Is AMD Planning an Upgraded HD 5670?

Posted 05/17/2010 at 11:07am | by Paul Lilly

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For entry-level folk, AMD's HD 5670 videcards sell for as little as $90 shipped on Newegg, and even lower if you factor in those annoying mail-in-rebates. What you get in return is a serviceable card for light graphics duties with the following reference specs:

• 400 stream processors
• 775MHz core clockspeed
• 4000MHz memory clockspeed (effective)
• 128-bit memory bus
• 4Gb/s data rate

That's not going to blow the side panel off your custom built rig, but will be plenty sufficient for Peggle and other casual gaming chores, as well as more demanding games at lower resolutions (see our performance review here). Now here's where things get interesting. Chinese website Inpai.com seems to believe it has it on good authority that AMD will release an upgraded version of the HD 5670. From what the site knows so far, the beefed up model will sport 640 stream processors instead of the 400 found on the reference design, while the core clockspeed will drop slightly to 750MHz. Everything else looks to remain the same.

If true, and if the price doesn't get jacked up, HD 5670 could suddenly become a very compelling option in the sub-$100 graphics category.

Image Credit: inpai.com