AMD Strikes Again

AMD is releasing another graphics card in the Radeon 5000 line today. This new release is the 5570 card and will fall into a very reasonable price range of $75-$85. The 5570 features the same architecture as the higher end cards such as the 5800 series, but toned down to create a much smaller, less noisy card that runs on low power. Now the 5570 is a cheap entry into DX11 territory, however it would not be confused for a gaming powerhouse. As a budget card, the Radeon 5570 will run today's games at medium settings. Benchmarking has been done that shows it can run most games at 1920x1200 resolutions and still be at a playable state. I feel that the card will be much more suited to a HTPC and would work well in this regard. Video playback is great and the CPU isn't relied on heavily for DVD playing and the like. The power consumption is fairly low with the card using only about 40 watts at load. While the gaming capabilities are not the greatest, and there are cards that perform much higher only for a few dollars more, the Radeon 5570 has a much smaller size and uses far less power than those other cards. So if you are looking for a card capable of DX11 and want a small form factor, quiet card for a HTPC, I feel that the Radeon 5570 is a great value.

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