AMD Cypress ''Radeon HD 5870'' Stripped

[KainXS]

That's an Nvidia GPU. AMD seems to be in the business of allowing de-activated stuff back online lately Even Nvidia cards unlocked some pipelines back in the day... 6800 series or something, but you know that.
Remains to see if the cores are laser-cut or just inactive... and I expect you guys to let us know first hand since it will be some time 'til I get my hands on a DirectX 11 card.

removed

 

[pr0n Inspector]

the holes, they are just like those on nvidia coolers, except these have hilarious red rings.

 

[air_ii]

I figured it would a be faster. Just not sure it would be worth selling them considering they run everything now maxed out. Honestly I can't think of any real advantage to the new 5800 series if you already have one of the 4800 series other than DX11.

Twice the perf/W?

 

[Hayder_Master]

yeah at last , 32 ROP'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[wolf]

yeah at last , 32 ROP'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I hear that, their first 32 ROP card, it should be a beast

Majorly want to get my mits on a 2gb Eyefinity 5870

 

[Scrizz]

ewww mits lol

 

[lemode]

I kind of like the eyefinity idea of the 3x1 Portrait Display scenario now all i need to do is shell out $ for 2 more 27 inch monitors! This effectively makes Matrox head2go obsolete for home PC use imo.

 

[erocker]

So if I have three monitors and each use DVI or HDMI, will I be able to hook all three up using the two DVI and HDMI outputs of the 5870? If so, that would be great since you can pick up 3 1080p monitors for around $450 bucks.

 

[grunt_408]

Thats the way it looks. I wanted to set up multi screen for gaming around a year ago but didnt want to pay the extra for a tripple head to go. Now I just need a 5870 and 2 more 24" screens and I will be able to play GRID on 3 screens yay.
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx

 

[lemode]

So if I have three monitors and each use DVI or HDMI, will I be able to hook all three up using the two DVI and HDMI outputs of the 5870? If so, that would be great since you can pick up 3 1080p monitors for around $450 bucks.

look like you will need a DisplayPort connector for the 3rd

 

[WarEagleAU]

That looks bad ass and huge. Id love to get one, and Im not even mad about the price, but its the size of that baby that scares me, even with my HAF!

 

[Frizz]

tbh i don't like the eyefinity idea, playing 1 game on like 6 - 9 different monitors.. would be like playing a game with 30%+ of the image being the gaps between the monitors. I bet you'll spend just as much on a 40 inch 1080p LCD with that many monitors.

 

[lemode]

tbh i don't like the eyefinity idea, playing 1 game on like 6 - 9 different monitors.. would be like playing a game with 30%+ of the image being the gaps between the monitors. I bet you'll spend just as much on a 40 inch 1080p LCD with that many monitors.

i love the idea...fraps doesn't show the monitor lines...just a really wide image of your screen resolution...note i hate the game shown i am just illustrating a point

 

[jessicafae]

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx

If we look at the fine print on the bottom of the official Eyefinity page, ATi says
1) Driver version 8.66 (Catalyst 9.10) or above is required to support ATI Eyefinity technology and to enable a third display you require one panel with a DisplayPort connector.

So either this means they worked Eyefinity into the drivers a long time ago, or that this is mainly a hardware tweak on the Evergreen cards. But it almost certainly means that Eyefinity will not be available on older cards (4xxx series for example). The other interesting bit is that fact that it requires DisplayPort for more than two displays. I think that is why all the demos used those displayport to DVI(?) adaptors

image source part of LegitReview article

 

[Scrizz]

hmmm

 

[lemode]

So either this means they worked Eyefinity into the drivers a long time ago, or that this is mainly a hardware tweak on the Evergreen cards. But it almost certainly means that Eyefinity will not be available on older cards (4xxx series for example). The other interesting bit is that fact that it requires DisplayPort for more than two displays. I think that is why all the demos used those displayport to DVI(?) adaptors
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1069/amd_eyefinity_displaylink.jpg
image source part of LegitReview article

i wonder how many if any DisplayPort connector they will include with the retail eyefinity ed.

