September 10th, 2009 -- AMD will be releasing its next flagship video card, dubbed the Radeon HD 5870, on September 22nd in the U.S. and September 23rd in Europe.
According to Fudzilla, the Radeon 5870 (codenamed RV870) will come in two versions initially -- one with 2GB memory and one with 1GB.
The Radeon HD 5870 1GB should sell for $399 at launch, while it's bigger sister the Radeon HD 5870 2GB should sell for $449.
A slower Radeon HD 5850 with 1GB memory will sell for $299.
The Radeon HD 5870 X2 is due to hit shelves about a month after the Radeon HD 5870.
Other Radeon HD 5870 specifications include:
- GPU runs at 825MHz (725Mhz for the Radeon HD 5850)
- 1600 shaders
- 2.1 billion transistors
- GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.3GHz /150GB/second bandwidth.
- 180W power usage, 27W in idle
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this is sick
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Nvidia is staying quiet right now, but they have something up their sleeves for next year.
Just wait. ;]
When they say "hit the shelves", do they mean that AMD partners will get the reference cards, or will consumers actually be able to BUY the cards from NewEgg or other resellers on Sept 22? I'd like to be able to actually buy these in 12 days.
daniel ratzlaff says:
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Nvidia is staying quiet right now, but they have something up their sleeves for next year.
Just wait. ;]
September 10, 4:23 PM
That's because they will not be able to compete this year. Nvidia is sounding like AMD telling everyone to wait till next year.
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