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Released in September 2009, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 is AMD's top-of-the-line graphics card. Supporting up to three displays, the 1GB GDDR5 GPU incorporates a long list of advanced technologies, including ATI Stream, enabling large-scale parallel processing, and ATI CrossFireX, which provides scalability with multi-GPU support. Built to enable maximum performance in the most demanding of today's games, the HD 5870 is also one of the first cards to support DirectX 11. It is a step up from the second-tier model, the HD 5850, offering greater clock frequencies and memory bandwidth.
MSRP $380.00
Release date September, 2009
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Features
- 1 GB GDDR5 memory (153.6GB/s memory bandwidth)
- 2.15 billion 40nm transistors
- 1600 stream processor units
- 2.72TFLOP processing power
- 850MHz engine clock
- DirectX 11
- PCI Express 2.1
- OpenGL 3.2
- ATI Eyefinity multi-display capability
- ATI Stream parallel processing
- ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support
- ATI PowerPlay power management
- 188W maximum board power
- 27W idle board power
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AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5870 | XFX
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AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5870 | Sapphire
• Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1 GB DDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 100281SR
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MSRP $260.00
Released April, 2009
Pros
- cheaper than the 4870 was when it launched
- significantly faster (10%+) than the earlier 4870 for higher resolution gaming (1680 x 1050+)
- first AMD/ATI card offered overclocked directly from the manufacturer
Cons
- expensive
- not much different than the 4870 for lower resolution gaming (1280 x 1024 . 1440 x 900 etc...)
- high power draw and heat output
ATI Radeon HD 5870
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ATI Radeon HD 4890
MSRP $349.99
Released January, 2009
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 is dual-GPU powered with a pair of 55nm GT200 GPUs and is a decent step up from the previous model, the GTX 280. It has a core clock of 648 MHz, a shader clock of 1476 MHz and a memory clock of 1242 MHz / 2484 MHz. The total...
ATI Radeon HD 5870
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 285
MSRP $499.99
Released January, 2009
Pros
- matches or bests the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- latest 55nm fabrication process - first for Nvidia
- can play most of the latest games at the highest resolutions with the highest settings
Cons
- expensive
- the Radeon HD 4870 X2 performs better at higher resolutions - probably due to the slower GDDR3 memory vs. GDDR5
- requires a lot of power
ATI Radeon HD 5870
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Reviews
November 3, 2009
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Pros
- DirectX 11
- Triple Display Support
- low power consumption / TDP (27Watts idle)
- DisplayPort
- HDMI 1.3 output
- GPU is built on the latest 40nm fabrication process - less energy consumption, heat output, faster, cheaper to produce/sell
- GDDR5 memory
- performs twice as fast as the previous generation offering (better framerates than the 4870 x2)
- low noise
- extremely powerful - can play all of the latest games at high resolutions, detail settings, AA/AF, etc...
Cons
- high price
- DirectX 11 capabilities won't be in use for a while, might be outdated / slow by the time they are
- large size - will not fit in some smaller cases
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September 24, 2009
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Pros
- DirectX 11
- Triple Display Support
- low power consumption / TDP (27Watts idle)
- DisplayPort
- HDMI 1.3 output
- GPU is built on the latest 40nm fabrication process - less energy consumption, heat output, faster, cheaper to produce/sell
- GDDR5 memory
- performs twice as fast as the previous generation offering (better framerates than the 4870 x2)
- low noise
- extremely powerful - can play all of the latest games at high resolutions, detail settings, AA/AF, etc...
Cons
- high price
- DirectX 11 capabilities won't be in use for a while, might be outdated / slow by the time they are
- large size - will not fit in some smaller cases
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September 27, 2009
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Pros
- DirectX 11
- Triple Display Support
- low power consumption / TDP (27Watts idle)
- DisplayPort
- HDMI 1.3 output
- GPU is built on the latest 40nm fabrication process - less energy consumption, heat output, faster, cheaper to produce/sell
- GDDR5 memory
- performs twice as fast as the previous generation offering (better framerates than the 4870 x2)
- low noise
- extremely powerful - can play all of the latest games at high resolutions, detail settings, AA/AF, etc...
Cons
- high price
- DirectX 11 capabilities won't be in use for a while, might be outdated / slow by the time they are
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September 27, 2009
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Pros
- DirectX 11
- Triple Display Support
- low power consumption / TDP (27Watts idle)
- DisplayPort
- HDMI 1.3 output
- GPU is built on the latest 40nm fabrication process - less energy consumption, heat output, faster, cheaper to produce/sell
- GDDR5 memory
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September 24, 2009
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Pros
- DirectX 11
- Triple Display Support
- low power consumption / TDP (27Watts idle)
- DisplayPort
- HDMI 1.3 output
- GPU is built on the latest 40nm fabrication process - less energy consumption, heat output, faster, cheaper to produce/sell
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November 4, 2009
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Pros
- Awesome cheap price
- Feature packed and low noise
- Can play just about any game at MAX settings
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- Triple Display Support
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