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The VisionTek Killer HD arrives in a white and red accented box, resplendent with WarHammer 40,000: Dawn Of War 2 graphics.
The bundle contains a video converter, power adapter cable, Crossfire connector and software disc, with drivers for both the graphics card and Killer E2100 networking adapter. Official AMD drivers also fully support the graphics hardware.
The card is supplied with a custom cooler and a Killer HD5770/Dawn Of War 2 sticker. If you look carefully under the raised cooler the Killer Nic chip can be seen.
The memory on the card is Elpida W1032BABG which is rated at 1ns with speeds up to 5.0Gbps.
The card features two dual link DVI-I ports, single HDMI with audio support, and a 10/100/1000 LAN connection. The card requires a single 6 pin PCIe connector for power.
The cooler is substantial with aluminum fins protruding from the copper base.
The card is based around a traditional red PCB with the Juniper core offset to the right of the board design, leaving room for the KillerNic E2100 to the left. The PCB design is very clean with good placement, allowing the large fan to cool all the components.
The card is clocked at AMD's recommended reference speeds. 850mhz on the core and 1200mhz (4800mhz effective) via the GDDR5 memory. This memory interface is 128bit.
Above, we can see the VisionTek Killer HD5770 positioned next to the Bigfoot Killer 2100 NIC. It certainly is a space saving feature to have it embedded into the graphics card.
Thats a pretty good product, especially if you need a new gfx and your onboard lan is crap (like mine). I have a HD5770 already and I like it, I only game at weekends and ive found its fine, even with the newer engines on my tv.
Nice product, I like the cooler design, its rather funky looking. HD5770 is a good card, slightly overshadowed by the 460, although with the recent price drops to under 100 quid, its one of the finest value products on the market.
How would I get this into the UK: wouldnt customs be costly?
Finally a good review of this. no one else reviewed it ! Dont know how you guys do it being a Uk site, but kudos!
I want a replacement for my 5450 and I need a good lan card, been waiting for this for ages. just ordered it of newegg as it was 15 bucks less than Dells page which I had my eye on for a month.
thanks!
Yeah I saw Dell are selling this for $205 in the states. 15 bucks less on newegg, which is great.
Didnt powercolor do something similar? im sure its available in UK ?
HD5770 was a great board, its a bit long in the tooth now, although after seeing this one, I can see visiontek are offering something a little different, which is very cool. Like it.
They need to offer the Killer nic on something like a 6950 or 6870,.
I bought one of these for WOW and its transformed my clan games. love it.
Any ideas if they plan to bring this out in any other of their range? I like the idea, but the 5770 wont do what I need.
Great idea, id love to try the Killer NIC myself, but id be downgrading my card. and I dont fancy another slot gone for the dedicated card.
6970 and 6950 please chaps 🙂 Wonder why sapphier or XFX dont do it.
hello kitguru,
question, when if your GTX560 review going to come up? Also could you compare it to the EvGA FTW 460 or OC a GTX460 to those levels.