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PowerColor goes all out, launches six Radeon HD 5000-series GPUs

by Parm Mann on 23 September 2009, 17:26

Tags: PowerColor (6150.TWO)

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With just about all of ATI's partners launching Radeon HD 5000-series products, there isn't exactly a shortage of choice (it's availability that's a problem).

However, making sure it has every possible scenario covered, PowerColor has introduced a total of six models based on AMD's DirectX 11 architecture. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean custom-cooling or specialised cards, instead we're treated to three different bundles of each of AMD's two new products - the Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850.

As expected, all of PowerColor's offerings are stock clocked. Choosing between them is fairly simple - there's the standard card, a bundle with upcoming gaming title Colin McRae: Dirt 2, or a bundle with a KONNET HDMI cable. The bundles add $10 or $30, respectively, to PowerColor's suggested retail price.

Here's how the PowerColor six stack up:

  HD5850 HD5850
Dirt2 Edition
HD5850
with EHD cable
HD5870 HD5870
Dirt2 Edition
HD5870
with FHD cable
Core Speed 725MHz 725MHz 725MHz 850MHz 850MHz 850MHz
Memory Speed 1000MHz (4.0Gbps) 1000MHz (4.0Gbps) 1000MHz (4.0Gbps) 1200MHz (4.8Gbps) 1200MHz (4.8Gbps) 1200MHz (4.8Gbps)
Memory 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth 256bit 256bit 256bit 256bit 256bit 256bit
Eyefinity Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DirectX 11 11 11 11 11 11
CrossFireX YES YES YES YES YES YES
Output Dual DL-DVI / HDMI / Display Port Dual DL-DVI / HDMI / Display Port Dual DL-DVI / HDMI / Display Port Dual DL-DVI / HDMI / Display Port Dual DL-DVI / HDMI / Display Port Dual DL-DVI / HDMI / Display Port
MSRP $259 $269 $289 $379 $389 $409

Official press release: AMD AND POWERCOLOR LAUNCH THE NEW GENERATION HD5800 SERIES



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$30 for an HDMI cable? Does the cable come with a TV included?
this_is_gav
$30 for an HDMI cable? Does the cable come with a TV included?

lmfao :mrgreen:
this_is_gav
$30 for an HDMI cable? Does the cable come with a TV included?

I know you can get them cheaper but depending on length £20 isnt bad for a good quality cable.

Good quality meaning the cable isnt going to break or come apart at the connectors not quality of transmission
I got mine for £3 from Ebuyer and I bet you would know the difference.
koldjg
I got mine for £3 from Ebuyer and I bet you would know the difference.

first spent a tenner on a cable from Tesco, that didn't give me 1080 or 720, only 568, so i took it back. Spent £30 on a Phillips cable from curries, then bought a 2nd cable from ebuyer for £3, no difference in quality between the 2