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| Category: |
Video Cards |
| Item: |
HIS Digital HD Radeon 5770 |
| Supplier: |
HIS Digital US |
| Reviewer: |
Kevin Elliott |
| Price: |
$159.99 |
Introduction
At the current rate ATI/AMD is on schedule to release more video cards this year than any year on record. The question is, is this a good thing our will the effect have a bad effect where people tire of always trying to stay either ahead or slightly behind the curve when it comes to current offerings.
What make the HD 5770 the most exciting of the cards released since the introduction of the X2 series of cards last year is the fact that the HD 5770 is the first card to support DirectX 11.
HIS 5700 Key Advantage
- DirectX® 11 - Full DirectX® 11 support enables intense gaming performance unrivalled image quality with stunning 3D visual effects, realistic lighting and lifelike imagery
- ATI Eyefinity - Run up to 3 displays from a single graphics board and expand your gaming field of view across all displays*·
- ATI Stream - Tap into the massiveparallel processing power of your GPU and tackle demanding tasks like video transcoding with incredible speed
- Max Resolution: 3 x 2560x1600!!!
The Power of HIS
The Excalibur, once owned by the invincible King Arthur, denotes the leader's mighty kingship with its mystical power and fascinating beauty and brings him triumph battle after battle.
Now HIS raises this sword again for gamers.
The Legend reborn... Prepare to conquer the gaming world!
Microsoft DirectX® 11 Support
ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 Series GPUs fully support Microsoft DirectX® 11, enabling the following:
- Tessellation is now available to PC developers for real-time rendering with ultra-realistic characters and an incredible level of detail with 3D images
- HDR Texture compression delivers an intense level visual detail without increasing graphics memory footprint with efficiency and incredible image quality
- Multi-threading support for DirectX® 11 accelerates rendering by leveraging all the CPU cores for overall faster gaming performance
- DirectCompute improves PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX 11-enabled application's processing load, freeing up the computer's
ATI Eyefinity Technology
Run up to 3 displays from a single graphics board and expand your gaming field of view across all displays. Enjoy the ultimate immersive gaming experience with innovative "wrap around" multi-display capabilities. *
· ATI Eyefinity technology requires one panel with a DisplayPort connector to enable the third display. DisplayPort to DVI dongle is required for panel with DVI connector
Microsoft® Windows 7®
Enjoy all the benefits of Microsoft Windows 7® with ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 Series GPUs which are designed to provide an exceptional experience for the upcoming operating system.
ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 Series Key Features
- 1GB GDDR5 memory
- 800 Stream Processors
- 76.8 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
- ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to three displays*
- ATI Stream technology*
- Designed for DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL
- Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)*
- Compliant with DirectX® 11 and earlier revisions
- Supports OpenGL 3.1
- Dual-mode ATI CrossFireXTM technology support for highly scalable performance* (up to 2 GPUs)
- ATI AvivoTM HD video and display technology*
- Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlayTM technology*
- PCI Express® 2.0 support
HIS PRODUCTS ADVANTAGE
- HIS delivers Faster, Cooler, Quieter plus the best quality product!
- Professional customer service and technical support
What's in the box
- HIS Graphics Card
- ATI CrossFireXTM Bridge Interconnect
- Power Cable 2x 4pin in, 6 pin out
- DVI-VGA Adapter
- Install CD with Multilingual User Guide and BumpTop
- Quick Installation Guide
- HIS Power Up Label
Bumptop - Adding 3D Productivity to your desktop
"With BumpTop's intuitive 3D desktop environment, your desktop will be an interesting playground more than ever seen. You can now drag or resize icons and even post stuff on the walls. Everything is customizable, like a real desk"
BumpTop combines the look and feel of a real desk with the power of PC: it lets user spatially organize and share their files and photos with their contacts, while adding advanced search and sort capabilities to enhance productivity. It creates a whole new desktop environment integrates with your digital life, helping you organize files, browse images, write notes and even update your Facebook
Specifications
| Model Name |
HIS HD 5770 (DirectX 11 / Eyefinity / Full HD 1080p) Native HDMI 1GB (128bit) GDDR5 Dual DL-DVI / Display Port / HDMI (HDCP) PCIe (RoHS) |
| Chipset |
Radeon HD 5770 PCIe Series |
| ASIC |
RadeonTM HD 5770 GPU |
| Pixel fill rate |
13.6 Gigapixels/sec |
| Vertex Engines |
TBA |
| Manu. Process (Micron) |
40nm |
| Memory Size (MB) |
1024 |
| Memory Type |
GDDR5 |
| Engine CLK (MHz) |
850MHz
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| Memory CLK (Gbps) |
4.8Gbps
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| Memory Interface (bit) |
128 |
| Power Supply Requirement |
450 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireXTM technology in dual mode) |
| Max. Resolution |
3x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) |
| Bus Interface |
PCI Express x16 |
Display Port
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Yes |
| HDMI |
Yes |
| DVI |
Yes |
| 2nd DVI |
Yes |
Accessories
HIS Digital has offered a top of the line group of accessories with their video cards since I have been reviewing them and this one is no different. Included is a certificate that entitles you to a new download of the Steam hosted game, Colin McGrae's Dirt 2. You will also recieve a double Molex to 6-pin power cord which can be used with the video card. Ypu also will get a single Crossfire Bridge and a VGA to DVI adapter. Of course you will also find the installation disk for the video card. The special DSLR camera shown is the photo is not included.
