Test: HiS Radeon HD5770

Konklusion

HiS HD 5770 er et genialt grafikkort til den lille gaming computer, meget kraftige mediacenter eller til de af os som ikke har råd til et af de større 5850 eller 5870 kort. Det giver massere af power for de 1168kr, som forhandlerne lige pt forlanger for dette lille kort, hvilket altså betyder at det er 200,- kr billgere end det testede 4890. Og med 4 display udgange og DirectX 11 understøttelse så bliver det ikke meget bedre. Dog er jeg ikke glad for køleren, da jeg stadigvæk mener, den larmer for højfrekvent, dog kan det også være fordi, jeg har vænnet mig for meget til lyden af store langsomme kølere. Kortet overclocker temlig godt, men det bliver meget hurtigt ustabilt. For at opsummere meget hurtigt så er dette et godt lille kort til en god pris, og det kan anbefales, hvis man skal bygge et budget gaming rig, eller har brug for et nye grafikkort i sit eksisterende rig.

Innovation/Teknologi - 5
Her er vi helt oppe og ringe med GDDR-5 RAM på 1200MHZ, 40nm produktionteknologi og DirectX 11 understøttelse, så bliver det vist ikke meget bedre. Dog er det kun meget få spil, der understøtter den nye API, men der er allerede en god håndfuld spilproducenter, som har udtalt, at de vil lave deres næste spil i DirectX 11.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 4
Der følger ikke vildt meget med til HiS HD 5770 men det er alt, hvad man behøver da kortet allerede har så mange tilslutningsmuligheder. Driver Cd'en er stadigvæk lidt af en joke, og den lille manual, der følger med er der heller ikke meget ved, her er det virkelig tydeligt, at HiS har haft travlt med at få smidt dette kort på markedet. Og dette trækker ned, da jeg syntes, at HiS godt kunne have brugt lidt mere tid på disse småting, men at de har vedlagt Dirt 2, se det trækker op.

Design/Layout - 3
Køleren er AMD's reference køler, og det er tydeligt, at den uden problemer køler kortet, selv når der overclockes bliver kortet ikke synderligt varmt. Køleren larmer kun, når man skruer helt op for varmen, og det er ikke meget, vi snakker om her. Dog vil jeg igen nævne, at jeg syntes lyden fra køleren, er en smule mere højfrekvent end på så mange andre kort.

Software/BIOS - 3
Det eneste, der følger med til dette kort, er driverne, som er klippestabile, og fungere virkelig godt. Efter 30 sek i CCC ved man, hvor alt er og det er super nemt at overclocke kortet.

Ydelse - 3
Jeg syntes, at dette kort yder rigtig flot, det kan let følge med et GTX-260, og i nogle spil så vi endda HiS HD 5770 kortet være ligeså hurtigt som både et GTX-285 og HD4890. Dog blev jeg lidt skuffet over overclockings mulighederne på kortet, jeg havde personligt forventet, at det ville gå en del højere op, og derfor får kortet kun 3.

Pris - 3
Med en pris på 1168,- kr ligger HiS HD 5770 sig lige ved siden af GTX-260 og HD 4890. Men da der stadig er mangel på alle AMD/ATI's DirectX 11 chips, så falder prisen ikke, som den ellers ville have gjort. Der er varslet større leveringer i januar, så kan det jo være, at markedet bliver mættet lidt og prisen falder.

Test: HiS Radeon HD5770

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	4
Design - Layout	3
Software - BIOS	3
Ydelse	3
Pris	3
Samlet	70%

UK summary

HiS HD 5770 is a brilliant graphic card for the small gaming rig, very powerful media center or those of us who can’t afford one the bigger 5850 or 5870 cards. It provides lots of power for the 1168kr that the dealers demand for this card at the moment. Which also means its 200kr cheaper than the tested 4890. And with 4 display outputs and DirectX 11 support then it doesn’t get mutch better. However I am not too fond of the cooler as I still think that the noise it makes is a very high frequency though it might be because I have gone used to the noise from big slow coolers. The card overclocks pretty well but it quickly goes unstable. To sum up very quickly then this is a good card at a good price and its worth recommending if you are building a budget gaming rig or need a new card in your existing one.

Innovation/Technology - 5
Here we are looking at the newest of the new with GDDR-5 memory running at 1200MHZ, 40nm produktionteknology and DirectX 11 support so It doesn’t get much better than this though its only a small amount of games that support the new API there is already a handful of game producers who have announced that they are making their next game in DirectX 11.

Bundle/Accessories - 4
There doesn’t come a lot with HIS HD 5770 but it’s all you need when the card already has so many connections. The driver CD is still somewhat of a joke, and so is the little manual that comes with it, it’s obvious that HiS have been busy getting this card on the market. And this pulls the score down because I think that HiS could have spent a little more time on these things, but they have included Dirt 2 witch pulls the score up.

Design/Layout - 3
The cooler is AMD’s refecrence cooler and its obvious that it cools the card no problem at all even when you overclock it the card doesn’t get much warmer. The cooler is only noisy when the card is on full load and its not very bad at all. However I will once again say that I think that the noise from the cooler is more high frequency than on other cards.

Software/BIOS - 3
The only software that comes with the card is the drivers which is rock solid and works really well. After 30 sek in CCC you know where everything is and its super easy to overclock the card. 

Performance - 3
I think that this card performs really well and it will easely follow a GTX-260 and in some games we even saw the HiS HD 5770 be as quick as both a GTX-285 and a HD 4890. However I was disappointed about the overclocking capabilities I really expected more and therefore the score ends on 3.

Price - 3
With a price of 1168,- DKK the HiS HD 5770 lies right next to the GTX-260 and HD 4890. But scince there is delvery problems with all AMD/ATI DirectX 11 chips then the price doesn’t fall like it normally would. However they say that there will be bigger deliveries in January and then the price might drop.