ATI Radeon HD 5670: DX11 For Under $100

AMD continues their barrage of DirectX-11 class GPU releases with the affordably priced ATI Radeon HD 5670. If you remember all the way back to September of last year, AMD had committed--or at the very least planned--to release multiple new GPUs, at various price points up and down the spectrum. First came the Radeon HD 5800 series, quickly followed by the 5700 series, and then came the ultra-powerful Radeon HD 5970, all in the span of about two months. Here are we are now, a little less than two months removed from the Radeon HD 5970 launch, and AMD is ready with yet another new card, this time targeted at the sub-$100 price segment.

As its name suggests, the ATI Radeon HD 5670 shares a number of features with its higher-end counterparts in the Radeon HD 5000 series, like Eyefinity and full DX11 support. Come along for the ride as we show you the new Radeon HD 5670, discuss its specifications, and ultimately take it for a spin through a number of benchmarks...

The ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB. 512MB versions will also be available.

 

AMD's "Sweet Spot" GPU Strategy

AMD's release schedule of DirectX 11 capable GPUs is outlined on the slide above--we'll be showing you "Redwood" here today with some quick glimpses of "Cedar" as well. Of course, a lot of groundwork had to be laid over the preceding months and even years before the company could produce this line-up of products. Although the GPU at the heart of the Radeon HD 5670 is based on the same architecture as the other members of the DX-11 class Radeon HD 5000 series, the chip does leverage technologies already implemented in previously released GPU generations, so it's not all new.  As such, we'd recommend perusing some recent HotHardware articles to brush up on a few of the technologies and features employed by the new Radeon HD 5970...

• AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870: Unquestionably Number One
• ATI Radeon HD 4890: The RV790 Unveiled
• ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 - AMD Back On Top
• ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870: RV770 Has Arrived
• ATI Radeon HD 3870 and 3850: 55nm RV670
• ATI Catalyst Driver Analysis: CrossFireX and More
• AMD Hybrid CrossFire Sneak Peek

The articles listed above cover many of the features available with the Radeon HD 5670, like CrossFire, the UVD 2 video engine, Catalyst Control Center, PowerPlay, GDDR5 memory, and more. There are, however, a lot of brand new things that were introduced with the Radeon 5800 series that we that we detailed in our Radeon HD 5870 coverage, so that article at the very least is a must-read companion to this piece which covers many of the features inherent to the new 5670.