Wednesday, March 31st 2010

XFX Release 2GB Eyefinity 6 Radeon HD 5870

XFX today releases their first salvo from their Eyefinity 6 series - The new Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition - which facilitates massive visual real estate with the first-ever "wrap-around" 6 screen in-picture experience.
  • 2 GB DDR5 memory
  • 6 mini DisplayPort outputs
  • Connect up to 6 displays, Up to 2560 x 1600 per output
  • Supports up to 7680 x 3200 with 6 displays in Eyefinity
Backed with 2GB of GDDR5 memory, support for DirectX11 and Windows 7, and ATI Stream Technology that boosts your system's performance by offloading tasks sent to your CPU - the ultimate gaming Graphics Card is here.

Never get lost in the action again with the XFX Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition's mind-blowing 6 screen capability - with the most memory and screen landscape that XFX has offered serious gamers. Get crisp HD graphics on the most intense games.

As you may have heard, this is only the beginning of this Eyefinity6 range from XFX, who have always developed the most powerful, versatile Gaming weapons. Soon they will raise the bar again with the Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition Limited, increasing from 2GB to 4GB, including 6 mini DisplayPort outputs, giving you a custom overclocking tool all from the highest spec Black Edition model yet.

From the looks of things, XFX plans to launch this graphics card in an astounding machine gun package that hardcore gamers will kill to get their hands on.

Available soon, look out for delivery updates.
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31 Comments on XFX Release 2GB Eyefinity 6 Radeon HD 5870

#1
Unregistered
Very nice,6 displays :twitch: i would like to see that.
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#3
kylew
skylameri hard about 5970 4gb?
Keep it to yourself, no one wants to hear about that. :rolleyes: :cool:
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#4
digibucc
kylewKeep it to yourself, no one wants to hear about that. :rolleyes: :cool:
lol wtf...

i watched a review video yesterday showing this and i agree with the assessment , 3x2 is just no good. 3x1 or 3x3 or whatever, but a big horizontal bezel in the very vertical center of your screen all the time is too much. obviously for games and the like, but i wouldn't even be able to do regular stuff like that.

i'm happy with new technology, but i would need 2 of these to set it up properly i think ;)
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#5
coolbreeze27603
Whatever you do DO NOT BUY ANY XFX VIDEO CARD! Their "engineering" is pitiful and their "product support" even worse. This is my personal and professional opinion gleaned from personal experience with their "support" division and one of their HD4870 1gb monstrosities. Do your research before deciding on one of these newer 5800 series cards. The cards are fantastic, but coming from XFX they're liable to be faulty and their "support" department will go out of their way to make you, the consumer, to be unaware and less than credible. Their "support" department's veracity is also open to argument.
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#6
mdm-adph
kylewKeep it to yourself, no one wants to hear about that. :rolleyes: :cool:
Speak for yourself. Eastern Europeans are hot.
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#7
mechtech
What a sad day for TPU and all the rest of us.

Good luck with your future endeavours W1ZZ!

edit: oops wrong thread, sigh laggy wirelss internets
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#8
kylew
mechtechWhat a sad day for TPU and all the rest of us.

Good luck with your future endeavours W1ZZ!
I think you may have the wrong thread?
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#9
kylew
coolbreeze27603Whatever you do DO NOT BUY ANY XFX VIDEO CARD! Their "engineering" is pitiful and their "product support" even worse. This is my personal and professional opinion gleaned from personal experience with their "support" division and one of their HD4870 1gb monstrosities. Do your research before deciding on one of these newer 5800 series cards. The cards are fantastic, but coming from XFX they're liable to be faulty and their "support" department will go out of their way to make you, the consumer, to be unaware and less than credible. Their "support" department's veracity is also open to argument.
There are "horror stories" about all brands.
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#10
digibucc
kylewThere are "horror stories" about all brands.
exactly. i'll take the double lifetime warranty and my own research over a single warning. from what i've read XFX has some of the best support. hopefully i'll never have to contact them but regardless I'm not worried.
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#11
coolbreeze27603
kylewThere are "horror stories" about all brands.
That may or may not be true. However, my point was to express my own personal experience with that company and attempt to give the readers of this thread my perspective and opinion on a company that leaves a lot to be desired in the realm of customer confidence and satisfaction.
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#12
JATownes
The Lurker
I have had only one instance with XFX support, but I must say...It was as pleasurable experience as I have ever had with an RMA issue. Double Lifetime Warranty...'nuff said. I sold an XFX card and the warranty went with it...you can't argue with that.

