Tuesday, January 12th 2010
AMD Readies Radeon HD 5830, Seals Upper-Mainstream Gaps
Having reclaimed the positions of having the fastest graphics cards and the most powerful GPU with the DirectX 11 compliant Radeon HD 5000 series, AMD is looking to make DirectX 11 accessible to all market segments. Later this month, AMD is expected to announce its lower-mainstream Radeon HD 5600 products, but with it, also an addition to the Radeon HD 5800 series: the Radeon HD 5830. This product is expected to fill the gap between Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850.
The Radeon HD 5770 is priced in the sub-$200 range, while the HD 5850 at around $300. This gap is currently held by the previous-generation Radeon HD 4890, which faces competition from some NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 series products. It is expected that the Radeon HD 5830 will be about as powerful as a Radeon HD 4890 in current applications, while being priced slightly lower, and a little more competitive owing to its feature set and future-proofing. The new product could be announced on the 25th Jan. No additional details or specifications are known at this point.
Source:
Nordic Hardware
The Radeon HD 5770 is priced in the sub-$200 range, while the HD 5850 at around $300. This gap is currently held by the previous-generation Radeon HD 4890, which faces competition from some NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 series products. It is expected that the Radeon HD 5830 will be about as powerful as a Radeon HD 4890 in current applications, while being priced slightly lower, and a little more competitive owing to its feature set and future-proofing. The new product could be announced on the 25th Jan. No additional details or specifications are known at this point.
77 Comments on AMD Readies Radeon HD 5830, Seals Upper-Mainstream Gaps
and first post too!
'nuff said!
Only 5 series card that is cheaper then is equivalent.
The x8xx series meant 256-bit bus.Well, a 4890 is 19% faster than a 5770, so I would expect a 5770 with 256-bit bus to be ~20% faster.
A 5850 is 28% faster than a 4890.
So, if the 5830 is exactly like a 5770, but with the same bandwidth as a 4890, it should be pretty much in between (roughly 22% faster than a 5770), after adding about 3% for optimizations due to the HD5k series architecture and drivers over the 4890.
Lower power
Lower heat
Take a look at this thread (the last couple pages) for the trilinear optimization fix (not 100% sure about the whole thing, though):
forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=106814
I'll probably buy a 5K card sooner or later, since Fermi might be a furnace/leaf blower. :D
without product binning there really wouldnt be a tiered gpu system it would be 1 gpu or nothing because no company will make a specific arch to fill 1 market segment
But basically, pure fact: this certainly says nothing about improvement.