Tuesday, January 12th 2010
AMD Readies Radeon HD 5830, Seals Upper-Mainstream Gaps
Having reclaimed the positions of having the fastest graphics cards and the most powerful GPU with the DirectX 11 compliant Radeon HD 5000 series, AMD is looking to make DirectX 11 accessible to all market segments. Later this month, AMD is expected to announce its lower-mainstream Radeon HD 5600 products, but with it, also an addition to the Radeon HD 5800 series: the Radeon HD 5830. This product is expected to fill the gap between Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850.
The Radeon HD 5770 is priced in the sub-$200 range, while the HD 5850 at around $300. This gap is currently held by the previous-generation Radeon HD 4890, which faces competition from some NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 series products. It is expected that the Radeon HD 5830 will be about as powerful as a Radeon HD 4890 in current applications, while being priced slightly lower, and a little more competitive owing to its feature set and future-proofing. The new product could be announced on the 25th Jan. No additional details or specifications are known at this point.
Source:
Nordic Hardware
The Radeon HD 5770 is priced in the sub-$200 range, while the HD 5850 at around $300. This gap is currently held by the previous-generation Radeon HD 4890, which faces competition from some NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 series products. It is expected that the Radeon HD 5830 will be about as powerful as a Radeon HD 4890 in current applications, while being priced slightly lower, and a little more competitive owing to its feature set and future-proofing. The new product could be announced on the 25th Jan. No additional details or specifications are known at this point.
77 Comments on AMD Readies Radeon HD 5830, Seals Upper-Mainstream Gaps
But perhaps it takes a 5850 board since it has a 256-bit design (traces, pins, etc..)? A 5850 board is not too terribly long, and it could be just a bit modified, like with what Nvidia did for their GTX 275.
Is this 5830 supposed to be released real soon (a week or a month)?
I'm thinking 5770 core and memory speeds, so it doesn't end up slower, plus a 256 bit bus.
For 256 the complexity is much bigger so the PCB should stay HIGH END like the other 58xx cards so using the 5850 PCB would look the most logical decision for amd!
A few possible specs:
800 shaders, 850 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)
800 shaders, 900 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)
1200 shaders, 700 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)
1280 shaders, 700 MHz clock, 3.9 GHz GDDR5 (256-bit)
The higher, the better! :D
HD 5750$129 = HD 4850$99
HD 5770$164 < HD 4870$169
The HD 5770 has a smaller chip, with a 128-bit bus which is cheaper than the HD 4870's 256-bit bus, and the HD 4870 slightly outperforms it...so the HD 5770 should be cheaper but its not which is homo. The same with the HD 5750, 128-bit bus vs a 256-bit bus, smaller die vs a bigger die. And the HD 4850 is $30 cheaper...just ridiculous.
And now this HD 5830 is suspected to be at HD 4890 performance for $250 or so?? yet the HD 4890 is only $200.....boo for ati's pricing..but i get the whole need to make money and make up for the past years i suppose.
(so AMD hurry and get rid of all the 4870/90s)
OT: PCOline
They say MSRP will be 239 USD.
unofficial specs 5830 ;)
5830 is binned 5850,
same PCB, cooling, connectivity, DDR5, BUS 256 bit,
GPU core 625 Mhz,
Memory 800 Mhz DDR5,
1280 shaders. :toast: