Three Radeon HD5670s compared benchmarked

Review Head to head to head

Benchmarketing

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Verdict

As the results show, there isn’t much to choose between the 1GB and 512MB flavours of the HD5670, and therein lies the problem.

Currently there is around £20 difference between the two cards and with the 1GB cards costing around £90 they are getting perilously close to the previous generation HD4850 and Nvidia’s 9800GT cards, both of which are much better gaming cards if you can live without all the new feature of the HD5**** series.

If the price of the 1GB cards settles downwards, and the market will probably make sure it does, it will be the one to go for, not for the performance it offers but for the wider selection of ports that partners will tend to offer on the higher speced cards.

It also is an ideal upgrade if you don’t want to go through the hassle of buying and installing a new power supply as it doesn’t need any more power than the PCI-E slot provides.

When you sit and think about AMD are offering to the value end of the market; GDDR5, DX11, Eyefinity, bitstreaming audio etc and a good degree of future proofing it really is amazing. It’s not really a gaming card but it does offer plenty for the HTPC (Home Theatre PC) builder.