AMD's Radeon HD 5870: Bringing About the Next Generation Of GPUs
by Ryan Smith on September 23, 2009 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
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We should note that for the AMD cards we are using two sets of drivers. The drivers distributed to reviewers for use with the 5870 are version 8.66, and contain support for the 4000 and 5000 series. We are told that these drivers will be made available to 5000 series owners when the “board is released”, which should mean today.
For the 3000 series, we are using Catalyst 9.9, the most recent driver set that supports that series.
| CPU: | Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.33GHz |
| Motherboard: | Intel DX58SO (Intel X58) |
| Chipset Drivers: | Intel 9.1.1.1015 (Intel) |
| Hard Disk: | Intel X25-M SSD (80GB) |
| Memory: | Patriot Viper DDR3-1333 3 x 2GB (7-7-7-20) |
| Video Cards: |
ATI Raden HD 5870 |
| Video Drivers: |
NVIDIA ForceWare 190.62 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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pinguin - Monday, September 28, 2009 - link
It IS a hard launch as obviously a few cards are available. That consumers rip them off one's hand is another problem...Anyway I'll wait until the 5650: 4850 performance w/o PCIe connector + DX11: I'm coming! What else do I need to show off to my friends still staying with rebranded G92 chips!!
jabroni619 - Friday, September 25, 2009 - link
I guess it is, it was even better still when I decided to come home a bit early and UPS got there 2 hours sooner than they usually do. Playing through Crysis Warhead once more "The way it's meant to be played" on an ATI card though.Also included was a Dirt 2 code to be activated on steam, which I nearly threw out! Now I just have to wait for the game to be released.
camylarde - Thursday, September 24, 2009 - link
Lol. I was horrified, when i heard that my precious badminton racquet purchased on my friends address in england was "delivered" to the front door, waiting for him all day on the doorstep.if the card is gonna wait for you in a similar fashion, may i get to know where do you live to... erm... be there when you open the box and celebrate with you?
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SiliconDoc - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - link
I'm not certain how you saw any available then, looks from 3 different states didn't show that.Heck they weren't even active at 8 am, nor later than that. I guess you "got the only one" that wasn't Autonotify when arriving.
The0ne - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - link
This is the last piece of hardware I've been waiting for before I build my i7 system. Now I think it's a ok time for enthusiast to start building again but on a cheaper budget with better performance :) no more of these 200-300 MB and stuff lolgwolfman - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - link
I agree. Full bit-streaming support! Yeaz!blanarahul - Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - link
They should have given the option for 5870 to have triple DVI rather than single DVI + Dual DP. :(