At the suggested retail price of $129 ($109 for the 512MB version), it’s undeniably affordable, but do better options exist? Closer Look
As mentioned before, the HD 5750 launched at the same time as the HD 5770, and both are targeting the crowd of people who want acceptable gaming performance without breaking their budget. With this article, we’re rounding out our content of AMD’s latest single-GPU cards, with a review of its dual-GPU HD 5970 to be posted within the next couple of weeks. There wasn’t a single aspect not to like – well, except for the overclocking potential. No matter how you looked at it, the card offered fantastic performance, a lower power consumption (and lower temps as a result), along with such perks as DirectX 11. I took a look at the former about a month ago, and was impressed with the overall value. While high-end cards are all fine and good for those who need the kind of powered offered, there exists an even stronger market for lower-end components, and that’s where the HD 5770 and HD 5750 come into play. Just last week, AMD ushered in the launch of its first dual-GPU card as part of the HD 5000 series, the HD 5970, and it’s mind-bogglingly fast, especially when compared to NVIDIA’s current offerings.
The company kicked things off with its higher-end HD 5850 and HD 5870 cards, which simply put, reaffirmed the fact that the roaring success of the HD 4000 series wasn’t going to be the last. Over the course of the past two months, AMD has launched five different models as part of its HD 5000 series.