AMD Changes the Game with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series DirectX® 11-Compliant Graphics Cards, Harnessing the Most Powerful Processor Ever Created
World’s Most Advanced Graphics Processor Allows Consumers to Expand, Accelerate and Dominate Their PC Experience with First Full Support for Microsoft DirectX 11
SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AMD (NYSE: AMD) today launched the most powerful processor ever created1, found in its next-generation ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series graphics cards, the world’s first and only to fully support Microsoft DirectX® 11, the new gaming and compute standard shipping shortly with Microsoft Windows® 7 operating system. Boasting up to 2.72 TeraFLOPS of compute power, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series effectively doubles the value consumers can expect of their graphics purchases, delivering twice the performance-per-dollar of previous generations of graphics products. AMD will initially release two cards: the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and the ATI Radeon HD 5850, each with 1GB GDDR5 memory. With the ATI Radeon 5870 series of graphics cards, PC users can expand their computing experience with ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, accelerate their computing experience with ATI Stream technology, and dominate the competition with superior gaming performance and full support of Microsoft DirectX® 11, making it a “must-have” consumer purchase just in time for Microsoft Windows® 7 operating system.
“With the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards driven by the most powerful processor on the planet, AMD is changing the game, both in terms of performance and the experience,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, Products Group, AMD. “As the first to market with full DirectX 11 support, an unmatched experience made possible with ATI Eyefinity technology, and ATI Stream technology harnessing open standards designed to help make Windows 7 that much better, I can say with confidence that AMD is the undisputed leader in graphics once more.”
Dominate your competition with Microsoft DirectX® 11 support
With the ATI Radeon HD 5870 series of graphics cards, gamers will enjoy gaming supremacy and the ultimate advantage, realizing incredible HD gaming performance and the most engaging experience possible with DirectX® 11 gaming done right:
* Designed and built for purpose: Modeled on the full DirectX 11
specifications, the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards
delivers up to 2.72 TeraFLOPS of compute power in a single card,
translating to superior performance in the latest DirectX 11 games, as
well as in DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL titles in
single card configurations or multi-card configurations using ATI
CrossFireX™ technology. When measured in terms of performance
experienced in some of today’s most popular games, the ATI Radeon HD
5870 series is up to twice as fast as the closest competing product in
its class,5 allowing gamers to enjoy incredible new DirectX 11 games –
including the forthcoming DiRT™2 from Codemasters, and Aliens vs.
Predator™ from Rebellion, and updated version of The Lord of the Rings
Online™ and Dungeons and Dragons Online® Eberron Unlimited™ from
Turbine – all in stunning detail with incredible frame rates.
* Generations ahead of the competition: Building on the success of the
ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series products, the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of
graphics cards is two generations ahead of DirectX 10.0 support, and
features 6th generation evolved AMD tessellation technology, 3rd
generation evolved GDDR5 support, 2nd generation evolved 40nm process
technology, and a feature-rich compute shader, all geared towards
delivering the best gaming experience money can buy.
* The ultimate in game compatibility: The DirectX 11 API was developed
on AMD graphics hardware and represents the cornerstone of DirectX 11
gaming. All initial DirectX 11 games were developed and/or continue to
be developed on AMD DirectX 11 hardware. With more than 20 DirectX 11
games currently in development, this innate optimization for ATI Radeon
graphics cards, in combination with monthly ATI Catalyst™ driver
releases, help ensure a stable, reliable and high-performance
experience for the latest games.
Accelerate with Stream technology
With the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics card, PC users can unleash Windows 7 and realize the potential of a better computing experience to help do more with their PC:
* Harness the home supercomputer: One ATI Radeon 5850 graphics
card would have been one of the top 10 supercomputers in the world just
six years ago – today that same processing power can be found in your
home PC, working with high-performance CPUs to deliver a superior
experience.
* Windows® 7 done right: Windows 7 is the first compute-capable
operating system and the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards
with ATI Stream technology accelerate it like nothing else, being the
first and only card to support DirectCompute 11.
* Create and do more, faster than ever before with ATI Stream
technology: Enjoy new features, functionality and improved performance
in top media, entertainment and productivity applications made possible
by ATI Stream technology.6
* Most expansive support of industry standards: The ATI Radeon HD 5800
of graphics cards fully support both DirectX 11 and OpenCL, ensuring
broad application support now and the future.
Expand the PC experience with ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology
Enjoy multi-monitor computing with seamless enablement of the biggest game environments ever seen:
* The ultimate in seamless flexibility: Arrange one to three
displays using the ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 graphics
cards, or up to six displays using the forthcoming ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
Eyefinity6 graphics card, in a variety of configurations – any mix of
portrait or landscape.
* See them before they see you: Unlock the potential of multi-monitor
gaming at up to 12 x full HD resolution, the largest game environments
ever displayed.10 Experience more visual detail and expanded
battlefields that your gaming competitors may lack.
* Enjoy visual computing in eye-definition: Virtually obsolete
scrolling by taking advantage of vast desktop real estate to put more
information at your fingertips. Enjoy the best of today’s latest
visually-enhanced online applications – social networking, video
conferencing, video entertainment, and satellite imagery – all in
stunning detail.