Posted on Thursday, February 11 2010 @ 17:23 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
TC Mag
spotted some photos of the upcoming Radeon HD 5870 Matrix graphics card, an upcoming premium model that is part of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) family. Pricing and availability is unknown.
Bearing the ROG (Republic of Gamers) banner, the upcoming Radeon features 1600 Stream Processors, a 256-bit memory interface, a GPU clock of 900 MHz (850 MHz stock), 2GB of GDDR5 memory @ 4900 MHz (4800 MHz), DirectX 11 and CrossFireX support, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, plus two 8-pin PCIe power connectors (as opposed to the dual 6-pin plugs on reference models).
The Matrix HD 5870 also comes with v-check points, a button that returns the card to 'safe' frequencies in case your overclocking goes wrong, a custom, dual-slot cooler with a (likely) PWM fan, and a nice, large backplate.
