Leveraging the graphics level, Sapphire has recently proclaimed some interesting development in graphics by revealing HD 5870 and HD 5850 graphics cards. Sapphire claims to introduce the first video cards for enduring the highly-progressive graphical features only available in Microsoft DirectX 11 alongside phenomenal video clarity, speed and visual effects, including various monitors.
The Sapphire HD 5870 is based on highly-forward and effectual latest graphics architecture from the ATI division of AMD. It ensures overly productive performance with its new 150GB/s memory interface supporting GDDR5 memory and a new architecture with nearly 1600 stream processors and 80 texture units. Besides, it utilizes less power consumption and consumes less than 190W. Whereas, by using dynamic power management the card has an exceptional low-power idle mode at 27W.
Coevally, the company reveals the Sapphire HD 5850 comprising slightly smaller configuration of nearly 1440 stream processors and 72 texture units offering access to the same new generation technology and full DirectX 11 support at a lower price point.
Sapphire graphics cards with DirectX 11 support now allow developers to immensely escalate the detail in 3D models with greater comfort. There are also magnificent enhancements to the detail and realism of images including characters, objects and scenes exhibited utilizing the 6th generation hardware Tessellation engine in the Sapphire HD 5800 series. Besides, with DirectX 11, these graphics processors are able to accept data streams from any number of cores in the CPU, thereby assisting in speed up applications such as video transcoding and rendering.
On the other hand, the HD 5870 comes integrated with computing power of 2.7 Teraflops (single precision) or 544Gflops (double precision), believed to be the greatest computing capability ever delivered in a single graphics processor. It also features an on board hardware UVD that helps diminish CPU load and offers smooth decoding of Blu-ray and HD DVD content for both VC-1 and H.264 codecs, along with Mpeg files.
For delivering users with enhanced image clarity, speed and visual effects, the 5800 series employs Eyefinity. It also supports up to three monitors, with a resolution of up to 7680 x 1600. Moreover, the series is endured by AMD’s DirectX 11 WHQL graphics driver for supporting all the key DirectX 11 level features necessitated for new and stimulating gaming experiences.
The pricing details of HD 5870 and HD 5850 are not clear.
