okay so today we've got the radon HD 5670 from XFX the biggest difference
between this and the next one up the 5750 is that it has fewer stream
processors RS and texture units it also
has a slightly lower memory clock in terms of in relation to the other card
and I can't find my knife where is my knife thank you um and it
also has a faster clock speed so basically what this card is is it's
supposed to it's it position it's positioned only about 10 10 to $10 to
$20 cheaper than the 5750 depending on how much memory this one in particular
is a 512 Meg card whereas most of the 57
f50s out there are 1 gig so that's going to make a difference to the price right
off the bat and then there's also the fact that it's um did I mention it was
clocked a little bit higher so it's a value card that's not meant to pump out
the same kind of detail levels as these higher-end direct X11 cards but it does
bring most of the same features to the table so it has support for ifinity it
has support for directx11 under Windows 7 so you've got that feature set it has
7.1 audio out over HDMI but not the raw
gaming speed so it's more for people who just want to use their card casually for
gaming once in a while so let's see what we've got inside here first we have a
quick install guide step one prepare your computer step two remove your
existing graphics card okay thank you and then we have
a a long installation guide okay thank
you XFX for providing that for your valued customers okay then you have an a
graphics card CD sleeve don't use this download the latest drivers off ati.com
then we have this I love it comes with
all XFX cards as far as I can tell oh they've updated it too it doesn't have
the dog on it anymore now it has like a gun do not disturb I'm gaming door
hanger card and this is convenient because it also has a place on the back
that shows you how to contact their support and tells you where to write
your username and password for your login when you register your card and it
also has I mean this is cool look at this it has I shouldn't I shouldn't show
you this but the serial number for the card as well as the personal activation
code to register your warranty I mean that is great because most of the time
they just have it on the back of the card you got to rip open your case in order to even find it this is empty look
at that there's nothing under this side it was all over here how about
that okay that's a little oh wow this is
kind of funny actually so we got this big box small card okay so in here we will
find the 5670 and there's kind of is there like
something else in here feel like I'm feel like I'm missing it I guess with a
value card like this I mean they've got like they still got all the expensive
like nice packaging and everything but not much in terms of accessories with a
card like this I guess that's to be expected so let's pull it out you've got
your standard matte black XFX PCB it seems like an insignificant detail but I
love it I I personally love the matte black PCB it looks really nice when it's
all installed in your computer doesn't show dust as much I realize these are
aesthetic quibbles and most people won't care but it does matter to me you've got
a PCI Express 16x connector along the bottom please note the absence of
Crossfire connectors that does not mean that it doesn't support Crossfire it
supports Crossfire just fine but this isn't a super high bandwidth card you
don't need it to communicate directly with the card it commun can communicate
just fine over the PCI Express bus so they don't worry about that too too too
much on the back we've got support for DVI HDMI and DisplayPort something you
should be aware of is that if you want to use all three you've got to use all
three you can't actually use a DisplayPort to DVI adapter you can use an HDMI
to DVI adapter and a DVI Monitor and a DisplayPort monitor but unless you're
using an active and that means it costs like a 100 bucks plus DisplayPort to
DVI adapter it will not work okay so
along to the other side you've got a pretty
pretty wussy looking heat sink but I mean this is not a very high powerered
card it doesn't output a lot of heat you don't have to worry too much about it
you've got a little heat sink here that cools the memory chips which are located
just down there I don't think you're going to be able to see that you got your power connector and you have your
power delivery you'll notice the absence I mean it's hard to actually unbox
something like this cuz normally I'll be pointing out all the stuff but I'm pointing out instead what is not here
you'll notice the absence of a PCI Express six pin connector so you do not
need to plug this in separately to to your power supply that is again because
it is a very power efficient card it doesn't require a whole lot from your
power supply and I think that pretty much covers everything I wanted to say
about this card thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 5670 512 Meg from
XFX