5670 Review

[alexruiz]

I was really excited about these cards as I want to upgrade 2 of the children's machines that have HD4650 right now. Performance is what I expected, price is not. At $80 or lower, these would be an easy sell. Some HD4670s were as low as <$40 AR, so the $70-$80 price for the HD5670 was perfectly in line.

I guess I'll just grab a HD5770 for me and donate my HD4850 to one of those machines....

 

[blckgrffn]

The 5670 is clearly faster than a 3870. Wait a couple months (weeks?) when the price dips or a good rebate deal comes up and hit that. We probably aren't going to see the competition needed from nvidia for a while that will depress the price of the 5750.

But coming at a much higher price. A $99 HD5670 is not in the same priceline as a $69 HD4670.

That isn't where the 4670 started, though. As GDDR5 prices fall and the newness of the card wears off, we'll see the price on this card drop a bit. At NewEgg, you can get a DDR5 240 for under $70 AMIR. If that becomes more typical, we can expect the AMD card to come up at the same price quickly. It has a smaller die size and is therefore cheaper to produce.

Really, its amazing to see nvidia get handled in this fashion. Let's hope that the HPC market gives nvidia what it needs because it seems to be sacrificing the mainstream graphics market to get there.

 

[v8envy]

The competition is getting fierce in the extreme budget segment. But things to keep in mind here:

Recent integrated video from all 3 GPU camps (including Intel) is enough for an HTPC and rudimentary, casual gaming. Every other entry level card should be judged on price and price alone. The difference in performance between 3 frames/sec and 4 frames/sec, while huge, is not going to be noticeable.

Whomever has the cheapest extreme budget card wins. ATM I believe that honor goes to the 4350.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Meh. I'd rather spend an extra $50.00 and get a card that has some actual performance, like a 5750/5770. And I agree with others that the card is priced $20.00 too high, regardless of DX11 support and other features.

 

[Farfrumhumpn]

But coming at a much higher price. A $99 HD5670 is not in the same priceline as a $69 HD4670.

Well, the HD 4670 did start at a much higher price but then again when the HD4670 came out, it had no real competetion in it's price and performance per watt range. Sure there was the 9600GT but there were no 9600GT EE's on the launch of the HD 4670. Sadly, what hurts the HD 5670 is it has a lot of competetion in its price range and performance per watt is very low on this card compared to the 9800GT EE.

Keep in mind peeps, what sepperates most of our choices in this range of cards is usually $20 - $30 because I know when I got my 9800GT EE I was also eyeballing a GTS250 for that much more that also could have been powered in my shuttle though not as effeciently, I spent almost 3 days with this 9800GT in my NewEgg cart trying to decide while constantly weighing the price and performance per watt. Ultimately I went with my 66w card vs a 110w card for $30 more but $20 - $30 is all that usually sepperates these low-mid range cards which is where AMD screwed up here, $30 more gets you an HD 5750.

 

[PingviN]

I know it's not where HD4670 started, but that's where it is now. It doesn't really matter if it was at $100 at launch if you can get it now for $70.

 

[toyota]

Well, the HD 4670 did start at a much higher price but then again when the HD4670 came out, it had no real competetion in it's price and performance per watt range. Sure there was the 9600GT but there were no 9600GT EE's on the launch of the HD 4670. Sadly, what hurts the HD 5670 is it has a lot of competetion in its price range and performance per watt is very low on this card compared to the 9800GT EE.

Keep in mind peeps, what sepperates most of our choices in this range of cards is usually $20 - $30 because I know when I got my 9800GT EE I was also eyeballing a GTS250 for that much more that also could have been powered in my shuttle though not as effeciently, I spent almost 3 days with this 9800GT in my NewEgg cart trying to decide while constantly weighing the price and performance per watt. Ultimately I went with my 66w card vs a 110w card for $30 more but $20 - $30 is all that usually sepperates these low-mid range cards which is where AMD screwed up here, $30 more gets you an HD 5750.

the 4670 was released at 79 bucks.

 

[alexruiz]

the 4670 was released at 79 bucks.

That is the price I was expecting the HD5670 to be released....