ATI Radeon HD 5570 is for Bang-for-Buck Gamers
Want to make the best of your $80? This is it.
Looking for the best bang-for-buck video card to fuel your budget sensitive PC gaming habit? Then AMD may have the answer for you. AMD today introduced the ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card, packing full support for DirectX 11, as well as ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology and ATI Stream capabilities.
"AMD recognizes that small form factor PCs are becoming more popular and low profile graphics upgrade options have been limited to date," said Matt Skynner, vice president and general manager, AMD Graphics Division. "Customers purchasing small form factor PCs are looking for improved performance while gaming, watching HD video or working with the latest productivity applications. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card delivers all of this at a price that won't break the bank."
This latest offering completes a full DirectX 11 refresh of AMD discrete graphics products – a milestone the graphics division has to be pleased about.
From our own hands-on with the card, we found it to be an excellent value at just $80.
Consider that this is a half-height reference card, able to transform even the smallest systems into viable gaming machines. Power usage is extremely low for the performance offered, and no auxiliary power connector is needed. And yet, the Radeon HD 5570 manages playable frame rates in every one of our game tests at 1680x1050 (and sometimes 1920x1200). Triple-monitor Eyefinity gaming could be viable in less-demanding titles, such as World of Warcraft, at a price substantially lower than the Radeon HD 5670. Just make sure the board you buy has a DisplayPort output first.
All of these features make it easier to recommend the Radeon HD 5570 over the slightly less expensive (but notably slower) Radeon HD 5450.

You do know Crysis was released in 2007, don't you?
All things considered, ATI 5570 is the better buy; especially if Zotac decides to make an "AMP!" edition and pair it with GDDR5...
I HIGHLY DOUBT this GPU would have ANY problems maxing anything released before 2008
You do know Crysis was released in 2007, don't you?
But wasn't in the v1.1 mod and the updates that took the graphics to a new level?
Do some research, the patches were mostly bug-fixs. Look at the Crysis pictures, it's still CryENGINE 2 the entire time, all the hype was from v1.
ever tried turning on 16x AA?
This is NOT for bang for your buck gamers. There are better choices if an $80 gaming card is the goal.
He said game, not interactive benchmark.
All things considered, ATI 5570 is the better buy; especially if Zotac decides to make an "AMP!" edition and pair it with GDDR5...
I'm sure it can handle cascading style sheets with no problem. I'm a bit surprised you think of it as a "game," however...
this article offends me.
The 1 gb 4870 for $139.99 ( plus free shipping ) from the egg is a much better bang for the buck for gamers than you suggest.
Your key word is "gamers"
and it took in about a minute to find a better deal than you suggest. I'm sure I could find an even better deal with more time.
LOL
Counter Strike:Source = CSS
I hope your being sarcastic.. lol