ATI Radeon 5670

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Notebooks And Computers - aunching ATI Radeon 5670, which packing same 40nm process with the 5700 series. The launch is part of ATI's strategy in launching advanced technology, first for the enthusiast market, and to middle market, followed by the values of mainstream users, and finally segment that prioritizes low prices.

Appropriate algorithms, following the 5670 and 5700 series is aimed directly at the mainstream market. According to AMD, about two-thirds of PC gamers use a graphics card that costs under U.S. $ 100 and resolution display also under 1920x1200.


In addition to full support Directx11, 5670 include the ATI Stream to boost tasks such as transcoding and hardware acceleration Flash. 5670 also supports multi-monitor technology Eyefinity ATI, with a reference design capable of supporting up to three display and an opportunity for third parties to support the four display if they use two slot design.

With a total computing power 620Gflops, 5670 has a core clock speed of 775MHz and 512MB or 1GB memory is GDDR5 128bit on-clock at 1000MHz with 4Gbps data rate and memory bandwidth reaches 64GBps.

Own reference design shows five SIMD engines, 400 stream processing units and 20 texture units.

5670 will suck power around 14W when idle and about 61W when working. This means that the reference design does not require plus power connector. However, third-party version that can be overclock may need it.

What about the price sensitive market? That the reform will have a similar model next month with the launch of 5500 and 5450. The cards are aimed at PC users basic or home theater PC. This is because the 5450 can be cooled passively, which also reduces the noise level.

The cards will also support up to three display using an HDMI 1.3a or Eyefinity, software CrossFire and Hybrid CrossFire in 5450.


Because the target circles under U.S. $ 100, ATI 5670 512MB off the retail price of U.S. $ 99. But the 1GB version would be appreciated in the range of U.S. $ 120.