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Hardware ATI Radeon HD 5870 Architecture Analysis

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Claave, 30 Sep 2009.

  1. Claave

    Claave You Rebel scum

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  2. Rotcrack

    Rotcrack Food Maestro.

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    I really like how it consumes alot less power, while increasing performance in leaps and strides. The DX11 is sure to increase this performance even more when it is implemented in games.
     
  3. frontline

    frontline Punish Your Machine

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    Nice article, look forward to seeing the 5850 review :)
     
  4. Isitari

    Isitari Minimodder

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    Can anybody from Bit-tech or the community recommend a guide to all the technical information in this article. I am really interested about how GPUs function and after Page 8 it makes very little sense(and I'm a Physicist) to me as you assume a very large amount of technical knowledge and it would be helpful if you linked what these parts of the GPU actually do on a more basic level first.

    Many thanks,

    Isitari.
     
  5. frontline

    frontline Punish Your Machine

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  6. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    All I can say is thank you ATI, Im tired of having to get bigger more power hungry graphics cards and large psu ~_~, thank you ATI for actually refining the cards and making them more efficient.
     
  7. bowman

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    Why hasn't AMD released any Evergreen die shots :mad:
     
  8. Adnoctum

    Adnoctum Kill_All_Humans

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    +1

    I suppose more demanding games are just around the corner, but graphics cards are currently extremely powerful for the resolutions most people game at.

    I would like a little extra effort to start lowering power consumption like AMD and Intel have been doing with CPUs and chipsets, and even other component manufacturers.
    And although I'd love to be able to say I'd go for the lower power option, the truth probably is that I'd really go for the bang-for-buck performance card and ignore power consumption unless it was stupidly high. Like I did with my last graphics card. :sigh:
     
  9. TESCO-Zsömle

    TESCO-Zsömle What's a Dremel?

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    I'm realy intrested about the heat and noise of the HD5870 Eyefinity Edition. Theoretically ti must have better resulrs then the simpe HD5870, because it haves twice the exhaust mesh, so the air can get out more easily.
     
  10. thehippoz

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    very nice article.. objective and well written thanks tim =]

    less power, more frames, good aa.. nvidia is probably shakin in they boots trying to jerry rig something up.. dunno how they can beat <30w idle :D

    tim or bindi could probably help you out there.. probably pick up the ati christmas, lookin at lucid too

    [​IMG] + [​IMG]
     
  11. Tyinsar

    Tyinsar 6 screens 1 card since Nov 17 2007

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    Despite all the promise of Eyefinity I'm still a little leery because of my experience with the 4870.

    Will the version with 2 DVI ports support spanned mode on my 2 TripleHead2Go units in XP, Vista & 7? My 260GTX works but only in XP because Vista killed that driver feature.:wallbash: The 4870 I had couldn't do even that.

    BTW, thanks for the in depth article - always a strength of Bit-Tech.:rock:
     
  12. quake1-rules

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    Thanks for the article.
     
  13. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    Very nice article, Tim! Hope you've been counting plenty of electric sheep jumping over a stile after that lot.
     
  14. Darkraven

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    Does any of this advancement, like Eyefinity, have benifits for the military ? I have no clue what technology goes into their simulators so just wondering.
     
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    Holy crap I am glad I don't live in the UK. How does the price jump up from $380 in the us to roughly $480 in the UK? At $380 I might buy this card but at the UK price I can't imagine it being worth it to buy it now, though I guess people who are picking this card up aren't worried about the price.
     
  16. Star*Dagger

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    One word: The ATI Radeon HD 5870 X2 !!!!!

    The card reviewed here is King of the Hill, but he is merely the Herald for a whole new level of obsession, X2!!!!

    6 monitors!!! thousands of pixels by thousands of pixels!! Immersion!!!

    All hail AMD/ATI !!!!

    This card (5870) will be great for people who want a mid to high end card, but verily I say unto you, the Messiah is the 5870x2!!!

    I am looking forward to Samsungs bezel-free monitors.

    *Goes to calculator and madly figures out how many pixels 6 monitors will yield*

    Muhahaha!!!

    Yours in Delirious Eyefinity Plasma,
    Star*Dagger
     
  17. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    I think you'll have to wait until Nvidia makes something to create a decent final verdict.
     
  18. fabler

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    Its very good article. But we have to wait for nVidia's directX 11 compatible cards as elton said in above post. Unfortunately they've not launched DX10.1 cards also. Anybody thinks that purchasing ATI card will work fine with games having nVidia's physX support.
     
  19. stonedsurd

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    Exactly. Come Black Friday, nVidia should have their beasties out and the price war should drive prices of the single-GPU flagships nearer to $300.
    Then the value/performance equation will decide a winner. By then we ought to have a fresh round of benches on DX11 software (Win7) and games as well.
     
  20. frontline

    frontline Punish Your Machine

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    Unfortunately we always end up paying over-inflated prices on PC components over here, at least on new hardware. The GTX 280 was retailing at an average price of £340 in July 2008 (according to BT's graphics card roundup in July 08). A bit of competition will no doubt drive the price down, although the VAT rate is going back up to 17.5% as of Jan 2010....
     
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