Sponsor: ASUS

Price: 139.99 @ NewEgg

Author: Tony Day

Published: Thu, Jul-01-2010

Asus EAH 5750 Formula

One of the biggest differences between the Asus EAH 5750 Formula and other reference HD 5750 cards is the heatsink/cooler design. Asus states that the Formula's heatsink/cooler design will give you a 13% increase in cooling power when compared to the reference designed ATI 5750 coolers. This will not only allow your card to run cooler, but it should give the card a little more overclocking potential. With the Formula 1 racing appearance, the cooler offers a more efficient design by utilizing air pressure as well as providing better airflow over the improved heatsink design.

  Looking at the retail box, we can see that Asus wants to provide the would be purchaser with as much information as they can. On the front we see Asus is boldly stating that the card runs 13% cooler, just under the model name we see that it has 1GB of GDDR5 memory, supports HDMI, supports Direct X 11 and it runs under the Xtreme Design series. On the rear of the box we have a more detailed feature list along with the system requirements. Across the inside we find more details on the cooling solution. The card and its components are neatly tucked away ensuring that the product reaches its destination without any problems.

  Here we have a good look at the cooling solution on the Asus EAH 5750 Formula. While it does have a unique look to it, they have the added cooling performance. The card does require the use of two slots in the system and only requires one PCI-E connection. Another area where the EAH 5750 Formula varies from the reference design is in the output options. The EAH 5750 offers a DVI, a D-Sub, and a HDMI port, while the reference design offers 2 DVI ports, a HDMI port, and a Display port.

Features:

ASUS Exclusive Formula Fansink:

 - 13% Cooler than generic Radeon HD5750
 - Aerodynamic Cover Design
 - Micro Surface Treatment Technology
 - Durable Dust-proof Fan Design

ASUS Splendid:

 - Watching movies on PC is as good as on Top-of-the-line consumer television.

ASUS Gamer OSD:

 - Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game!

ASUS Smart Doctor:

 - Your intelligent hardware protection and overclocking tool.

Graphics GPU Features:

 - ATI Radeon™ HD 5750 GPU
 - Microsoft® DirectX®11 & OpenGL® support
 - Microsoft® Windows 7 Ready
 - Dual DVI Support
 - ATI CrossFire Support

I/O Specifications:

 - PCI-Express 2.1
 - 2 DVI-I (HDMI to DVI-I)
 - VGA
 - HDCP Compliant
 - HDMI (Native)

Specifications:

Graphics Engine	ATI Radeon HD 5750
Video & Color Engine	Asus Slendid HD
Bus Standard	PCI Express 2.1
Video Memory	GDDR5 1G
Engine Clock	700 MHz
Memory Clock	4.6 GHz (1150 MHz DDR5)
RAMDAC	400 MHz
Memory Interface	128-bit
D-Sub Max Resolution	2048 x 1536
DVI Max Resolution	2560 x 1600
D-Sub Output	Yes x 1
DVI Output	Yes x 2 (via HDMI to DVI adaptor x 1)
HDMI Output	Yes x 1
HDCP Support	Yes
BIOS	16 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a
Manageability	WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME,PXE
Adaptor/Cable Bundled	1 x CrossFire Cable 1 x Power Cable 1 x HDMI to DVI Adaptor
Software Bundled	ASUS Utilities & Drivers
Size	7.18 inch x 4.65 inch