XFX Radeon HD 5670 512MB DirectX 11 Eyefinity Video Card Unboxing & First Look
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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1,040 words · ~5 min read
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okay so today we've got the radon HD 5670 from XFX the biggest difference
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between this and the next one up the 5750 is that it has fewer stream
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processors RS and texture units it also
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has a slightly lower memory clock in terms of in relation to the other card
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and I can't find my knife where is my knife thank you um and it
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also has a faster clock speed so basically what this card is is it's
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supposed to it's it position it's positioned only about 10 10 to $10 to
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$20 cheaper than the 5750 depending on how much memory this one in particular
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is a 512 Meg card whereas most of the 57
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f50s out there are 1 gig so that's going to make a difference to the price right
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off the bat and then there's also the fact that it's um did I mention it was
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clocked a little bit higher so it's a value card that's not meant to pump out
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the same kind of detail levels as these higher-end direct X11 cards but it does
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bring most of the same features to the table so it has support for ifinity it
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has support for directx11 under Windows 7 so you've got that feature set it has
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7.1 audio out over HDMI but not the raw
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gaming speed so it's more for people who just want to use their card casually for
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gaming once in a while so let's see what we've got inside here first we have a
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quick install guide step one prepare your computer step two remove your
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existing graphics card okay thank you and then we have
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a a long installation guide okay thank
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you XFX for providing that for your valued customers okay then you have an a
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graphics card CD sleeve don't use this download the latest drivers off ati.com
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then we have this I love it comes with
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all XFX cards as far as I can tell oh they've updated it too it doesn't have
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the dog on it anymore now it has like a gun do not disturb I'm gaming door
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hanger card and this is convenient because it also has a place on the back
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that shows you how to contact their support and tells you where to write
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your username and password for your login when you register your card and it
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also has I mean this is cool look at this it has I shouldn't I shouldn't show
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you this but the serial number for the card as well as the personal activation
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code to register your warranty I mean that is great because most of the time
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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
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at that there's nothing under this side it was all over here how about
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that okay that's a little oh wow this is
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kind of funny actually so we got this big box small card okay so in here we will
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find the 5670 and there's kind of is there like
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something else in here feel like I'm feel like I'm missing it I guess with a
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value card like this I mean they've got like they still got all the expensive
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like nice packaging and everything but not much in terms of accessories with a
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card like this I guess that's to be expected so let's pull it out you've got
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your standard matte black XFX PCB it seems like an insignificant detail but I
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love it I I personally love the matte black PCB it looks really nice when it's
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all installed in your computer doesn't show dust as much I realize these are
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aesthetic quibbles and most people won't care but it does matter to me you've got
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a PCI Express 16x connector along the bottom please note the absence of
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Crossfire connectors that does not mean that it doesn't support Crossfire it
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supports Crossfire just fine but this isn't a super high bandwidth card you
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don't need it to communicate directly with the card it commun can communicate
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just fine over the PCI Express bus so they don't worry about that too too too
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much on the back we've got support for DVI HDMI and DisplayPort something you
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should be aware of is that if you want to use all three you've got to use all
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three you can't actually use a DisplayPort to DVI adapter you can use an HDMI
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to DVI adapter and a DVI Monitor and a DisplayPort monitor but unless you're
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using an active and that means it costs like a 100 bucks plus DisplayPort to
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DVI adapter it will not work okay so
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along to the other side you've got a pretty
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pretty wussy looking heat sink but I mean this is not a very high powerered
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card it doesn't output a lot of heat you don't have to worry too much about it
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you've got a little heat sink here that cools the memory chips which are located
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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
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power delivery you'll notice the absence I mean it's hard to actually unbox
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something like this cuz normally I'll be pointing out all the stuff but I'm pointing out instead what is not here
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you'll notice the absence of a PCI Express six pin connector so you do not
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need to plug this in separately to to your power supply that is again because
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it is a very power efficient card it doesn't require a whole lot from your
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power supply and I think that pretty much covers everything I wanted to say
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about this card thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 5670 512 Meg from
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