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

"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.

Supporting Resources

• Pictures: See photos of the ATI Radeon HD 5570 on Flickr
• Product page: ATI Radeon graphics product information
• Product page: Discover a new realm of panoramic computing with ATI Eyefinity technology
• Video: It's so easy to upgrade your PC's graphics, even a monkey can do it
• Video: See the performance difference DirectX 11 makes in EA Phenomic's BattleForge , on YouTube
• Video: Game developers share their thoughts on DirectX 11, on YouTube
• Learn more about DirectX 11: See the difference it can make, on AMD GAME!
• Twitter: Follow AMD graphics news on Twitter at @ATIGraphics
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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.

AMD Public Relations
Dave Erskine, 905-882-2600 x8477
dave.erskine@amd.com