AMD presenta
ATI RADEON HD 5800, la prima scheda grafica
per DirectX11
AMD presenta
oggi la più potente famiglia di processori
grafici mai prodotta, ATI Radeon HD serie
5800, la prima e l’unica che garantisce il
pieno supporto a Microsoft DirectX 11 e che
offrirà un’esperienza visiva e di gioco al
massimo delle tecnologie offerte da Windows
7.
Milano,
23/09/2009 - SUNNYVALE, Calif.- AMD (NYSE:
AMD) today launched the most powerful
processor ever created1, found in its
next-generation ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series
graphics cards, the world’s first and only
to fully support Microsoft DirectX® 112, the
new gaming and compute standard shipping
shortly with Microsoft Windows® 7 operating
system. Boasting up to 2.72 TeraFLOPS of
compute power, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800
series effectively doubles the value
consumers can expect of their graphics
purchases, delivering twice the
performance-per-dollar of previous
generations of graphics products.3 AMD will
initially release two cards: the ATI Radeon
HD 5870 and the ATI Radeon HD 5850, each
with 1GB GDDR5 memory. With the ATI Radeon™
HD 5800 series of graphics cards, PC users
can expand their computing experience with
ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology,
accelerate their computing experience with
ATI Stream technology, and dominate the
competition with superior gaming performance
and full support of Microsoft DirectX® 11,
making it a “must-have” consumer purchase
just in time for Microsoft Windows® 7
operating system.
“With the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of
graphics cards driven by the most powerful
processor on the planet, AMD is changing the
game, both in terms of performance and the
experience,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice
president and general manager, Products
Group, AMD. “As the first to market with
full DirectX 11 support, an unmatched
experience made possible with ATI Eyefinity
technology, and ATI Stream technology
harnessing open standards designed to help
make Windows 7 that much better, I can say
with confidence that AMD is the undisputed
leader in graphics once more.”
Dominate your competition with Microsoft
DirectX® 11 support
With the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series of
graphics cards, gamers will enjoy gaming
supremacy and the ultimate advantage,
realizing incredible HD gaming performance
and the most engaging experience possible
with DirectX® 11 gaming done right:4
Designed and built for purpose: Modeled on
the full DirectX 11 specifications, the ATI
Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards
delivers up to 2.72 TeraFLOPS of compute
power in a single card, translating to
superior performance in the latest DirectX
11 games, as well as in DirectX 9, DirectX
10, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL titles in single
card configurations or multi-card
configurations using ATI CrossFireX™
technology. When measured in terms of
performance experienced in some of today’s
most popular games, the ATI Radeon HD 5800
series is up to twice as fast as the closest
competing product in its class,5 allowing
gamers to enjoy incredible new DirectX 11
games – including the forthcoming DiRT™2
from Codemasters, and Aliens vs. Predator™
from Rebellion, and updated version of The
Lord of the Rings Online™ and Dungeons and
Dragons Online® Eberron Unlimited™ from
Turbine – all in stunning detail with
incredible frame rates. Generations ahead of
the competition: Building on the success of
the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series products, the
ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards
is two generations ahead of DirectX 10.0
support, and features 6th generation evolved
AMD tessellation technology, 3rd generation
evolved GDDR5 support, 2nd generation
evolved 40nm process technology, and a
feature-rich compute shader, all geared
towards delivering the best gaming
experience money can buy.
