Besides to the graphics chip Radeon HD 5450, which was formally promoted, AMD is setting up to disclose one more video card, which ought to fill the gap among HD 5450 as well as HD 5670. It is a model of Radeon HD 5570, which should be very identical to HD 5670, at least in terms of basic characteristics, but the innovation will run at a slower rate and with a weak memory.

According to available information, the video card Radeon HD 5570 will have a 40 nm GPU with 627M transistors and 400 universal processors, 8 ROP, 20 TMU, core frequency 650MGts and will use memory DDR3, clocked at 900MHz (1.8GHz) paired with 128-bit interface memory.

Due to lower operating frequencies, power consumption of new items will be only 42.7Vt, and in idle mode, the card will consume 9.69Vt. The reference model is a low-profile video card with a small radiator and an active cooler, but most likely partners AMD will be releasing their own decisions, and the market will be several versions of this card, including passive.

Price a new video card will be somewhere between HD 5450 and HD 5670, ie approximately € 50 to € 60 in wholesale consignments of the party. According to available information, Radeon HD 5570 will be officially presented on 9 February.

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