The Radeon HD 5670 Guess what? ATI has yet another Radeon 5000 GPU up its sleeve, albeit on the budget end of the spectrum: the Radeon HD 5670. $100 buys you an almost completely silent, triple-monitor-capable budget gaming card.

　　The basic specs: 775MHz core clock, 400 Stream processors, and 512MB of memory clocked at 1GHz. It's basically half of a Radeon HD 5770, but it still manages to hold its own. Like other Radeon HD 5000 series cards, the 5670 is DirectX 11 capable and has the usual suite of features you'd expect: HDMI 1.3a support, DTS Master Audio, Dolby True HD, and Eyefinity. Although, if you're going to purchase an additional two monitors and bother to build a triple monitor gaming setup, do yourself a favor and get something with a bit more oomph.

　　The Radeon HD 5670 is tiny compared to the dual slot behemoth that is the Radeon HD 5970. It also doesn't need a power connector and has a maximum power consumption of 75W (minimum of 14W), so forget about having to upgrade your power supply.

　　Performance Charts Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 5670 doesn't exactly disappoint. The $100 card gets you gaming at 1920x1200 on all of the games we tested and with high-quality settings. Nvidia's direct competitor to the Radeon HD 5670 would be the GeForce GT 240, but we didn't have that on hand for testing. In its stead, we used the similarly priced GeForce 9800 GT 512MB, which comes in anywhere between $95 and $110. It outguns both the Radeon HD 5670 and the GeForce GT 240, but it's missing quite a few home-theater-oriented features, consumes more power, and generates more heat. Get the 9800 GT if all you care about is games. DirectX 11 is a nice feature for the Radeon HD 5670, but we don't consider it a must-have. However, should the home-theater features and Eyefinity support entice you, the Radeon HD 5670 is a good bet.