Ati 5730

Why does this show as ATi 5700 series on the SXPS 1645?

 

ATI likes to call their stuff by the series name, for example, a snippet from a driver release:

The following notebook graphics products are supported in this release:
■ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
■ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5700 Series
■ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5600 Series
■ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
■ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5100 Series
■ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4800 Series
■ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4600 Series

 

But my 4670 and 3670 all said their respective names, not series.

 

I believe the the

*7**
*8**

All say series name even for the desktop versions. My friend has an ati 4870 in his desktop it reports 4800 series. He had a 4670 before it reported 4670. IDK why it does this but it does

 

With ATI's newest naming convention:

The first number is the generation. Different generations usually involve some significant changes, like a smaller production process (the smaller the process, the cheaper to produce, the less power consumed, and the less heat produced), or a new generation of DirectX. For example, 4 generation is 55nm and DirectX 10.1, 5 generation is 40nm and DX 11.

The second number is the series
8= high end, 7= mid-high end, 6= mainstream, 5 and below = budget. Note that the biggest gap in performance is between 5 and 6 series, making anything 5 or below mostly useless for modern gaming (at least on laptops).

The third number is the model in the series, with the higher the number the better. Usually different models in the same series are the same chip, just different clock rates. This can also apply cross-series, as the 5730 is just a higher clocked 5650.

The last number is usually 0, but may be 5 if they release a mid-generation update to existing parts.

So 5700 series can mean the 5730, 5750, or 5770, but on the XPS 1645 it's just another way of saying 5730 (no laptops currently use the 5750 or 5770).

 

I am quite familiar with the ati and nvidia naming structures..... I'm at stating as personal experience from what i have seen. ALL *7** and *8** i have seen stare *700 or *800 series they don't list the specific card

 

I put the info out there for everybody's general awareness. Besides, I had a Lenovo Y560 with a 5730 (which I promptly returned because of it's super crappy screen and laundry list of bugs ), and it specifically stated "5730" in the drivers, the device manager, and the catalyst control center, not just "5700".