A Closer Look

As mentioned before, HIS is using an Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 on their card, which looks ok but can not compete against the stylish coolers of the bigger HD 5000 Series cards, like the HD 5870. Thanks to its efficient construction it does not need any copper base plate or heatpipes - such a design helps reduce the cost of the cooler. As we will see later, this doesn't mean that this is just a good cooler, actually it is the best I have tested on an HD 5750 so far.


Operation of the card requires one six-pin PCI-E power connector. Power consumption is low, but in the worst case, slightly higher than 75W. Technically it is capable to run without a connector, though it is still needed for electrical stability.


The GDDR5 memory chips are made by Samsung, and carry the model number K4G10325FE-HC04. They are specified to run at 1250 MHz (5000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


The GPU voltage is managed by a uP6201BQ voltage controller (same as on many HD 4770 designs).


This is AMD's new Juniper GPU, it comes with 1040 million transistors, and is produced on a 40 nm process at TSMC Taiwan.