Wednesday, September 9th 2009

AMD Cypress Graphics Accelerator Pictured

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btarunr
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Here's the first sighting of a fully-assembled upcoming AMD Cypress "Radeon HD 5870" accelerator. This photo-shoot comes a couple of days ahead of its unveiling to the press tomorrow. Here's our very first thoughts on what we see:
  • The accelerator is unusually long for a single-GPU one from AMD. The company wouldn't splurge too much on aesthetics (especially lengthening the PCB), if there's no need for it to do so. Apparently there is.
  • Connectivity options galore. With two DVI-D, and one each of DisplayPort and HDMI, AMD promises it can handle three display-heads per GPU.
  • The components behind the GPU area (exposed) indicates the GPU to be somewhat large
  • History tells us that AMD uses a backplate only if it finds a real utility in it, such as cooling additional memory chips or VRM components. This card has a large, almost full-coverage backplate.
What surfaced months ago on sources such as ChipHell, which was then ridiculed for accuracy, has finally taken shape. If anything, Cypress does look like it means business. Expect further details to be out soon. Cypress is codename for AMD's next-generation DirectX 11 compliant graphics processor in the high-performance segment.

* Images removed at request of AMD *
Source: Tweakers.net

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188 Comments on AMD Cypress Graphics Accelerator Pictured

#178
InnocentCriminal
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CraigleberryImpressive thanks mon. I sold my other LCD dammit :p
>.<

D'OH!

HEH HEH HEH! :p
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#179
largon
SihastruIf those 1600 SPs are in 80 groups of 20, like the 800SPs of 4870/90 were in 80 groups of 10 then my crystal ball says RV870 will only be 25-40% faster then RV770. In highly optimized games could be higher.

The problem is ATI drivers had a hard time loading up all those groups of 10, imagine how difficult it will be with groups of 20. So older/current games will only feel a little tingling sensation and no real performance boost. Whatever.

So one 4870X2 will be better then one 5870. Kinda sad really.
Your crystal ball is clueless.
SihastruI have to admit I do have a little nVidia logo on my brain
Or, it could be it's not just the crystalball...
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#181
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator


There is some real space wastage on that PCB.
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#182
largon
● 4 phase vGPU (option for 5), looks like it's made of Volterra VT1195SFs. Volterra's top-of-the-line parts. Same VRM chips as on HD2900-series.
● 1 secondary Volterra phase (not 100% sure, bad pic), likely for uncore similar to HD4890. Located near the CF fingers.
● 1+1 phases for memory, looks like Volterra VT242WF (same as on HD4890). Above vGPU phases.

Looks like a very powerful VRM. Around twice that of HD4890's vGPU grunt...
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#183
Tatty_Two
Gone Fishing
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If thats remotely accurate, it seems many peoples hopes (and beliefs) of the 5870 coming in at $299 is kind of misplaced :D
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#184
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Many sites suggest the same pricing. Anyway, I'm expecting.

HD 5850 > HD 4870 X2

HD 5870 1G > GTX 295

HD 5870 2G > 2x GTX 285 SLI

So $299 looks a bargain.
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#185
largon
And things never retail exactly at MSRP, unless there's limited supply.
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#186
Tatty_Two
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btarunrMany sites suggest the same pricing. Anyway, I'm expecting.

HD 5850 > HD 4870 X2

HD 5870 1G > GTX 295

HD 5870 2G > 2x GTX 285 SLI

So $299 looks a bargain.
We will see, personally I still think you are being a "little" optimistic there, but based on that if you were right, $299 for a 5850 looks good, my point though was that there are a considerable amount of members convinced they will get a 5870 for $299...... I suppose they still might, we wont know for sure for a few days yet I think.
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#187
btarunr
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Tatty_OneWe will see, personally I still think you are being a "little" optimistic there, but based on that if you were right, $299 for a 5850 looks good, my point though was that there are a considerable amount of members convinced they will get a 5870 for $299...... I suppose they still might, we wont know for sure for a few days yet I think.
They wouldn't price them $299, $399 and $449 if my projections were a "little" optimistic.
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#188
pantherx12
ToTTenTranzConsidering he'll add GPU-Z support to it tomorrow, I'd say it's.. erm.. a pair of sneakers?
He may of got a base ball cap as well!
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