 

[jessicafae]

If we look at the fine print on the bottom of the official Eyefinity page, ATi says
1) Driver version 8.66 (Catalyst 9.10) or above is required to support ATI Eyefinity technology and to enable a third display you require one panel with a DisplayPort connector.

i wonder how many if any DisplayPort connector they will include with the retail eyefinity ed.

I think the pictures we saw of the standard cards like
http://www.techpowerup.com/?101730

shows 2 DVI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 HDMI which I think will be the standard configuration. So three display Eyefinity with 2DVI +1DisplayPort or DVI+HDMI+DisplayPort but not 2DVI+HDMI. At least that is what the fine print is implying.
The big question is whether a DisplayPort->DVI cable will allow 3 DVI monitors to do 3way Eyefinity?

 

[erocker]

If the DisplayPort output is needed, I hope there is some sort of an adapter if that is even a possibility. I definitely want to try three monitors.

 

[Bo_Fox]

This version above (presumably the 2GB version) shows a full slot of exhaust, not a narrow one like in some other pictures..

Well, if the final "reference" board is going to ship with a narrow exhaust slot opening, then I guess it would be because the card is indeed going to run cool enough after all. I can vividly remember my X1900XTX exhausting a strong flow from its noisy stock cooler out the left half of the exhaust opening, while I hardly felt any airflow from the right half of the opening. I replaced the cooler with a HIS IceQ Turbo cooler anyways, which did a quieter job of cooling that insanely hot/power-hungry chip.

 

[jagd]

I read there is an adopter but cost 30$ atm . I would be sure before buying one that 2DVI +hdmi configuration not working or take short road and ask to w1zzard

 

[Scrizz]

how the F do you know.
the cards haven't even come out of NDA

 

[Bo_Fox]

I'm hearing that not only is it whisper-quiet, but also surprisingly cool (surprising for its ~180W load power consumption). Wait till the 23rd.

I find this incredibly hard to believe, given exactly 2x the trannies/shaders/tmu's/rops of a 4890, at the same 850MHz clock!!!

Just one process node shrink from 55nm to 40nm (of which the INQ argues to actually be 45nm, but now they call it "40/45nm"), and we're seeing 2x the specs at a LOWER power consumption, using the same clocks. The chip die size area is actually more than 2x as big as a virtual 4890 shrunk to 40nm.

It must be an incredible design job done by ATI. Remember how Nvidia's shrink from 65nm to 55nm almost did nothing with respect to power savings (maybe 15W at the most)?

What I am guessing is that the 5870 runs at an incredibly low voltage for ATI to be making an announcement of only 188W TDP (after they announced a 190W TDP for their 4890). The 40nm spin must have been so successful that it was a breeze clocking their cores at 850MHz, at say, 1.1v or so. Also, I can recall ATI stating that they would ensure their future GPU to be completely error free according to Tetedeiench 's new OCCT GPU stress-testing tool, so I would expect ATI to be a bit more serious about the power consumption figures that they announce (in that the 5870 would not be as power-hungry as a 4890).

I would guess that it means we can overclock the HELL outta this thing!!! Increasing it to say, 1.3 or 1.4v could yield 1.1GHz or more for stable operation... hopefully!!

 

[Steevo]

I just came

 

[a_ump]

This version above (presumably the 2GB version) shows a full slot of exhaust, not a narrow one like in some other pictures..

that's just the eyefinity SDK of the HD 5870 with a full rear exhaust. Though i personally think like erocker said somewhere that i'd rather they'd gone with standard 2 DVI and a S-Video outputs. Or just 1 DVI, HDMI, and S-Video with a HDMI to DVI adapter.

 

[erocker]

I just want to be able to hook up three monitors without DisplayPort inputs on them.