AMD quietly introduced its new Radeon HD 5550 and prepped the Radeon HD 5570 GDDR5 to follow. We examine the performance of these two stealth-launched models to see if they have what it takes to replace a couple of power contenders in the sub-$100 market.
Benchmark Results: World In Conflict
This game demonstrates a preference for both Radeon cards and GDDR5's elevated bandwidth capabilities. At high resolutions, even the Radeon HD 5550 GDDR5 outpaces the Radeon HD 5570 DDR3. The GeForce cards suffer a disadvantage here.
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.
