Thursday, February 11th 2010
ASUS Radeon HD 5870 MATRIX 2GB Graphics Card Pictured
ASUS' Republic of Gamers MATRIX series of graphics cards is getting a new member, the EAH5870 MATRIX. This model, based on the ATI Radeon HD 5870 GPU has high-end construction, cooling, and voltage regulators, out of the box higher clock speeds, overclocking headroom, and twice the amount of memory: 2 GB. The cooler and backplate design resembles that of ASUS' GeForce GTX 285 MATRIX.
The clock speeds on this card stand at 900 MHz (core) and 1225 MHz (memory, 4900 MHz effective). The card seems to have a stronger VRM circuit that supports higher clock speeds. It draws power from two 8-pin PCI-Express connectors. Display connectivity includes one each of DVI-D, HDMI, and DisplayPort.
Overclocker-friendly features may include ASUS' VoltageTweak software voltage control, a "safe mode" button that falls back to failsafe clock speed and voltage settings, among other things. There is no word on its availability, though we expect to learn more about this card at the upcoming CeBIT event.
Source:
Zol.com.cn
The clock speeds on this card stand at 900 MHz (core) and 1225 MHz (memory, 4900 MHz effective). The card seems to have a stronger VRM circuit that supports higher clock speeds. It draws power from two 8-pin PCI-Express connectors. Display connectivity includes one each of DVI-D, HDMI, and DisplayPort.
Overclocker-friendly features may include ASUS' VoltageTweak software voltage control, a "safe mode" button that falls back to failsafe clock speed and voltage settings, among other things. There is no word on its availability, though we expect to learn more about this card at the upcoming CeBIT event.
104 Comments on ASUS Radeon HD 5870 MATRIX 2GB Graphics Card Pictured
The extra pins on a 8-pin connector are just extra ground pins as far as I know.
Edit: Yup.
The 4870X2 did not explode with its 6+8pin connector, I seriously doubt that a Cypress will ever draw more power than a 4870X2.
:P
i had asus 285s in sli
of course these were none reference so shopping for waterblocks was a massive burden
if asus can refine reference desings to accomodate WC enthusiasts then great
until then, these ROG cards will remain very low on my list of things to bother with at work
Now I have reason to get one! /if they start making normal ones.
:D
That sticker WTF is up with that lol.
But two of these crossfired, connected to an eyefinity 3-monitor setup should be quite a speedbump over crossfired 1GB versions.
Plus, you can now totally max out GTA4 which is like, totally important :rockout:
The latest PCIE specs already allow more power than before so 2 x 8pin on top of that is overkill, even when it's more powerhungry, but perhaps it has 2 for older mobo's or something, still seems 2x6 should be more than enough though, I wonder what that thing eats anyway?
Perhaps they should do away with all those wires and start specifying 2 solid inch thick copper rods to the PSU.
Talking of rods, I think 16 wires combine to a thicker conduit than my lightningrod, think about that for a sec.
Tops are usually just standard cards with vgpu adjustment through bios and a small pre-overclock (5% or so).
Plus, the standard 2GB model will have 8+6 pin connectors.