The ATI radeon HD5550 is mainly aimed towards the budget minded casual gamers, small form factors, home theatre pc and also for some low end professional work. With this card you get to have a small system like a HTPC with minimal noise levels and is mostly preferred nowadays due to their portability. It comes with directx 11 support and shader model 5.0, which are always a plus point for people who want to upgrade from older dying cards. For gamers it is not one of the jaw dropping cards but one can always overclock it and gain a few FPS in games and graphics applications. It is best to use this card with displays upto 22”(Resolution:1280x1024 to 1680x1050) for gaming as it simply cannot handle higher resolutions when anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering are taken into account and it can also be used to watch HD videos up to a resolution of 1920x1200. Finally, when combined with its $70 price tag it becomes a wonderful bargain and at the end of the day it is going to make you feel happy because you have made a great purchase. (NOTE: Do not buy the ddr2 version of this card, as it performs much slower than the ddr3 and ddr5 versions).
Sapphire HD5550 512mb gddr5 with display port
Powercolor 5550 1gb ddr3
Pros
· Price vs performance
· DX 11 and shader model 5.0 support
· Ideal for HTPCS and casual gamers
· Overclocking
· Display-port
· Low power requirement
Cons
· Not for Heavy gamers and lacks performance at high settings
· Low price difference(~$20) to the better performing ATI 5670
NOTE: The features mentioned above may vary according to different manufacturers' models.
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