ATI has invested a lot to get to present, before the rival NVIDIA, new solutions DirectX11 compatible graphics libraries which will be part of the package of Windows Seven. As we have seen in recent months in ATI recently introduced a series of cards for the best possible cover all market requirements.

the ATI HD 5870, the first card to use the new gpu Cypress with full support for Microsoft's new libraries and currently the most powerful in the market; After a couple of weeks, the HD 5870 has been joined by little sister less HD5850 which arises as a solution in the range of entry Enthusiast. ATI has attacked the mainstream segment presenting the gpu Juniper identified with the standard HD 5700, two versions of the graphics processor is distinguished by the final number 70/50 as the HD 5800 series.

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The approach is not new, since in recent history both ATI and NVIDIA have used this trick to create the fastest cards on the market Latest in chronological order, the HD4870X2 and GTX295.Unlike what was seen fingerless, nomenclature changes to help you better understand the performance of the card you buy.

If the first solution dualGPU belonged to the same set of versions Singlegpu with the final addition of the suffix X2, Hemlock is now set to itself, identified as HD5900.The series HD 5900 series as the smallest will have two separate versions of the final 70/50, used as an indication of the GPUs on the card.