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AMD Radeon HD 5770 Hits Streets Early

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US | B 46 comments

Hot off the burner!

Even though AMD hasn't officially launched its Radeon HD 5770 yet, the cards have made their way onto e-tailers such as Newegg. Essentially, Newegg has broken the NDA on the card, which is suppose to lift quite soon.

The card is a follow-up to the previously--and recently--launched Radeon HD 5870. Our own Chris Angelini benched the beast a few days ago and found it to not only be a top runner, but also hand's down the fastest single GPU solution you can buy today.

The link, here, may very well go offline any minute. But we're providing a screenshot here just in case.

Thanks to Gunny for the tip!

As for the "unofficial" specification of the Radeon HD 5770? They are, according to Newegg:

Chipset
Chipset ManufacturerATI
GPURadeon HD 5770
Core Clock850MHz
Stream Processors800 Stream Processing Units
Memory
Memory Clock1200MHz (4.8Gbps)
Memory Size1GB
Memory Interface128-bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
3D API
DirectXDirectX 11
Ports
HDMI1
DisplayPort1
DVI2
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    pharge , October 13, 2009 1:54 AM
    hmm... HD5770 is listed for $159.9 on newegg.com which is almost the same as HD4870(1G). Toms, when are we going to have the compairson between these 2 cards?
    More importantly will HD5770 pushs HD4870 and HD4850 even cheaper?
    I will defintely love to see the price drop of HD4870 and HD4850!... :D 
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    njkid3 , October 13, 2009 3:22 AM
    in regards to nvidia and their upcoming fermi card it is mainly focused on GPGPU tasks rather than gaming. as for amd they have all their bases covered across most of the price ranges so i dont see nvidia anytime soon gaining any foothold in the foreseeable future.
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    nforce4max , October 13, 2009 1:44 AM
    I want for my first crossfire box.
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    randomizer , October 13, 2009 1:46 AM
    The HD5770 has been listed in Aus for at least a week. Even the HD5750 is listed.
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    SneakySnake , October 13, 2009 1:47 AM
    Our local computer shop is selling them as well. $190 CDN, which is pretty much the price of the 4890. I'd love to get my hands on one. There was 4 in stock today, but I didn't have any money with me :( 
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    falchard , October 13, 2009 1:52 AM
    Thats not an HD5770, thats an HD4870. lol almost exact same specs.
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    pharge , October 13, 2009 1:54 AM
    hmm... HD5770 is listed for $159.9 on newegg.com which is almost the same as HD4870(1G). Toms, when are we going to have the compairson between these 2 cards?
    More importantly will HD5770 pushs HD4870 and HD4850 even cheaper?
    I will defintely love to see the price drop of HD4870 and HD4850!... :D 
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    japnoise99 , October 13, 2009 1:58 AM
    It may be same specs as a 4870. However I'd buy a 4870 with DX11 and Eyefinity any day.
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    mlcloud , October 13, 2009 2:01 AM
    Looks like it will be on par with the 4870, except with several more display ports and probably improved power efficiencies here and there.

    What will the 128-bit memory do to the performance?
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    pharge , October 13, 2009 2:01 AM
    By the way, base on the nature of the crossfire setup... I guess we will not be able to pair up HD4xxx with HD5xxx on crossfire...

    Wondering if there is going to be a price drop of HD4870 and/or HD4850... will it be better to spend the money for a pair of HD4870/HD4850 or a single HD5870/HD5770?

    I hope Toms is going to roll out a lot of reviews on these setups... :D 
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    Anonymous , October 13, 2009 2:10 AM
    Even more pain for nvidia. So much for their too little too late gt220 "budget" cards.
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    scatrdfew , October 13, 2009 2:19 AM
    This gives me new-gear-fever... I don't need it, but I want one.
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    gr33nf00t , October 13, 2009 2:30 AM
    It would make sense for the HD4870 and HD4850 to undergo a bit of a price drop, which would make the 4870 an absolute steal. AMD/ATI seems to be taking care of business at least on the graphics side of things.
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    bk420 , October 13, 2009 2:45 AM
    Where the heck is the HD 5870x2!!!!!!!!!!!
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    tipmen , October 13, 2009 2:53 AM
    Oh snap Nvidia is geeting its ass beat at the momment.
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    volks1470 , October 13, 2009 3:01 AM
    What??? 5750s just hit the market too!!! Check it out...

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102859
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    haze4peace , October 13, 2009 3:10 AM
    I could see them start to phase out the 4xxx series now... they really have all their bases covered now that the 5750s are out. Now the manufacturers just need to start pumping out the cards.
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    eudolus , October 13, 2009 3:13 AM
    @edilee i agree, AMD are showing their cards way to soon.

    I can see it as an attempt to crab the early market share, I bet nvidia is going to drop a bomb when they "quietly" (as amd does always did) slip in their next cards.

    But as it stands, people are making judgments way to soon.
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    matt87_50 , October 13, 2009 3:20 AM
    why are they so big! what ever happened to the flag ship cards being single slot and shot enough to actually fit in normal ATX cases! (like the 7800)

    after the 8800 nvidia even said "this will be the last monster gfx card"
    but they just keep getting bigger and bigger. they completely trampled on the ATX standard that mobo, case and psu makers had stood by for years by making the cards LONGER than the motherboards!

    my current card is an 8800gt, single slot, normal length, just one power connector, not requiring its own psu! and I have no urge to upgrade until something of the same size comes out, or something truly revolutionary.
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    deadlockedworld , October 13, 2009 3:22 AM
    I'm currently looking to get both a graphic card and new PSU to run it...

    I'm thinking that even if 4870 prices drop substantially--I might still save money going with the 5750--because I could get away with a much lower-power system. (rumors say 5770 at 108 watts load and 5750 at 86!)

    I am really looking forward to Tom's benchmarks for these cards.
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    njkid3 , October 13, 2009 3:22 AM
    in regards to nvidia and their upcoming fermi card it is mainly focused on GPGPU tasks rather than gaming. as for amd they have all their bases covered across most of the price ranges so i dont see nvidia anytime soon gaining any foothold in the foreseeable future.
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