ATI-Radeon-HD-5850 review (CrossfireX)

• Hemlock - dual-chip (X2) flagship graphics solutions powered by two RV870 chips (originally known as R800).
• Cypress - single-chip high-performance graphics solution based on the RV870 chip that will replace the ATI Radeon HD 4890; this is the Radeon HD 5870 and as tested today the Radeon HD 5850.
• Juniper - single-chip performance graphics solution that will replace the remaining Radeon HD 4870 and 4850 graphics boards. We expect Radeon HD 5750 and 5770.
• Redwood - single-chip mainstream graphics solution(s) based on the RV830 chip that will replace both RV730 and RV740-based solutions.
• Cedar - single-chip entry-level graphics solution(s) based on the RV810 chip.

• 1GB GDDR5 memory
• ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to six displays (four on default reference cards)
• 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 performance
• 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

Support the new DirectX 11

• Shader model 5.0
• Multi-threading
• DirectCompute 11 - Physics and AI
• Hardware Tessellation
• Better shadows

New technique Hardware Tessellation (more smooth surface)

Far Cry 2 Performance

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