We finally figured out out the final specification of the chip that we called RV870 and the fact that AMD plans to call it Radeon HD 5870 doesn’t come as a big surprise. The chip works at 800MHz and has 1600 shaders, two times more than RV770 which indicates that the chip is two times faster than the year old RV770.
The chip has as many as 2.1 billion transistors and is more than twice the number the RV770 packs, which has 956 million transistors. The card uses GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.3GHz (5.2GHz in quad mode) and can provide more than 150GB/second bandwidth. The power of this card stays at 180W while in idle the power drops down to 27W, three times less than the 90W on 4870.
By a rough specification-based estimate, the Radeon HD 5870 could end up two times faster than the Radeon HD 4870 but realistically, you should expect the new card to be faster by about 60 percent across the board.
Link (http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15436/1/)
Mighty impressive looking if I do say so myself. :)
Pr⊕phet
11-09-2009, 07:40 PM
hopefully without the powerplay bug features ;)
Gradius
11-09-2009, 07:58 PM
this is some serious card :O
Tinman
12-09-2009, 07:02 PM
I have the only one in SA :D
Unfortunately, I cant say anything more for now. Fudzilla is breaking a media embargo by publishing this information. I guess when you are as big as them you can do what you want :)
_Caboose_
12-09-2009, 07:04 PM
We hate u tincan..........
and u most prob got it for free as well :mad:
Lets start a mutiny :mad:
Isengard
12-09-2009, 10:44 PM
That's really awesome Tinman! :D
When can we expect to see a review?
Gradius
13-09-2009, 12:24 PM
Quoting directily from interwebs...
The Radeon HD 5870 1GB should sell for $399 at launch, while Radeon HD 5870 2GB should sell for $449. At the same time, the slower Radeon HD 5850 with 1GB memory will sell for $299. The launch date for all three cards is September 23rd in Europe whereas in the US we are talking about the 22nd.
Isengard
13-09-2009, 01:15 PM
My 8800GT might finally have found it's replacement. Still waiting on nVidia's DX11 cards too though.
Gradius
13-09-2009, 01:19 PM
I would wait till dec time, when hopefully it would be a bit lower. But I doubt it, investing into a 4870 now which goes for +-R1400 is still a good upgrade for a few year :)
Isengard
13-09-2009, 01:29 PM
Yeah, but still not enough of a performance increase IMO. I'll probably wait until middle of next year still, when prices of even the 5870 should have come down a bit. My 8800GT is still serving me quite well as it stands. Playing Crysis on High setting at 30+ fps is more than good enough for me atm. :)
ZenbaaS
13-09-2009, 03:44 PM
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1069/1/
AMD is showing off a brand new technology today called Eyefinity (press release). AMD's next-generation of DirectX 11 graphics cards come with support for up to to six independent displays, which allows you the ability to connect anywhere from one to six displays to just one video card. AMD says that the experience is unlike anything you have ever seen before. This is because using six 30" LCD displays will give you an insane 7680x3200 pixel resolution for gaming! This setup is capable of 268 Megapixels!
I'd never get used to those lines cutting through the image.
Pr⊕phet
13-09-2009, 04:46 PM
I'd never get used to those lines cutting through the image.
exactly. rather get one big ******** screen without the lines cutting :D
ZenbaaS
13-09-2009, 10:12 PM
I'd never get used to those lines cutting through the image.
Me neither :p but I might just learn to live with it if it looked like this:D:
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1069/amd_eyefinity_system.jpg
They got WoW to run at 80fps at that resolution with max detail settings, granted it's WoW but that's still not bad at all.
HANDsolo
14-09-2009, 01:32 PM
Want. The GFX card not the multi display setup. I'll just get a big screen TV.
Toxin
14-09-2009, 01:49 PM
Me neither :p but I might just learn to live with it if it looked like this:D:
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1069/amd_eyefinity_system.jpg
I vote for Toxins bottom screen :D damn that screen is WAAYY better :)
HANDsolo
14-09-2009, 04:42 PM
What's the dimensions of that thing?
Gradius
14-09-2009, 06:19 PM
MAn, If i had that to play Crysis on :O
Isengard
14-09-2009, 07:10 PM
I vote for Toxins bottom screen :D damn that screen is WAAYY better :)
+1
It's my dream screen. :D
Gradius
14-09-2009, 07:10 PM
I don't think i would go to work for awhile. I want to play crysis/S.T.A.L.K.E.R on that max everything..... -faints
Isengard
14-09-2009, 07:26 PM
I'd live in that screen forever. :D
Gradius
14-09-2009, 07:27 PM
And have little 26" LCd babies? :p
Toxin
15-09-2009, 07:53 AM
What's the dimensions of that thing?
A resolution of 2880x900. Dimensions equivalent to two 24" widescreen monitors standing end-to-end.
It's a DLP rear projection on a curved screen monitor, with OLED illumination. Response time = 02ms. :eek:
But this was a prototype in built for CES '08. It was supposed to be available in the beginning of this year but nothing has been heard since it was shown at CES.
You can really see from this angle just how big this thing is:
http://dvice.com/pics/Alienware-curve2.jpg
HANDsolo
15-09-2009, 03:56 PM
A resolution of 2880x900. Dimensions equivalent to two 24" widescreen monitors standing end-to-end.
It's a DLP rear projection on a curved screen monitor, with OLED illumination. Response time = 02ms. :eek:
But this was a prototype in built for CES '08. It was supposed to be available in the beginning of this year but nothing has been heard since it was shown at CES.
You can really see from this angle just how big this thing is:
http://dvice.com/pics/Alienware-curve2.jpg
omg it's a fatty. When they gonna bring out a flat screen version?
Toxin
15-09-2009, 04:19 PM
They haven't even brought this one out yet! :rolleyes:
ZenbaaS
22-09-2009, 12:16 PM
So today is release day...any further benchies out....?
Voicy
22-09-2009, 12:57 PM
I would wait till dec time, when hopefully it would be a bit lower. But I doubt it, investing into a 4870 now which goes for +-R1400 is still a good upgrade for a few year :)
Wait - which do I go for now? The 4850 @ R1220 or the 4870? Also - what chipset one do I go for, because it seems XFX is more expensive than Connect 3D etc.
Btw, nice one Tincan! Hope you enjoy it :D
Tinman
22-09-2009, 01:12 PM
All info on the HD5870 is still under embargo until the 23rd
Gradius
22-09-2009, 01:14 PM
Wait - which do I go for now? The 4850 @ R1220 or the 4870? Also - what chipset one do I go for, because it seems XFX is more expensive than Connect 3D etc.
Btw, nice one Tincan! Hope you enjoy it :D
Voicy, you told me you only have R1200 to spend. Hence why I never mentioned the HD4870 price :)
Degaron
22-09-2009, 01:35 PM
only reason why I wont go for ATI is becuase at this moment it offers no PHysx Support and most of the games are now depended on that.
But ill keep my eye on this one.
looks interresting.
Gradius
22-09-2009, 01:41 PM
IMO, PhysX hasn't had the impact it thought it would be. Much of it is still handled by the CPU. I'm awaiting OpenCL and Havok to see how they bring it to the market :)
Isengard
22-09-2009, 10:22 PM
OpenCL might just be a death blow to Physx. Closed standards like that are easily killed off. I have my Physx set to off in the control panel.