Hooch Tan
10-15-2009, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5770,2446.html' target='_blank'>http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...-5770,2446.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"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."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1255632083.usr20447.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>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.</p>