It also ensures that even if few games will actually use DirectX 11 at launch, Microsoft can claim that the graphics hardware is ready to support one of the major new features of its new OS.Įxpect a whole family of Radeon HD 5000 series cards to come to market over the next few months, but for now we get two cards, the $399 Radeon HD 5870 and the $250 Radeon HD 5850. As DirectX 11 is the Windows 7 version of Microsoft's code for linking up hardware with, among other things, 3D game software, winning the race to launch is a significant boon to AMD's efforts to market its new cards. The Radeon HD 5870 goes for a more reasonable $379.ĪMD introduced its ATI Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850 desktop graphics cards Tuesday evening, beating rival Nvidia to the marketplace with the first DirectX 11-capable products. The dual-chip GTX 295 is also a $499 card with no DirectX 11 support. The good news is that new Radeon does outperform Nvidia's best single-chip card, the GeForce GTX 285. ![]() Nvidia's dual-chip GeForce GTX 295 card outperforms the Radeon HD 5870 on most tests by a noticeable margin, so AMD can't claim that the Radeon HD 5870 is the fastest single-card solution. ![]() ![]() Update: Reviews from Anandtech, HardOCP, HotHardware, MaximumPC, and PC Perspective are all live.
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