Thread: AMD DirectX11 Graphics Cards: ATI Radeon HD 5870, HD 5850

We've told you about AMD's future DirectX supported graphics cards. According to latest reports, the ATI Radeon HD 5870, as well as the Radeon HD 5850 are the first creation DirectX video cards sustaining Microsoft's DirectX 11.

Features:

• 1GB GDDR5 memory
• ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to three displays
• ATI Stream technology,
• Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL
• Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
• Compliant with DirectX 11 and earlier revisions
• Supports OpenGL 3.1
• ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance6
• ATI Avivo HD video and display technology
• Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay technology
• DL-DVI, DL-DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI
• PCI Express 2.0 support

The cards will be promoted in month of September as well as will be obtainable in month of October, about the same time as Windows 7 commence.