Connectivity. I think it is safe to say that we can leave the explanation of single and dual-link DVI behind us. It is incredible to see how much connectivity this card can deal with. With the standard reference Radeon HD 5700 series cards we already have four digital connectors at our disposal, we spot two DVI, an HDMI and a DisplayPort connector.

If you like to go 3x 2560x1600 or 4x 1920x1080 ? Dude, not an issue. It's that kind of flexibility I like very much, something the competition does not offer.

Here we have flipped the card around once more and look at the top side. Let's zoom in a little on the memory. H5G indicates gDDR5 memory. The T2C indicates 2.5 GHz = 5.0 GHz effective -- though we where able to take it towards 5600 MHz.

At the rear side of that rounded curve on the card we see two air intakes. The card is designed in such a manner that it will take in air from inside your PC and exhaust the heated air outside the PC.

As always we recommend you to have a well ventilated PC with at least a 120mm intake and exhaust. Create some airflow fellas, really important.

We feel it is quite respectable how ATI managed to deal with the power envelope. Remember, performance has doubled up, plus we have some new gadgets on-board. Meanwhile the power consumption maxes out at just 108 Watts for the Radeon HD 5770. As such one 6-pin power connector is all you need to connect, delivering 75 Watts, adding up to 150 Watts (75W through the PCIe slot).

And here we have a single card all pimped out in our way too expensive test system. Looks good alright.