We know that ASUS is currently working on a custom version of AMD’s Radeon HD 5750 graphics card, but PowerColor beat them to the market by announcing one of the first non-reference cards of the HD 5700 series. The card is actually big brother HD 5770 and is called PLAY! HD5770. PowerColor has swapped AMD’s reference cooler for a more efficient model from cooling maker Arctic Cooling. With its copper base and relatively large 92mm fan the cooler will keep the circuit cooler but also make less noise.
PowerColor has relied on AMD’s reference clock frequencies with 850MHz PU frequency and 1GB GDDR5 clocked at 1200MHz (4800MHz effectively).
With three digital outputs, HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort, the card costs 159 USD.
