• ATI HD5670

    ATI HD5670

    Roydon Cerejo, Jan 29, 2010 1611 hrs IST

    Consider this only after a price drop

    DX11 ready, low power draw, single slot cooler, silent operation

    A bit pricey, performance isn't significantly higher than the older/cheaper cards

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Continuing with their "Sweet spot" strategy, ATI has launched their mainstream graphics card codenamed Redwood, which comes right on schedule. Today we have with us in the labs the HD5670, which is the fastest of the mainstream cards in the 5600 series. The numbering system of this new card makes one think that it's a replacement for the current hot favourite, the HD4670. However, the folks at ATI have told us that it's actually released to fill the gap between the HD4670 and the HD4770. Therefore, we are looking at possible performance levels of the 9800GT or HD4830.

Another first for ATI and the industry is the incorporation of GDDR5 memory in the HD5670, which is supposed to be a mainstream card. Finally, since this has to appeal to power conscious users who will likely not bother to upgrade their PSU, the TDP is well under 75Watts thereby eliminating the need for an extra 6-pin power connector. Next, let's have a quick look at the specifications below.



From the specifications, it becomes clearer why ATI have positioned this card above the HD4670. Apart from the faster GDDR5 memory, which gives you almost twice the bandwidth, it also has 80 more shader cores which should by itself help boost the performance. The clock speeds are also bumped up slightly and of course this being a 5xxx series card, we have 40nm fabrication for lower temperatures and DX11 support.

We did not receive any bundle since this was a review sample, but by now you know what to expect.


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Roydon Cerejo
,of terrors, on Jan 29, 2010 09:49 PM
gud reviews...
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Asto
,Bangalore, on Feb 03, 2010 10:43 AM
bad review dude...Roydon has no clue....
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Harsh Desai
,Gurgaon, on Feb 02, 2010 06:32 PM
hmmm i dont why there is no mention of bit streaming audio support which makes this card a cut out diamond for HTPC small factor low power and nice audio support awesome HTPC card will buy once i get together some cash!!!
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Aman Mehera
,Delhi, on Feb 02, 2010 06:29 PM
Hey i just bought this card its running cool , and is engh to play most games on high settings on my 19 " widescreen monitor totally worth the money ohh did i mention its pin drop silent , i will give it a cool 4/5 Ati 5670 FTW!!!!
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Anil Harwani
,Mumbai, on Feb 01, 2010 06:12 PM
hmmm one thing i find missing in this informative article is that the author has completely overlooked the fact that the performance of this card will improve overtime with future driver updates just like with the 4000 series as we all see there is a whole lot of potential in these new 5000 series cards. Secondly i was appalled by the statement that there is no use of overclocking for a few fps , my dear friend these few 4-5 fps can be the difference in playing a game in a higher detail and all eye candy on and playing in low res or low settings which i personally don't like . Also i would like to add on to the fact that any new card that is launched will have the WOW factor and a little extra margin but it also means longer life in terms for future upgrades[DX11 and improved stream support] so i would readily pay the extra amount .You also didnt account for eyefinity support in your verdict which is a little sad coz if this were a Nvidia card under review physx and cuda would have found their way into your verdict and how it will sway your recommendations . And please make your reviews a little time invariant in terms of pricing dont give out a 3.5/5 rating just because of its current price please note people will be reading this review maybe after a year why fool them :). Just my 2 cents.!!!!
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Subho
,Kolkata, on Feb 01, 2010 06:26 PM
Overclocking is not a good thing to do esciaplly in india.i lost xfx 8600 gt due to overclocking
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San21
,Chennai, on Jan 31, 2010 08:26 PM
Poor card from ATi, 9800 GT will kick the heck out of HD 5670 @ 6k price range, except DX11(not a big deal), ok power consumption(comp to 9800/96 GT) and a passable temp! still the prices are pretty high!. Damn Nvidia! cards are still ruling and eagerly looking for FERMI'sss...
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Subho
,Kolkata, on Jan 30, 2010 08:22 PM
Performance of this card is limited due to the lower memory bandwith and only 8 raster operational unit or ROP as compared to 16 in 9600gt.no wonder ageing 9600gt still perform neck to neck with this newly launched card.forget about running direct x 11 games with this card
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karthi
,trivandrum, on Jan 30, 2010 02:51 PM
The 512MB GDDR5 version sells for Rs.5670 in tech forums.
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Bharat
,Hyderbad, on Jan 30, 2010 10:39 AM
This card is slow in directx 10.1 itself, what makes it better in DX11 if the architecture is the same. I dont even bother with these never ending die shrink releases from AMD. Eagerly waiting for Fermi, but what use it may come if I buy a card of Rs20K if there are no titles to play!!!! These consoles pack less power but have more games, you can count PC games on fingers for this year. Consoles in india cost a heck a lot of money. especially if there are no service center's MICROSOFT yes are you listening?
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kavita pazare
,hinganghat, on Jan 30, 2010 10:26 AM
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das
,mumbai, on Jan 30, 2010 08:04 AM
is the comments section workin?
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ashish
,new delhi, on Jan 30, 2010 12:54 AM
again a very informative review....
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