Conclusion

PROS  Price Overclockability DX11, so it should be a decent purchase with the future in mind Decent performance Thermal properties CONS  Value (the older generation cards offer similar performance, with a lower price) Availability?

Silver Award!

Well is this a product which everybody just has to get? Not really. While it does post some nice scores in our benchmarks, they are not as blistering fast as we could have hoped. Sure, as the mid-range card, you really cannot expect it to beat every last generation card out there, especially when some of them cost many times as much as this one.

All in all this is one of those products, which sits in a fairly tough spot. On the other hand you can buy the HD5770 and be prepared for the future with DX11 (which I hope gives more than DX10), or you can buy an HD4890 or something equivalent for a smaller price, but the same performance in most cases.

Nonetheless I think that especially if you're considering to upgrade your computer right now, this is one of the graphics cards to think about. It has decent power consumption paired with nice performance.