@coolbreeze...what was the issue and what exactly did they do so terrible?
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#13
SteelSix
kylewKeep it to yourself, no one wants to hear about that. :rolleyes: :cool:
:roll: :toast:
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#14
runnin17
coolbreeze27603That may or may not be true. However, my point was to express my own personal experience with that company and attempt to give the readers of this thread my perspective and opinion on a company that leaves a lot to be desired in the realm of customer confidence and satisfaction.
Sounds like a troll to me. I hope you didn't just sign up to bash XFX. They have some of the best service and support in the business. HAHA, LMAO!

Now back on topic. I probably won't be getting the Eye6 edition anytime soon, but the 2GB buffer is a nice touch. Waiting for reviews and benches. I don't really use eyefinity right now, but I do game at 2560x1600 so the 2GB would be nice to have. My NEC 3090 would probably love me if I gave a bigger video card to play with.
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#15
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
A buddy of mine has never had a bad XFX Product, Im thinking about going with them when I build a machine.
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#16
Roph
I want to see some 6-screen resolution screenshots.
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#17
LAN_deRf_HA
Finally we get 2 GB 5870s on newegg, and they're all $500? It should be $450, $400 for standard. I think they feel the 6 display thing is worth an additional cost bonus, except it's not. 6 displays is a horrible experience with the positioning of the bezels. 3 displays is the only thing that's worth it because you can have a center display. If I'm going to spend $500 I'd just get a 480 for the speed bonus.
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#18
shevanel
what if you wanna make your whole family watch you game as it's displayed across every Tv in your house?

who has 6 monitors anyway?

I want more FPs not more monitors.
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#19
locoty
Finally we get 2 GB 5870s on newegg, and they're all $500? It should be $450, $400 for standard. I think they feel the 6 display thing is worth an additional cost bonus, except it's not. 6 displays is a horrible experience with the positioning of the bezels. 3 displays is the only thing that's worth it because you can have a center display. If I'm going to spend $500 I'd just get a 480 for the speed bonus.
i think the price is good, considering the added memory and the display converters that come with it

you will get about 6 converter
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#20
Zubasa
coolbreeze27603Whatever you do DO NOT BUY ANY XFX VIDEO CARD! Their "engineering" is pitiful and their "product support" even worse. This is my personal and professional opinion gleaned from personal experience with their "support" division and one of their HD4870 1gb monstrosities. Do your research before deciding on one of these newer 5800 series cards. The cards are fantastic, but coming from XFX they're liable to be faulty and their "support" department will go out of their way to make you, the consumer, to be unaware and less than credible. Their "support" department's veracity is also open to argument.
This card is a 100% ATi reference design, so no. ;)
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#21
EarlZ
coolbreeze27603Whatever you do DO NOT BUY ANY XFX VIDEO CARD! Their "engineering" is pitiful and their "product support" even worse. This is my personal and professional opinion gleaned from personal experience with their "support" division and one of their HD4870 1gb monstrosities. Do your research before deciding on one of these newer 5800 series cards. The cards are fantastic, but coming from XFX they're liable to be faulty and their "support" department will go out of their way to make you, the consumer, to be unaware and less than credible. Their "support" department's veracity is also open to argument.
It never came to you that most brands are made on the same factory even custom editions..
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#22
DaveK
6 monitors? Seriously? What will that do for your life? lol
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#23
pantherx12
A lot of people are thinking about this solely from a gaming perspective. ( which obviously restricts it to what you need. which for the most part is not 6 monitors)

Stop, look at how this could be useful in other situations.

Ever watched the news where they have a image across several monitors in the background?

Now places need less cards and no additional software for that type of set up.
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#24
JTS
eidairaman1A buddy of mine has never had a bad XFX Product, Im thinking about going with them when I build a machine.
And I've had two out of three XFX 4890's die on me... I'm a little gun shy when it comes to their quality myself now.
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#25
Henrytvu
HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 faulty

I have a faulty xfx 5870 eyefinity 6 and xfx wants to replace it with
the 6950. All specs and reviews/research indicate that the 5870 eyefinity
is better. But the support guy insist that the 6950 uses new arhtichecture
and therefor it's better.

Anyone experience with this painful saga?
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