Thursday, February 18th 2010
Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition Slated for March 11
AMD's Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition, a special variant of the Radeon HD 5870, is slated for release on the 11th of March, according to a recent report. The Eyefinity6 Edition makes use of the six TMDS signal lines of Radeon HD 5870 to drive six display-heads. On the connectivity front, there are six mini-DisplayPort connectors. Using the included dongles, the card can connect to six displays with full-HD resolution, which can then be merged using the ATI Eyefinity technology to form one or more Eyefinity display-heads. The GPU and memory use reference clock speeds of 850/1200 MHz (core/memory), while there is 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on board.
The other AMD product that AMD will be releasing a little sooner is the Radeon HD 5830, a performance-segment graphics card that aims at a sweet-spot price of somewhere between $150~$250, delivering performance in existing applications on par or better than the Radeon HD 4890, but with a lot more future-proofing, DirectX 11 compliance, Eyefinity support, and lower target energy draws. We expect the Radeon HD 5830 to have 1120 stream processors, and 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, and clock speeds of 800/1000 MHz (core/memory). The market release of Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 are strategically timed to coincide with those of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 400 series graphics cards.
Source:
DonanimHaber
The other AMD product that AMD will be releasing a little sooner is the Radeon HD 5830, a performance-segment graphics card that aims at a sweet-spot price of somewhere between $150~$250, delivering performance in existing applications on par or better than the Radeon HD 4890, but with a lot more future-proofing, DirectX 11 compliance, Eyefinity support, and lower target energy draws. We expect the Radeon HD 5830 to have 1120 stream processors, and 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, and clock speeds of 800/1000 MHz (core/memory). The market release of Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 are strategically timed to coincide with those of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 400 series graphics cards.
41 Comments on Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition Slated for March 11
It is not like a few mhz on the 5770 can't fix that.
they are a tad too expensive to me yet, even the displayport/dvi adaptors are a bit spicey
It really is that long :eek:
Possibly a picture of the upcoming 5970?
www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000048&Description=5970&name=Desktop%20Graphics%20/%20Video%20Cards
Here's the PCB comparison between Eyefinity6 and normal HD 5870 cards. They're of the same length.
edit: obviously not 4830 ...
I don't get the "eyefinity" hype? I use an LG L40 hi def 1080P 42" monitor. Why ruin that or compare that experience with three 20"+ monitors with borders? You will always see the borders! I guess that I just don't see the appeal of three or six monitors.:cool:
P.S. mere screen size ≠ screen resolution (and for some screen res is more important)
So if the 5830 is going to be in the 150-250 range maybe a good drop in price for the 5770 is coming? :toast:
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Guess the extra video outputs and ram require more amps.