DirectX 11 cards to be available in Q4 2009

Posted on Tuesday, September 01 2009 @ 14:44 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

DigiTimes heard the first DirectX 11 graphics cards will be available from AMD in October, and that NVIDIA will follow in December at the earliest.

Nvidia is scheduled to complete engineering samples of its DirectX 11-based GT300 GPU at the end of September in order to start shipping in December at the earliest, the sources noted.

Meanwhile, AMD is prepared to launch its DirectX 11-based Radeon HD 5800 series (RV870) in late September and will start mass shipping in October. AMD will launch two models initially, the Radeon HD 5850 and 5870, the sources added.

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