Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/ati-radeon-hd-5670-brings-directx-11-and-eyefinity-to-the-budget/
AMD and ATI have got yet another GPU contender under their sleeve, and this one's got quite a one-two punch. The
Radeon HD 5670 can boast
DirectX 11 and
Eyefinity support are for a suggested price less than one Benjamin Franklin. The usual suspects have weighed in on the card, and while "solid value" that outperforms its analogous NVIDIA GeForce GT 240. That's not exactly an A+ grade, but we weren't expecting it to go toe-to-toe to its older brothers costing hundreds of dollars apiece.
AnandTech also points out that some DX11-compliant games (e.g.
Battleforge,
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) couldn't pull off manageable framerates. Hit up the source links for more thorough analysis, and after the break for the official presser. One last word of advice, as noted by
TweakTown: make sure the model you pick up uses GDDR5 (instead of GDDR3), as it could make a world of difference.
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