ATI Radeon HD 5870

	Quick review
	Frame buffer:		1GB, 4.8Gbps
	Core clock speed:		850MHz
	Max. Resolution:		3x2560x1600
	DirectX support:		DirectX 11
	Bus interface:		PCIE 2.1 x16

   

 

 

 

It seems like there is a lot of new products innovated currently especially from Microsoft which is the new OS, Windows 7 will be released on 22nd October 2009. Windows 7 integrated with DirectX 11.
To support this, here come with the world's first graphics chip which supports Microsoft's new DirectX 11 API, ATI Radeon HD 5870, from AMD. The Radeon HD5870 is extremely drawing all the attentions from the game developers to start on moving their focus onto developing games that implement many of DirectX 11's new features. It is undoubtedly the fastest, most complex and most feature-rich GPU on this planet today which support DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1, OpenCL 1.0(and potentially OpenCL 1.1, pending driver certification).
Lastly, will ATI Radeon HD5870 replace the legendary of NVidia, GeForece 8800GTX? No one could ever answer that specifically and all that we can do now is keep track on their developments.

All we know is continue play the game and await Nvidia to fight back.

 

 

Full specifications
Frame buffer:		1GB, 4.8Gbps
Core clock speed:		850MHz
Max. Resolution:		3x2560x1600
DirectX support:		DirectX 11
Bus interface:		PCIE 2.1 x16
Memory type:		GDDR5
Memory interface:		256 bit
Anti-aliasing:		8x SGSSAA, 24x CFAA

 

• 2.15 billion 40nm transistors
• Consist of display port, HDMI, DVI

System requirements

• 6-pin connector required
• PCIE x16 graphic card available on motherboard
• 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCIE power connectors
• Minimum 1GB of system memory

For driver and AMD support purpose, please visit AMD official website.

 

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