Packaging
On the front of the carton you will find a very well done piece of artwork that shows the HIS Digital logo the 'Lengendary Excalabur Sword". The front of the carton has a miriad of Iconic stickers that let you know about the numerous features this video card has. The first is the inclusion of AMD's Vision, here is a brief description as AMD describes it.
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VISION from AMD enables a range of highly responsive PCs designed for an incredible digital entertainment experience.
AMD is the only technology company in the world that creates both leading-edge processors and graphics solutions. If the processor is a computer's heart, giving it life and keeping things running, then graphics is its soul.
And that's the unique advantage of VISION from AMD—a heart and soul that work together in perfect harmony to deliver a superior entertainment experience.
And when Windows® 7 combines with VISION, everyday tasks are fast, easy, and more enjoyable.
Listen to music, e-mail friends, surf the Internet, view photos, or watch DVDs and online videos.
Your photos, websites, and HD movies will look outstanding, with support for as many as one billion colors, plus crisp images that look incredibly lifelike.
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Other Icon tell you that this card is a PCIe unit and it contains 1GB or DDR5 memory which supports 1080p High Definition and has an HDMI output. Directly beow this information is the sticker that tells you about the inclusion of the Dirt 2 game.
- Internet access required
- 10 bit monitor required
The rear of the carton has a complete listing of the specifications and features of the HIS Radeon 5770.
A Closer Look
The HIS Radeon HD 5770 is dual-slot video card that makes use of full-length heatsink that the shape and design is something we haven't seen before from HIS Digital. The black and red coloring makes for a very pretty presentation that will look as good out of your computer as it does mounted inside of it.
Looking at the rear of the card we can see the standard 'X' bracket that holds the heatsink firmly in place against the GPU. You can also see four memory chips mounted on the rear of the card. The 8-chips on front and back are Hynix H5GQ1H24AFA GDDR5 DRAM.
From the end of the card you can see the four connector and vent that removes the warm air from the card and the inside of the your computer case.
From the end you can see the dual dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Having a true HDMI connector as opposed to an adapter is a great addition for this card.
As a means of drawing more air into the card additional slits have been cut into the top of the card thus giving it better breathing ability.
The end design of the shroud is different as well as we have spot for the 6-pin power cable to attach which being slightly shield be the shroud. The other opening on this card is used as another air opening, but can easily be converted to an additional power connector.
Test Setup
| Motherboard: |
Asus P5Q Pro |
| Processor: |
Intel Q9550 - 2.88GHz |
| Hard Drive: |
Seagate 1.5 TB ST315005 |
| OS: |
Windows Vista (build 6002, Service Pack 2) |
| Memory: |
4 GB GSkill PC8500 |
| Heatsink: |
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro |
Tropics DirectX 9.0C Test
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| Binary: |
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release Oct 29 2008
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| Operating system: |
Windows Vista (build 6002, Service Pack 2) 32bit
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| CPU model: |
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
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| CPU flags: |
2906MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 HT
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| GPU model: |
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series 8.01.01.961 1024Mb
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DirectX 10.1 Test
Conclusion
The HIS Radeon HD 5770 is the perfect video card to introduce yourself to the newest DirectX 11 games. The price tag is what we consider to be very affordable as well as having the needed memmory and horsepower to play the new games the way you want to play them.
With a current MSRP of $160.00 at places like Newegg it is well within the budget of a number of people to be able to slap two of them in a case and run them in CrossfireX and gain about 1/4 more performance. We will be running a pair of them in CrossfireX next week and let you see the difference that the extra card can make so stay turned. In the mean time if you want to have card ready when Dirt 2 is released then visit your nearest computer dealer and pickup a new HIS 5770 to play with.
A special thanks to HIS Digital US
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