[Hooch Tan]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...-5770,2446.html

"If the Radeon HD 5870 was characterized by roughly twice the computing resources as Radeon HD 4870, then the Radeon HD 5770 represents a halving of Radeon HD 5870. You’d think that’d yield something that looks a lot like the Radeon HD 4870 to which you’re already accustomed—and you’d be close to correct."

ATI is currently going through a release-fest right now, having just revealed their prized Radeon 5800 series.  The 5700 series, while a little more pedestrian, seems to keep in line with what the market is offering right now.  Both the 5770 and 5750 are priced to sit in the mid-range category of video cards and perform similar to those in the $125-$175 range, but they do offer some neat new bells and whistles such as triple-display Eyefinity goodness and bitstreaming.  For those already with a good video card, I do not think it is enough to make you open your wallet, but those looking to build a new computer, this definitely would be the way to go.  Tom's Hardware seems to think that these cards could be a viable option for an HTPC, especially with its bitstreaming capabilities, though the fan, albeit quietish, begs to differ.  Me, I just hope that this potentially drives the price of their 4870s down, otherwise, the new cards only become an incremental upgrade over the previous generation.

[Hooch Tan]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...-5770,2446.html

"If the Radeon HD 5870 was characterized by roughly twice the computing resources as Radeon HD 4870, then the Radeon HD 5770 represents a halving of Radeon HD 5870. You’d think that’d yield something that looks a lot like the Radeon HD 4870 to which you’re already accustomed—and you’d be close to correct."

ATI is currently going through a release-fest right now, having just revealed their prized Radeon 5800 series.  The 5700 series, while a little more pedestrian, seems to keep in line with what the market is offering right now.  Both the 5770 and 5750 are priced to sit in the mid-range category of video cards and perform similar to those in the $125-$175 range, but they do offer some neat new bells and whistles such as triple-display Eyefinity goodness and bitstreaming.  For those already with a good video card, I do not think it is enough to make you open your wallet, but those looking to build a new computer, this definitely would be the way to go.  Tom's Hardware seems to think that these cards could be a viable option for an HTPC, especially with its bitstreaming capabilities, though the fan, albeit quietish, begs to differ.  Me, I just hope that this potentially drives the price of their 4870s down, otherwise, the new cards only become an incremental upgrade over the previous generation.