Introduction

Gaming has come a long way over the years. I can remember back to early days of my childhood when I was playing old school Atari. The graphics were far from impressive by today’s standards, but at the time they were pretty great. As the years went by, the graphics improved from Nintendo’s Mario Bros, to PC Wolfenstein 3D, to Doom 1 through 3, all the way up to present day. As the generations of gaming systems and PC components and graphics engines passed, the realism of the games continued to mature and grow. Each period in game development saw an increase of the abilities for 3D rendering and the realistic nature of the environments being played in.

We are now entering a new era with the introduction of Direct X 11 and the cards being released that support it. We are on the cusp of some great new technologies within the PC gaming realm with the release of Windows 7 this October. Everything is gearing up to provide the next generation in gaming realism with a level of elegance that has yet to be attained with previous Direct X support and graphics hardware. Physics rendering, with attention to the 3D interaction with the environment, has come along way and with the introduction of Direct X 11, the sky is now the limit. Currently at the forefront of this new wave is ATI and it’s partners, such as Power Color.

The PowerColor ATI Radeon 5770 is one of the first Direct X 11 graphics card to come from the company. The PowerColor ATI Radeon 5770 is a mainstream card bringing excellent gaming power to the mainstream user. This Direct X 11 card brings the latest in graphics rendering and technology to users of all budgets, with excellent levels of graphical power built into the card.