AMD Cypress Graphics Accelerator Pictured

[MilkyWay]

The bigger cards get the bigger cases we need, the less room for air to flow around, simple really. I dont like the casing on that card (well it looks like casing to me), i dont like the plastic bits on the vents the red plastic bits, if it wasn't so Duplo kids chunky Lego looking it would be great because it looks like it has a purpose to let air in and out. Another thing is that big cards look like value for money but i prefer the small ones they used to make, just a little add in that gave a lot of performance, i think they should put more effort on reducing the size like they do with a die size.

 

[Anath]

alright the speculation can stop now. grab the details from here

wow i am seriously going to have to see the benefit price/performance wise if the 5870 releases for $399...kind of breaks my heart really

 

[btarunr]

The specs on ABT first surfaced on ChipHell about a month ago. The 32 ROP part is the only thing thought was improbable.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

HD 4890 Die size = 282 mm²

HD 5870 Die size = 330 mm²

Quite the size increase for a die shrink.

like they doubled it i believe this single comment should bring every heretic to silence

what do you think they packed in there? surely no gummi bears

 

[dir_d]

399....oh jesus my wallet. Looks like im gonna be buying a 5870 with AMD chip and OC the hell outta it to make up for the 100 difference i thought i was gonna spend.

 

[DaC]

80 Rops.... 1600 shadder.... 4800/850 memory/core, non crossdfire and people say it's about 4870x2 for $400,00... no way... if these specs are true...... 4870x2 won't even get close...

 

[TheLaughingMan]

The size in the picture compared to the PCI-e insert seems like the card will be about the same size as my GTX 260 Black. It even has the metal plate on the back for cooling and plugs on the outer side. If that is the case, I give it a 4.5/5 Stars. Big, but not too big.

 

[pantherx12]

Hey guys wouldn't smaller NM manufacturing + bigger die size = greater heat dissipation?

Maybe that's how they can make the exhaust vent so small without to much bother?

 

[Zubasa]

after seeing the covered part if the cooler my comments are

Frikking huge gpu for a 40nm process = A lot of performance or an epic fail

Reminds me of the HD 2900XT again....
That was the end of the Xtreme subfix :shadedshu
I guess it stands for extremely power hungry.

 

[A Cheese Danish]

Looks bloody epic! Still can't wait for the official release and benchmarks!
I like the vents!

 

[wiak]

NVIDIA

DX11 cards from ATi looks promising
625mhz core
1GB GDDR5 5Ghz 160 GB/s
1600 shaders
Triput (Dual DVI-D+HDMI+DisplayPort)

 

[wiak]

like they doubled it i believe this single comment should bring every heretic to silence

what do you think they packed in there? surely no gummi bears

not that big nvidia's GT200 aka GTX 280/260 is a wooping 576m2
ATI can make twice as many on a waffel than nvidia can

 

[wolf]

not that big nvidia's GT200 aka GTX 280/260 is a wooping 576m2
ATI can make twice as many on a waffel than nvidia can

lol, isn't that wafer

 

[TheLaughingMan]

lol, isn't that wafer

No, now lego my eggo!

 

[rampage]

it could probably cook waffles on it

 

[Steevo]

Increase for moar of what is good, die shrink for less of what is bad. And cooler cover to protect from prying eyes......

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

...Why is it so hideous? That is some of the cheapest looking plastic I've ever seen on a pc part. Those red vents look like shit you'd see on a happy meal in the 90s. Even without them the quality of the finish on the rest of it is so absurdly sub-par. I'm officially considering this card nonexistent until they fix the quality issue. Maybe glossing up the main body and removing the vents would require the least redesign effort.

 

[grunt_408]

...Why is it so hideous? That is some of the cheapest looking plastic I've ever seen on a pc part. Those red vents look like shit you'd see on a happy meal in the 90s. Even without them the quality of the finish on the rest of it is so absurdly sub-par. I'm officially considering this card nonexistent until they fix the quality issue. Maybe glossing up the main body and removing the vents would require the least redesign effort.

I am going to wait until I see Wizards review that will tell us for sure what it is like.

 

[KainXS]

not that big nvidia's GT200 aka GTX 280/260 is a wooping 576m2
ATI can make twice as many on a waffel than nvidia can

hell I wanna waffle, gimme ma waffel bi***

 

[Mr.Amateur]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder it seems...and I see it's beautiful~

So the 5870 is basically a single gpu 4870x2?

 

[grunt_408]

I am off to the shops all of this talk about waffles has made me hungry

 

[AsRock]

Big fan, long distance, little exit.

http://img.techpowerup.org/090909/Capture511.jpg

Poor design (for cooling efficiency).

It may well be that this card is SO ADVANCED that it runs cold and with a silent low speed fan in which case cooling is a moot point. (somehow I dont think so! LOL)

100% agree, I'm puzzled why they did not put the HDMI port and the display port were the DVI ports are as they could of opened the air out put of the card then.

Only real thing that comes to mind is to cut costs .

 

[aj28]

Would it blow your mind if I suggested the fan ran... Backwards!? =O

Anyway, I am largely against the high-end coolers made by both ATi and nVidia. Arctic Cooling's excuse (when they stopped manufacturing them to exhaust out the back, their primary selling point for the longest time) had to do with the air pressure difference between the inside of the case and the outside. It's certainly a thought, to be sure, though I'm pretty sure few (if any) people on this forum (including myself) are qualified to do much more than speculate on it.

Regardless though, death to those fans!! Why aren't the blades longer, anyway? Especially if they're going to utilize the side (or better yet the bottom) for intake, they don't need to leave that much space between the blades and the bearing.

 

[Ser-J]

Whoever says its going to be faster then 4870x2 is crazy

 

[grunt_408]

Whoever says its going to be faster then 4870x2 is crazy

Maybe so but will make you look like a fool if it is hey