Wednesday, October 7th 2009
PowerColor Radeon HD 5700 Series Graphics Cards Listed
Less than a week away from launch, graphics cards based on AMD's newest ATI Radeon HD 5700 series mid-range GPUs have began to surface on European retailers, only to be retracted hours after being listed. Such acts from retailers isn't particularly new, but what it does is give away the price, and sometimes pictures and specifications. One such set of listings from German retailer Mindfactory.de, pits the price of the upper mid-range PowerColor Radeon HD 5770 at 149.99 €, including 19% applicable tax, and the mid-range PowerColor Radeon HD 5750 at 119.99 €, including 19% tax. Both cards, as listed by the retailer, feature 1 GB of GDDR5 memory. AMD is expected to unveil the Radeon HD 5700 series this October 13. With it, it plans to expand its lineup of next-generation DirectX 11 compliant graphics cards, and breach the mainstream market segment. What is also planned is to establish performance leadership over competing products at those price-points.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
25 Comments on PowerColor Radeon HD 5700 Series Graphics Cards Listed
($100-$150)
5770<4890<5750
The 5770 then would be the GTX 275 competitor at a lower price and most likely faster, the 4890 would be a GTX 260 competitor while being a bit cheaper and faster, and the 5750 would be a GTS series competitor also being faster. That would push the 4870 down to about $100 and the 4850 to $80 - $90 giving them the lead in every single market out there on performance to dollar ratio.
But thats just my guess.
but.. why should you rush out and get the new cards if you can get an HD4870 for.. let's say.. £75? and it'll play games fine for another 1-2 years?
is DX11 such a huge leap over DX10.1 though?
www.techpowerup.com/95957/AMD_Demonstrates_World%E2%80%99s_First_Microsoft_DirectX_11_Graphics_Processor.html
www.bit-tech.net/bits/2008/09/17/directx-11-a-look-at-what-s-coming/1
i'd do the same
hell just think.. the HD 4890 has some massive overclock headroom
get that down to £120 or less and people will buy it, regardless of DX 11
As both boards are already running GDDR5, likely scenarios are that the 5770 will have either a higher core clock (likely) or a wider memory bus (unlikely) than the 5750. Going with the likely scenario, they're going to need roughly a 15-20% clock speed boost to make it a convincing win over the old 4890.
I'd say the EU prices are pretty spot on for what we'll see here in the US. Remember, the idea is that the price-to-performance ratio will improve from generation to generation, not that the HD5 series will slide nicely into the existing HD4 setup. That said, I don't think it will be as significant an improvement as a lot of people would like, but that's due in large part to the intense competition this past generation and significant price drops on high-end chips, especially towards the end.
Regardless of the above... I will be getting one :D
And if you going to buy just 1 card and you want to spend $100 then you'd be getting a 4870 as you don't want to spend more.
when these new cards drive the prices of the HD 4xxx series down
won't more people backtrack and buy the older cards?
These new GPU's aren't top end cards, their prices won't be inflated like the 5870's is. What they come at will be close to what you get for your money. So if you have a certain budget and these cards fall in it thats what you'll get.
I'm going to use a car example here. In 2004 the Pontiac GTO's had the LS1 in 05 they came out with the LS2. People didn't rush out to buy the LS1, and to this day the 04 is the year not to get.
perhaps a 56xx series of cards will come out
so then EVERYONE has a choice of new cards to buy :toast:
I think my new card is going to be either a 5770 or a 5750.
It looks like the HD5770 is significantly slower. I would even say it's slower than the HD4870, but that's a little bit harder to estimate. And it's not a surprise to me considering the final specs (forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=105555), which you already know, because I've seen that you posted the first reply. 128 bit is really hurting this card.
HD 5770 1GB GDDR5: $159
HD 5750 1GB GDDR5: $129
HD 5750 512MB GDDR5: $109
Thing is, XFX has jumped the gun and put the HD 5750 cooler on the HD 4870 (256-bit 512MB GDDR5) and is selling it for $125: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150441