ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 Graphics Brings a Big Visual Experience to Small Form Factor PCs

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 graphics card, perfect for end-users seeking an energy efficient, low-profile DirectX^® 11 card for small form factor PCs. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card joins the award-winning line of AMD graphics that fully support DirectX 11, as well as ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology¹ and ATI Stream capabilities.² This latest offering completes a full DirectX 11 refresh of AMD discrete graphics products, bringing customers a choice of cutting-edge graphics cards to match every budget and form factor.

“Customers purchasing small form factor PCs are looking for improved performance while gaming, watching HD video or working with the latest productivity applications. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card delivers all of this at a price that won’t break the bank.”

“AMD recognizes that small form factor PCs are becoming more popular and low profile graphics upgrade options have been limited to date,” said Matt Skynner, vice president and general manager, AMD Graphics Division. “Customers purchasing small form factor PCs are looking for improved performance while gaming, watching HD video or working with the latest productivity applications. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card delivers all of this at a price that won’t break the bank.”

In addition to ATI Eyefinity and DirectX 11 support, the ATI Radeon HD 5570 also delivers full 1080p HD playback³ and supports ATI Stream technology,² helping to boost performance for video playback and productivity applications, all while enabling a full Microsoft Windows^® 7 experience.⁴

A sleek, energy efficient PC based on ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics, combined with new AMD Phenom™ II X4 905e processors at 65W and AMD 7-series chipsets, can power immersive gaming and vivid digital entertainment. These platforms are an excellent choice for system builders and home theater enthusiasts seeking Eye-Definition entertainment.

Advanced performance, affordable price: The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card provides great game play in DirectX® 11 titles such as Codemaster’s Colin McRae™: DiRT^® 2™, EA Phenomic’s BattleForge™ , GSC Game World’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat™ and Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 as well as DirectX^® 9, DirectX^® 10, DirectX^® 10.1 and OpenGL titles. The ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 delivers up to a 60 percent performance improvement over the closest competing product in its class⁵.
Expanding the Desktop: The latest in ATI Eyefinity technology enables up to three displays to be used with a single ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card,¹ delivering a highly immersive gaming experience, and helping to boost productivity in home and office applications.
Accelerate with ATI Stream technology: ATI Stream technology helps to speed up video transcoding and to improve video playback performance with applications such as Adobe^® Flash^®. ATI Stream technology also delivers video enhancements that help enable better visual quality and sharper, more vibrant images.²
Immersive HD multimedia experience: The ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 graphics card delivers the same rich HD multimedia capabilities as the enthusiast-class ATI Radeon HD 5870, with features such as HDMI 1.3a with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio for a premium media PC experience.

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¹ To enable more than two displays you require one or more panels with a DisplayPort connector or an active DisplayPort adapter. The number and configuration of display connectors may vary by AIB partner. Check with particular manufacturer for specifications.

² Requires application support for ATI Stream technology.

³ 1080p capable monitor required.

⁴ Windows® 7 capable PC configurations required for full Windows® 7 functionality. See www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/system-requirements.aspx.

⁵ Based on frame rates measured using Devil May Cry 4 [1680x1050]. Configuration: AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 (@ 2.6GHz), Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P, 4GB RAM, Windows® 7 RTM x64, ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 1GB DDR3 650e/9000m, Driver 8.69; NVIDIA GT 220 1GB DDR3 615e1335sc790m, Driver 195.62.