The ultimate in game compatibility: The
DirectX 11 API was developed on AMD graphics
hardware and represents the cornerstone of
DirectX 11 gaming. All initial DirectX 11
games were developed and/or continue to be
developed on AMD DirectX 11 hardware. With
more than 20 DirectX 11 games currently in
development, this innate optimization for
ATI Radeon graphics cards, in combination
with monthly ATI Catalyst™ driver releases,
help ensure a stable, reliable and
high-performance experience for the latest
games. Accelerate with ATI Stream technology
With the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of
graphics card, PC users can unleash Windows
7 and realize the potential of a better
computing experience to help do more with
their PC:6
Harness the home supercomputer: One ATI
Radeon HD 5870 graphics card would have been
one of the top 10 supercomputers in the
world just six years ago – today that same
processing power can be found in your home
PC, working with high-performance CPUs to
deliver a superior experience. 7
Windows® 7 done right: Windows 7 is the
first compute-capable operating system and
the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics
cards with ATI Stream technology accelerate
it like nothing else, being the first and
only card to support DirectCompute 11.8
Create and do more, faster than ever before
with ATI Stream technology: Enjoy new
features, functionality and improved
performance in top media, entertainment and
productivity applications made possible by
ATI Stream technology.6 Most expansive
support of industry standards: The ATI
Radeon HD 5800 of graphics cards fully
support both DirectX 11 and OpenCL, ensuring
broad application support now and the
future.
Expand the PC experience with ATI Eyefinity
multi-display technology
Enjoy multi-monitor computing with seamless
enablement of the biggest game environments
ever seen:9
The ultimate in seamless flexibility:
Arrange one to three displays using the ATI
Radeon™ HD 5870 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5850
graphics cards, or up to six displays using
the forthcoming ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
Eyefinity6 graphics card, in a variety of
configurations – any mix of portrait or
landscape.
See them before they see you: Unlock the
potential of multi-monitor gaming at up to
12 x full HD resolution, the largest game
environments ever displayed.10 Experience
more visual detail and expanded battlefields
that your gaming competitors may lack. Enjoy
visual computing in eye-definition:
Virtually obsolete scrolling by taking
advantage of vast desktop real estate to put
more information at your fingertips. Enjoy
the best of today’s latest visually-enhanced
online applications – social networking,
video conferencing, video entertainment, and
satellite imagery – all in stunning detail.
Ecosystem support
The ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series of graphics
cards is supported by a dozen add-in-board
companies, including ASUS, Club 3D, Diamond
Multimedia, Force3D, GIGABYTE, HIS (Hightech
Information Systems), MSI, Multimedia,
PowerColor, SAPPHIRE Technology, VisionTek
and XFX.
Supporting Quotes
“By incorporating the ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
graphics processor’s revolutionary DirectX
11 and ATI Eyefinity multi-monitor
capabilities into the Alienware desktop
gaming system, Dell Gaming continues to lead
the industry in delivering performance,
immersion and visual experience levels that
shatter all previous limitations,” said
Arthur Lewis, head of Dell gaming group.
“I had high expectations of AMD’s new
DirectX 11 GPUs, but nothing really prepared
me for the breathtaking experience that I’m
now enjoying,” said Dirk Ringe, vice
president, EA Phenomic. “Frame rates are so
silky-smooth at ultra high-resolutions, even
with all effects turned to max, that the new
hardware makes previous hardware look like a
quaint antique! The quality of the rendering
in BattleForge is something that I used to
dream about only a year ago – and the
flexibility and power of DirectCompute 11
opens our eyes to a multitude of new
possibilities. We applaud AMD’s and
Microsoft’s vision in creating the DirectX
11 API and this amazing new hardware and we
can say without hesitation that it
represents the future of gaming.”
“We were simply astonished by the
performance of the DirectCompute 11 hardware
in AMD’s DirectX 11 GPUs,” said Ruslan
Didenko, project lead, GSC Gameworld. “By
meeting the full DirectX 11 hardware spec
AMD has created a beast of a GPU that is
light years ahead of its DirectX 10.1 and
DirectX 10 predecessors. We strongly
recommend a full-on DirectX 11 GPU from AMD
as very simply the best way to experience
our stunning new game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call
of Pripyat. A vision of loveliness, in every
gut-wrenching detail!”
“Trinigy remains committed to supporting the
game development industry with top-notch
game engine technology that combines
efficiency, creative freedom and
performance,” said Dag Frommhold, managing
director at Trinigy. “We’re extremely
excited to be working with AMD to support
their DirectX 11 graphics processors. AMD’s
quality drivers and hardware complement our
commitment to game developers perfectly by
empowering them to produce higher-level
in-game graphics than ever before.”
