Wednesday, September 9th 2009

AMD Cypress Graphics Accelerator Pictured

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btarunr
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Here's the first sighting of a fully-assembled upcoming AMD Cypress "Radeon HD 5870" accelerator. This photo-shoot comes a couple of days ahead of its unveiling to the press tomorrow. Here's our very first thoughts on what we see:
  • The accelerator is unusually long for a single-GPU one from AMD. The company wouldn't splurge too much on aesthetics (especially lengthening the PCB), if there's no need for it to do so. Apparently there is.
  • Connectivity options galore. With two DVI-D, and one each of DisplayPort and HDMI, AMD promises it can handle three display-heads per GPU.
  • The components behind the GPU area (exposed) indicates the GPU to be somewhat large
  • History tells us that AMD uses a backplate only if it finds a real utility in it, such as cooling additional memory chips or VRM components. This card has a large, almost full-coverage backplate.
What surfaced months ago on sources such as ChipHell, which was then ridiculed for accuracy, has finally taken shape. If anything, Cypress does look like it means business. Expect further details to be out soon. Cypress is codename for AMD's next-generation DirectX 11 compliant graphics processor in the high-performance segment.

* Images removed at request of AMD *
Source: Tweakers.net

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188 Comments on AMD Cypress Graphics Accelerator Pictured

#151
RoutedScripter
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NO info there on AMD unveiling. I was wondering what time the unveiling starts , but no luck. Cause I have GMT +1 , there is probably GMT -5 or more. Meh i have to wait till night.
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#152
TheMailMan78
Big Member
Benches can come later. I just want specs and prices damn it!

OT: I have 666 thanks :D
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#153
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
TheMailMan78Benches can come later. I just want specs and prices damn it!

OT: I have 666 thanks :D
OT: not anymore, bahaha.
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#154
TheMailMan78
Big Member
MusselsOT: not anymore, bahaha.
Bastard.
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#155
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
TheMailMan78Benches can come later. I just want specs and prices damn it!

OT: I have 666 thanks :D
It's up in that discussion thread. Sort of. With Crysis it's as fast as 2x HD 4890 CrossFire. Lower max fps, but higher min fps, according to ChipHell.
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#156
TheMailMan78
Big Member
btarunrIt's up in that discussion thread. Sort of. With Crysis it's as fast as 2x HD 4890 CrossFire. Lower max fps, but higher min fps, according to ChipHell.
Yeah I know but I would like hard facts ya know?
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#157
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
off topic, but is anyone else having issues with email notifications? in this thread, instead of taking me to the latest post it loops me to the previous page
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#158
ToTTenTranz
btarunrIt's up in that discussion thread. Sort of. With Crysis it's as fast as 2x HD 4890 CrossFire. Lower max fps, but higher min fps, according to ChipHell.
That wasn't according to Chiphell, but according to me (based on Chiphell's HD5870 benchmarks).

But my CPU is only a X3 720BE @ 3.3GHz, so the lower min fps from my CF setup could be because of that.
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#159
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
TheMailMan78Yeah I know but I would like hard facts ya know?
Then wait till the 23rd.
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#160
3870x2
newtekie1They make plenty of cards that fit in normal ATX cases.
Yeah, the Chrome 540GTX!
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#161
TheLaughingMan
raptoriyea where r the power slots and if you see this pic

img.techpowerup.org/090909/bta019.jpg

it doesn't seems to be PCI-E power slots it looks blocked or not opened all way to the fan.
The cut out section of this image in the upper left corner of the card is where the power plugs will be going. It will be in the same spot as most GTX cards. This picture seems like just the cooler and that is the only place I see for them to go.
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#162
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
TheLaughingManThe cut out section of this image in the upper left corner of the card is where the power plugs will be going. It will be in the same spot as most GTX cards. This picture seems like just the cooler and that is the only place I see for them to go.
i agree.

They'll be in that position, facing upwards. looks like enough space for 2x 8 pin
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#164
lemonadesoda


Stop whining. Look. Fixed. :D

PS. Look at your thanks give:take ratio! Tight bastard! LOL
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#165
W1zzard
i'm back and i secured some merchandise :D tomorrow: add gpuz support, amd has been quite helpful with providing info this time. hope this sets a good example for all gpu manufacturers red, green and blue :)

stay tuned for the 23th .. amd got some exciting stuff
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#166
erocker
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..and I got a new Casio calculator w/printer today. Woohoo.... :(

Very much looking forward to the new stuff W1zzard. :toast:
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#167
pantherx12
W1zzardi'm back and i secured some merchandise :D tomorrow: add gpuz support, amd has been quite helpful with providing info this time. hope this sets a good example for all gpu manufacturers red, green and blue :)

stay tuned for the 23th .. amd got some exciting stuff
Cool what merchandise?
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#168
grunt_408
W1zzardi'm back and i secured some merchandise :D tomorrow: add gpuz support, amd has been quite helpful with providing info this time. hope this sets a good example for all gpu manufacturers red, green and blue :)

stay tuned for the 23th .. amd got some exciting stuff
Cant wait :cool:. I see a few games are already in the works for DX11, DIRT 2 and Battlefield probly more but it looks promising to say the least.
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#169
ToTTenTranz
pantherx12Cool what merchandise?
Considering he'll add GPU-Z support to it tomorrow, I'd say it's.. erm.. a pair of sneakers?
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#170
aj28
From Anandtech...
Driving all of this is AMD's next-generation GPU, which will be announced later this month. I didn't leave out any letters, there's a single GPU driving all of these panels. The actual resolution being rendered at is 7680 x 3200; WoW got over 80 fps with the details maxed. This is the successor to the RV770. We can't talk specs but at today's AMD press conference two details are public: 2.15 billion transistors and over 2.5 TFLOPs of performance.
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#171
[I.R.A]_FBi
W1zzardi'm back and i secured some merchandise :D tomorrow: add gpuz support, amd has been quite helpful with providing info this time. hope this sets a good example for all gpu manufacturers red, green and blue :)

stay tuned for the 23th .. amd got some exciting stuff
is that merchandise vegetable matter perchance?
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#173
YinYang.ERROR
W1zzardi'm back and i secured some merchandise :D tomorrow: add gpuz support, amd has been quite helpful with providing info this time. hope this sets a good example for all gpu manufacturers red, green and blue :)

stay tuned for the 23th .. amd got some exciting stuff
Holy crap W1zzard! HOW DO YOU DO IT?!
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#174
TheLaughingMan
YinYang.ERRORHoly crap W1zzard! HOW DO YOU DO IT?!
He does favors for people. Favors we are not going to talk about.

...Lets just say they involves a Windows 98 reinstall. OH FOR SHAME!
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#175
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
KainXSit'll probably cost like 350 or 400
Yup about as much as youd Pay for a Radeon 9700 Pro or Radeon 9700 Pro All In Wonder in 2002, It was NV that screwed the prices up with 600 USD desktop cards that don't hold a candle light to the cheapest Professional Graphics Cards.
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