Monday, January 4th 2010
Unika Radeon HD 5570 Graphics Card Pictured
Pictures of what appears to be AMD's new entry-level DirectX 11 compliant graphics card has surfaced. The pictures show a Unika-branded Radeon HD 5570. At this point in time it's unclear if the GPU is based on AMD's Redwood GPU which powers the recently unveiled Radeon HD 5670, or the even smaller Cedar GPU, though looking at the package size of the GPU, we're inclined to believe it's a watered-down version of the Redwood with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory across a 128-bit wide memory interface.
The card by Unika is hardly any longer than the PCI-Express interface itself, from which it draws all its power. The GPU is cooled by a custom active fan-heatsink. Connectivity includes DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. Clock speeds include 650 MHz for the core, and 900 MHz (1800 MHz DDR) for the memory. The GPU is DirectX 11 compliant, and supports UVD 2.0. Expect more details about the GPU to surface at the CES event.
Source:
DonanimHaber
The card by Unika is hardly any longer than the PCI-Express interface itself, from which it draws all its power. The GPU is cooled by a custom active fan-heatsink. Connectivity includes DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. Clock speeds include 650 MHz for the core, and 900 MHz (1800 MHz DDR) for the memory. The GPU is DirectX 11 compliant, and supports UVD 2.0. Expect more details about the GPU to surface at the CES event.
25 Comments on Unika Radeon HD 5570 Graphics Card Pictured
I really like that card.
:D
I'd like to see a slightly faster version though with GDDR5, that would possibly make me buy one for one of my Shuttles.
just wondering how much money goes into making a stock cooler. I think they would sell loads since a lot of people put 3rd party coolers on their cards anyway.
but for £30-20 less without the stock cooler is a steal
for those less knowledgeable about pc tech can still buy the regular offerings.
but I suppose the idea may have some conflicts with other OEMs such as XFX, Gigabyte, Asus etc etc who already have custom coolers on their cards
but IMHO it just gives the customer a little more choice - they can opt in or out of crap stock cooling in favour of an Artic silencer or Akasa Freedom VGA cooler.
its just an idea anyway. but because of the general idea of it - the OEM may increase the price to cover an extended RMA policy reguarding naked cards. so it could go either way.
Yeah, about that...
Unless your a total pillock who does no research into what he/she is going to buy, cant read & stone deaf to listen to advice from others.
yeah - I can totally see that happening
also if the card costs £300-400 its obviously high end therefore Id suspect something was wrong if I was paying that much for a card that didnt come with a cooler - its common sense.
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It doesnt matter if you buy the parts online or from the shop - there should be a clear description of what your buying. you could also ask the sales assistant at the shop if your buying the right product for you.....unless you cant talk either....
The average user is an idiot we the enthusiasts make up 1% lol
so yea i can see a HUGE rma nightmare for gpu sales partners :roll:
more on topic this looks like good minimal oem card that dell and the like will market as budget gaming rigs
would be a nice addition to a low power rig for HTPC use as mentioned
Here in the UK there are plenty of shops that sell computers & roughly a handful of specialist hardware stores
PC World, Currys, Dixons etc etc = mainstream shops will always stock & sell items that cater towards the general market which includes idots - thats why they can sell their services such as pc installation & general maintenace etc etc.
yoyotech, SCAN, Novatech etc etc = more specialised hardware so stock more hardware thats geared towards the enthusiast. maybe not as average user friendly as pc world but there usually are some fairly experienced tech heads that are shop assistants that will help you with your decisions.
If you can fork out £300-400 on something without looking at what your buying then you deserve whats coming.
as stated ive seen ppl MISS the obvious information and buy the wrong item (and ignoring advice that showed they were wrong) only to fry there machine then want me to fix it after i told them not to buy said item in the first place
point being i see that on a nearly daily basis ppl DONT understant computers or technology they just want it to work and they want it to do everything for them
and more on topic after looking the card over a bit more i agree that thing is small but i wonder how well it will overclock on the core
and as far as reputable shops around here i havent really seen any the ones that were around all closed when the economy went kerplunk into the toilet all i see now is placing selling "Custom PCs" that are intel e2k series with a cheapo board and 2 gigs ram with vista 32bit and 9500gts as quality gaming rigs and asking for $650 for them and they actually sell since again sheeple dont research they see fancy shiny stuff with big numbers and go WOW
Looks like it could be awesome for the light gamer and HTPC crowd - imagine how low power its going to be?