Back in 2009, by the standards of modern computing technologies, the AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series graphics card series was introduced. The characteristics of each representative of this line of graphic devices indicated that this was a mid-range solution with a comparable performance level. It is to this group of accelerators that this small material will be devoted.
Name of models of accelerators
The characteristics of the AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series, as noted earlier, indicated that these are mid-range adapters. The manufacturer included in the lineup two models of devices that were intended to be installed only in desktop computing systems. The youngest of them was marked HD 5750, and the oldest - HD 5770. The key difference between these two modifications of the accelerators is the clock frequency. In the first case, they are lowered slightly, and in the second - increased.
Accelerator Family Positioning
The line of graphic controllers in discrete performance HD58XX was the most productive at the time of the release of the accelerators in question in this review AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series. The characteristics of such flagship devices made it possible to realize the most demanding tasks for them related to the processing of high-quality images. That is, you can quite successfully use such an accelerator in a graphics station. Also, such accelerators looked very confident in the composition of ultimate gaming PCs.
But the line under review HD 57XX was aimed at the implementation of less productive computers. Therefore, it was impractical to use them in graphic stations for the reason that the performance of these two modifications of accelerators was insufficient. As a result, the only possible area of use of these devices is mid-level gaming computer systems. It was to this narrow specialized niche that the solutions under consideration were aimed.
Junior device specifications
The performance of the AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series, labeled 5750, indicates that the accelerator is based on the RV850 microprocessor, code-named Juniper. This silicon chip was produced according to 40 nm technology. It included 1,040 million transistor surface components. The microprocessor included 720 stream modules, 36 TMU elements and 16 rasterization components. The graphics accelerator core operates at a frequency of 720 MHz.
The amount of RAM in this accelerator is 1 GB. The type of chip used in this device is GDDR5. The latter in nominal mode operate at a frequency of 4600 MHz. The width of the bus connecting the video buffer to the GPU is 128 bits. As a result, RAM bandwidth is limited to 73 Gb / s.
Parameters of the advanced solution in this series
The description of the AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series in the 5770 version indicates the presence of such differences in it from the previously considered younger model:
- The number of stream processors increased from 720 to 800 pieces. At the same time, they are already operating at a frequency of 800 MHz.
- The frequency of RAM is increased to 4800 MHz.
All other characteristics remained unchanged. Although the number of differences is minimal, but according to the test results, this allows you to get a real 15% increase in speed and productivity. Again, this difference was relevant by the standards of 2009. Now, the difference in speed between these two models of accelerators is minimal.
Owner reviews
The AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series reviews highlight the following advantages for the devices of this line: acceptable performance, sufficient energy efficiency and affordable price. The disadvantage of this group of accelerators is only one - at the moment they have already managed to become very outdated. That is, a modern PC cannot be equipped with such a video card. In the new state, such accelerators are very difficult to buy. A used adapter can be purchased for 2000-2500 rubles. Only now the question of such a purchase remains open. It can only be used to repair old computers 10 years ago.
Conclusion
As previously noted, the nominal characteristics of the AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series were classified as mid-range graphics cards. Such devices are most often found in gaming personal computers of that time. Such an accelerator allowed you to run any program. But in the case of implementing resource-intensive code, the quality of the image should be more “modest". Now the devices of this series are outdated.