Introduction
AMD is on a roll. There seems to be no stopping the ATI branded GPU juggernaut. AMD has done something that we don’t recall every happening before and that is launching four new generation GPUs in three weeks time. This is an amazing achievement. With this 5700 series launch, AMD is following only one and a half weeks behind the ATI Radeon HD 5850 and less than three weeks behind the ATI Radeon HD 5870. Today, AMD brings the new Radeon HD 5000 series architecture down to more budget minded price points; filling the gap between $109-$159 USD.
We have seen great success with AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 4770 video card launched this year on April 28th. This little beauty impressed us with its performance and power savings for around $100. We were able to run the latest games at high in-game settings and resolutions, where 1920x1200 was a common playable resolution on the little $100 video card. Well AMD is here to supplant that video card and give us more performance at $10-$20 more, with DX11 support and full ATI Eyefinity support. What’s more, AMD is also providing even more performance with the Radeon HD 5770 pushing into the territory of the Radeon HD 4870 1GB. In fact, it surpasses performance in some games and allows very high resolutions with AA. Let’s dive into the specifications.
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
The first thing to know about the ATI Radeon HD 5700 series is that it shares ALL the same features as the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon HD 5850. The same TeraScale 2 architecture found in the Radeon HD 5800 series is found in the Radeon HD 5700 series. The Radeon HD 5700 series are scaled down versions of the Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850, using a new ASIC.
