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The XFX HD5750 XXX card is shipped in a stylishly designed box with adheres to the current ‘robotic' theme which the company use with most of their products.
The inner box shows the card encased in a durable plastic coating. The other side has the name of the company, and detailed below …yes, in case you weren't aware … you just bought a graphics card.
The bundle contains a power adapter, a ‘Do not disturb' sign, a driver CD and various literature to help with installation. Although our very early bundle didnt ship with a game, XFX are supplying a free copy of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which you can access from Steam. Getting a free game with a £95 video card is rather unusual and certainly adds value to the package.
In complete contrast to the Powercolor low profile card on the last page, the XFX HD5750 is a flat, fat card. It is a single slot design and will be ideal for people with smaller chassis. Unlike the Powercolor card there is a Crossfire Connector.
The rear is home to two (pink and rather pretty) dual link DVI ports and a mini displayport for added connectivity. The card, like all others on test today only requires a single 6 pin power connector.
This is a custom design by XFX which they have used before on their single slot HD5770 card. Hopefully the noise levels are just as good.
The heatsink on the XFX card also cools the memory around the GPU core which is a bonus.
Two very different designs from XFX and Powercolor as you can see in the images above. The XFX card is flatter and broader and the PowerColor design is thin and deeper.
It is really good to see lower end cards reviewed here, the high end boards are great, but I doubt many people can afford them.
That XFX board is great. looks like a bargain to me.
This market is really so friggin sweet right now. anyone with a semi decent sized monitor, this is all they need. im not a gaming fanatic so maybe people wouldnt agree.
Nah its a good point Tom. if someone has a 1920×1200 screen, a 460GTX is all they need, unless they want crazy performance. 1080p, or 1680 then the cards on test today are great. the low end is so strong right now, it has to be killing high end cards sales.
I actually might pick one of these up for my kid brother for christmas. we are all putting a system together for him. cant believe how good the performance is for the price.
XFX and Sapphire, only cards to buy IMO
450GTS is good but I dont think its a dominating product like the 460 was. its killed 5830, and even hurt 5850’s. The 450 is a good board but the overclocked ATI cards are really going punch for punch.
I like that single slot design. the powercolor card is different but the shape looks weird.
Fantastic review, loads of detail and useful info.
wonder how long it will be for other sites to copy the return to idle concept 😉
GTS450 is a good card but I agree, it isnt dominating like the 460 is. the price is good and I like evga, this would be my choice out of the three, mainly cause I dont like catalyst.
@ Tri Color – Catalyst is great now, not a problem, I wouldnt let the drivers put you off the hardware.
@ Stefan – nah, they still suck. my buddy has a 5850 and the cat alyst 10.8 broke his HDMI scaling and every time he boots up he has to fix it. same with Cat 10.9. they are still a poor driver compared to nvidia forceware.