XFX 5870 + 5850 CrossFire Review

RHKCommander959 - November 25, 2009
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Specifications:

XFX Radeon HD 5850

XFX Radeon HD 5870

Bus Type	PCI-E 2.0
Performance	Standard
GPU Clock MHz	725 MHz
Stream Processors	1440
Memory Interface Bus (bit)	256
Memory Type	DDR5
Memory Size (MB)	1024 MB
Memory Clock (MHz)	4000 MHz
Microsoft® DirectX® Support	11
Shader Model Support	5.0
Open GL Optimization and Support	3.2
Minimum Power Requirement (Watt)	500W with two 6-pin power cable
Cooling Fansink	Yes
ROHS	Yes
Profile	Double
ATI Radeon CrossFireX™ Technology	Yes
ATI Radeon PowerPlay™	Yes
ATI Radeon Stream Technology	Yes
Dimensions (Metric)	24.1 X 11 X 3.8
Max Resolution Analog	2048 x 1536 (Pixels)
Max Resolution Digital	2560 x 1600 (Pixels)
ATI Eyefinity Technology	Yes
DisplayPort	1

Bus Type	PCI-E 2.0
Performance	Standard
GPU Clock MHz	850 MHz
Stream Processors	1600
Memory Interface Bus (bit)	256
Memory Type	DDR5
Memory Size (MB)	1024 MB
Memory Clock (MHz)	4800 MHz
Microsoft® DirectX® Support	11
Shader Model Support	5.0
Open GL Optimization and Support	3.2
Minimum Power Requirement (Watt)	500W with two 6-pin power cable
Cooling Fansink	Yes
ROHS	Yes
Profile	Double
ATI Radeon CrossFireX™ Technology	Yes
ATI Radeon PowerPlay™	Yes
ATI Radeon Stream Technology	Yes
Dimensions (Metric)	27.9 X 11 X 3.8
Max Resolution Analog	2048 x 1536 (Pixels)
Max Resolution Digital	2560 x 1600 (Pixels)
ATI Eyefinity Technology	Yes
DisplayPort	1

Features:

1GB GDDR5 memory
ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to three displays (1,3)
Window 7 support
ATI Sream technology
- Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL
- Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
Compliant with DirectX® 11 and earlier revisions
Supports OpenGL 3.2
40 nm Process technology
ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance
ATI Avivo™ HD video and display technology
Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay™ technology
Display Port, HDMI, 2xDL-DVI
PCI Express® 2.0 support

All Information courtesy of XFX @ http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/HD%205000series/5850.aspx and http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/HD%205000series/5870.aspx