AMD Introduces ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series

ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 Series Adds Further Momentum to AMD Visual Computing Leadership, Delivers Best-in-Class1 Windows 7 Performance, DirectX 11 Gaming and ATI Eyefinity Multi-Monitor Technology

AMD (NYSE: AMD) recently unveiled the ATI Radeon^TM HD 5770 and ATI Radeon^TM HD 5750 graphics cards, adding two more models to the world's first and only suite of graphics cards to fully support Microsoft Direct X 11 technology and ATI Eyefinity multi-monitor support. With the addition of the ATI Radeon HD 5700 series, AMD is providing PC gamers and multimedia enthusiasts with four great choices to fully enjoy the Microsoft Windows 7 experience.

"The ATI Radeon HD 5800 series reaffirmed AMD as the undisputed leader in visual computing technology," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group. "Now, the ATI Radeon HD 5700 series takes the same great features like ATI Eyefinity and ATI Stream technology as well as full hardware support for all DirectX 11 features, and bundles them into products priced well below $200² ."

ATI Radeon HD 5700 graphics cards deliver more than 1 TeraFLOPS of compute power, ensuring superior performance in the latest DirectX 11 games, as well as in DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL titles. With a powerful graphics core built on 40nm process technology and up to 800 stream processors, gamers can enjoy DirectX 11 games now, such as EA Phenomic's Battleforge and many more titles on the way, including:

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Call of Pripyat from GSC Game World,
• Dirt^TM 2 from Codemasters,
• Aliens vs. Predator^TM from Rebellion,
• Update to The Lord of the Rings Online^TM from Turbine,
• Update to Dungeons and Dragons Online Eberron Unlimited^TM from Turbine.

With over 20 DirectX 11 titles currently in development, gamers can be ready with DirectX 11 hardware this holiday season.

• Today's ATI Eyefinity technology enables up to three monitors to be used with a single ATI Radeon^TM HD 5770 or ATI Radeon^TM HD 5750 graphics card, delivering the most immersive gaming experience with a graphics card priced below $200³.
• New features and functionality of ATI Stream technology allow users to harness both AMD CPUs and the ATI Radeon^TM HD 5700 series graphics cards to maximize their computing experience, helping to improve the performance of enabled media, entertainment and productivity applications. ATI Stream technology and the HD 5700 series support both DirectX 11 Direct Compute and OpenCL industry standards⁴.
• For those who want to enjoy a home theatre experience, the ATI Radeon^TM HD 5700 series supports the latest HD audio technologies such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio and HDMI 3.1. This high level audio support allows users to fully utilize the multiple audio channels embedded in today's Blu-ray^TM discs for the ultimate in HD home entertainment.
• In addition to delivering tremendous DirectX 11 performance, the ATI Radeon^TM HD 5700 series also leads in power efficiency consuming as little as 16 watts at idle, less than a third the amount of power required by the average household 60 watt light bulb.

Ecosystem support

• The ATI Radeon^TM HD 5700 series and ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards are supported by a dozen add-in-board companies, including ASK, Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, High Tech, MSI, Sapphire, Tul/Power Color, Visiontek and XFX.

Benchmark Reviews has also tested the ATI Radeon HD5770 Juniper GPU Video Card