550 Silence 1GB |
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Manufacturer
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Street Price
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~US$80
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~US$75 |
~US$70 |
HIS is a Hong Kong based PC component maker specializing in ATI graphics cards.
They first grabbed our attention when they began selling cards with well-known
and recognizable third party coolers pre-installed. Their IceQ series cards
were perhaps the first high-end video cards that really ran cool and quietly
without user modification as they utilized the famous VGA
Silencers from Arctic Cooling. Today, similar stock heatsink designs on
many high-end cards are based in part on the VGA Silencer. The last ATI card
we examined was also a HIS: The HD
Radeon 5870 iCooler V Turbo.
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The boxes.
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The trio of cards examined here aren't as fancy as some of the previous HIS
models we've tested; in fact they are humble by comparison. They are from the
HIS "Silence" line, based on lower-end ATI GPUs with low power requirements.
While modest in 3D performance, they run much cooler, and so have a far greater
potential for being cooled silently. We have a HD 5570 and a pair of HD 5550s,
one full-sized, and one half-height, all cooled with fanless heatsinks. The
lowest rung of the HD 5000 family is the HD
5450, a 6~7W card that excels at playing video but little more. Though
hardly a gamer's delight, the 5550 and 5570 should offer a nice boost to those
who prefer to game on a budget.
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HD 5570, technical specifications according to GPU-Z.
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HD 5550: fewer shaders, lower clock speed.
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HIS' half-height HD 5550. DDR3 memory instead of DDR5.
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One thing we should note is our half-height HD 5550 Silence 1GB sample didn't
match the official specifications at the HIS website. According to the site,
the card is saddled with DDR2 memory, but ours shipped with GDDR3. This discrepancy
will likely improve its performance and power draw somewhat.
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Specification Comparison:
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| Model Name |
HIS HD 5570 Silence 512MB |
HIS HD 5550 Silence 512MB |
HIS HD 5550 Silence 1GB |
| Chipset |
Chipset Radeon HD 5570 PCIe
Series |
Radeon HD 5550 PCIe Series |
Radeon HD 5550 PCIe Series |
| ASIC |
Radeon HD 5570 GPU |
Radeon HD 5550 GPU |
Radeon HD 5550 GPU |
| Stream Processing Units |
400 |
320 |
320 |
| Manu. Process (Micron) |
40nm |
40nm |
40nm |
| Memory Size (MB) |
512 |
512 |
1024 |
| Memory Type |
GDDR5 |
GDDR5 |
DDR2 |
| Engine CLK (MHz) |
650MHz |
550MHz |
550MHz |
| Memory CLK (Gbps) |
3800MHz |
3800MHz |
800MHz |
| Memory Interface (bit) |
128 |
128 |
128 |
| Power Supply Requirement
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400 Watt or greater power
supply recommended |
400 Watt or greater power
supply recommended |
400 Watt or greater power
supply recommended |
| Max. Resolution |
2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) |
2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) |
2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) |
| Bus Interface |
PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express x16 |
| HDMI |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Display Port |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| DVI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| VGA |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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