GIGABYTE has extended its line of premium Super Overclock series graphics cards to include AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5870.
GIGABYTE's custom card, pictured above, is designed with the overclocking crowd in mind and qualifies for "Super Overclock" status by passing through a process dubbed GPU Gauntlet Sorting - a series of tests through which GIGABYTE cherry picks the best GPUs.
That GPU is then attached to a Ultra Durable VGA board, which brings all the usual high-end GIGABYTE goodies to the table - including a 2oz copper PCB, first tier Samsung/Hynix memory, Japanese capacitors, ferrite core chokes and five NEC proadlizers.
All that should combine to provide ample overclocking headroom, and GIGABYTE even gets you started with a core pre-overclocked to 900MHz (up from 850MHz) and 1GB of GDDR5 memory overclocked to an effective 5,000MHz (up from 4,800MHz).
Voltage read points are available to help keep things under control beyond those out-the-box levels, and the custom cooler - which features a duo of inclined fans - claims to lower temperatures by around 13°C when compared to AMD's reference design.
There's no mention of pricing and availability, but with the card likely to go head to head with something like an MSI 5870 Lightning, we reckon it'll fetch around £380 at retail.
Hoping for something a little more mainstream? Turns out you're in luck, as GIGABYTE tells us a Super Overclock edition of the Radeon HD 5770 is in the works.
