Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1GB video card review @ Elite Bastards

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Just as AMD's range of DirectX 11 parts have dominated the headlines for much of the second half of 2009 when it comes to the graphics board industry, so the opening months of 2010 also look set to be all about AMD as they look to further expand their range of offerings into new price points. So it is that today sees the launch of the Radeon HD 5670, which sits below the Radeon HD 5700 series in terms of both price and performance to bring DirectX 11 to the $100 price level. It certainly sounds tempting, but is it worth a look for casual gamers or those on a tight budget? We take a look at Sapphire's 1GB variant of the Radeon HD 5670 to find out.

 

 

Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1GB video card review

 

"While Sapphire's Radeon HD 5670 sticks to AMD's reference clock speeds for this SKU, giving it a 775MHz core and 1GHz memory clock, they have opted to move away from AMD's single-slot reference cooler, replacing it with their own offering which you can see below.

 

While only a single slot is occupied by the board's backplate, Sapphire's choice of cooler (supplied by Arctic Cooling, incidentally) effectively makes this otherwise diminutive card a dual-slot solution. That aside, the Radeon HD 5670's short PCB has no external power requirements (which is always nice to see at this kind of price point), but still features the usual pair of CrossFire inter-GPU connectors."

 

http://www.elitebastards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1132&catid=13&Itemid=27

 

 

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