Sapphire HD5970 from ATI

 

 

Sapphire HD5970 From ATI Radeon is the latest offering worth mentioning. Here this one doesnt make a boast of itself claiming best at anything in particular.

Being silent as well as giving performance competent enough for its rivals is the speciality of this graphics card.

The HD 5970 comes with clock speeds of 725MHz core and 1000MHz, thereby making it a highly fast performing card. With 2GB of fifth generation GDDR5 memory and a new architecture with a total of 3200 stream processors and 160 texture units, the card appears to be exceedingly lightning fast with current DirectX 10.1, DirectX 10 and DirectX 9.0 games and applications. The entire aspect will support new levels of detail, transparency and lightning effects in upcoming releases of software using DirectX 11.

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ATI Radeon HD 4770 - Budget-friendly Graphics Card

Now for those who are not aware of the ATI Radeon HD 4770, here it is. The HD 4770 is not just economical or a budget graphic card but its a wonderfull combination of evrything actually. Its a real competent to the Nvidia GeForce 9800GT. ATI Radeon HD 4770 is the first 40nm process fabricated desktop card with 640 stream processors and GDDR5 memory standard. AMD is finally on track with its 40nm GPU and GDDR5 memory standard adoption plans.

With core clocked at 750MHz, HD 4770 has 512MB GDDR5 memory clocked at 800MHz and uses 128-bit memory interface to offer 51.2GB/s memory bandwidth. Boasting of 960GFLOPs processing power, HD 4770 has a thermal design power rating of 80Watts.

Gaming performance gets better with DirectX 10.1 support in HD 4770 over the DirectX 10 supporting cards. Thus, gamers can play DirectX 10.1 based games like HAWX, S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky, Stormrise and Battleforge.

Apart from this, HD 4770 features the second generation Unified Video Decoder with support for HDMI for visually pleasing high definition Blu-ray movie watching experience. By including HD 7.1 Surround Sound support, audio won't be compromised on this card.

With all these features the card still costs just Rs.5000($100) in the US and Rs.7500 in India.


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AMD Athlon II Processors

The AMD Athlon II family offers high-performance, low-power dual-, triple- and quad-core processors, in addition to standard power processors. AMD's mainstream desktop platform aims to provide users a superior visual experience. The Athlon II processor family brings in HD video, slideshow, and 3D gaming tasks to mainsream consumers. AMD's Athlon II X2 240e processor is cost efficient, saving more than $40 compared to the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400, delivering up to 70 percent enhanced performance in media and entertainment.

With an increase in cores, AMD's Athlon II X3 435 processor ensures cost savings of over $100. It takes the media and entertainment performance to an upper level of supremacy with up to 75 percent efficient performance compared to the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500.

The 2.3 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 605e is priced at $143, 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 600e at $133, 2.7 GHz AMD Athlon II X3 425 for $76, 2.3 GHz AMD Athlon II X3 405e at $102, and 2.3 GHz AMD Athlon II X3 400e at $97.

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ATI Radeon HD 5800 series - AMD's Most powerfull processors

AMD comes out with its most powerfull processor till date. The latest processors are measured in FLOPS ( raw compute horsepower), these processors are implemented in the Next-Generation ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards.These cards delivers a speed of up to 2.72 TeraFLOPS in a single card

Microsoft will be introducing DirectX 11 for the first time along with Windows 7. ATI Radeon HD5800 series would be the first graphics card to support DirectX 11 completely.

Initially ATI Radeon HD5800 series would release 2 cards:

• ATI Radeon HD5870
• ATI Radeon HD5850

These cards will be supported by the following companies:

• ASUS
• Club 3D
• Diamond Multimedia
• Force 3D
• Gigabyte
• HIS
• MSI
• Multimedia
• PowerColor
• SAPPHIRE Technology
• VisionTek
• XFX

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AMD - Vision Technology

AMD today announced a new way to help consumers select the PC that best meets their needs. 

Working with retailers and PC manufactures, VISION Technology from AMD breaks the model in 

how PC benefits are communicated. Rather than the traditional model, which focuses on the technical specifications of individual hardware components, VISION communicates the value of the whole system and demonstrates the combined processing power of both the CPU and GPU to deliver a superior visual experience to mainstream PC users. It emphasizes how an AMD-based PC is optimized for video, digital media and content creation activities. VISION guides the industry past the era of CPU-centric marketing and describes the PC capabilities in terms of what can be enjoyed on the system - see, share, create. This helps consumers to make better informed buying decisions.

Notebook PCs with VISION Technology from AMD are expected to be widely available on retail shelves and online during the holiday buying season timed to the release of the Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft. Complementing VISION, Windows 7 supports DirectX 10, Direct X10.1, and Direct X11 for richer 3D detail on games and other media apps, and a Unified Video Decoder to free up the CPU so that users can have a superior visual and more responsive computing experience while converting video for use on hand held devices. This last activity is greatly simplified and much more rapid with the new Drag and Drop feature of Windows 7.

AMD's 2009 notebook platforms, serve as the first proof points for VISION Technology. Mainstream OEM notebooks offered with VISION have next-generation HD graphics technology for rich, vivid HD and Blu-ray video playback, life-like 3D games, brilliant, clear photos, and multi-tasking power for editing photos, music and videos.

For consumers seeking rich PC experiences in a very thin and stylish notebook, innovative ultrathin OEM notebooks with VISION are designed to deliver highly responsive, balanced performance and a superior visual experience at accessible price points. VISION technology contains three levels of increasingly rich PC system capabilities: VISION Basic, VISION Premium, and VISION Ultimate to reflect the different usage patterns of PC consumers: from digital consumption to content creation.

These notebook platforms bring visually-rich experiences to consumers through features such as:

• UP to one billion colors for crystal-clear photos and videos,
• DirectX 10.1 for smooth, lifelike games,
• 7.1 audio for pulse-pounding music; and
• Blu-ray support for the latest movies.

In the first quarter of 2010, AMD plans to introduce a fourth level, VISION Black, to enable the highest end capabilities sought by enthusiasts, primarily on desktop PCs. Descriptions of the types of activities available at each level will be available in-store and online, so that buyers can align their needs and make the right choice for their preferred experience. 

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Future AMD chips equipped with 'human eye' reality - Eyefinity

AMD demonstrated graphics chip technology that the company says approaches the arc and clarity seen by the human eye.

Eyefinity is a multi-display technology that will be part of future Radeon graphics chips designed to use up to six connected high-definition displays that can achieve "up to 12 times 1080p high-definition resolution, which approaches eye-definition optical clarity," the company said in a statement.
The goal is to create virtual environments so detailed that they seem optically real to the human eye. In a single PC, this yields a resolution of 268 megapixels, roughly equivalent to the resolution of a 90-degree arc of what the human eye sees, AMD said. By comparison, an average 19-inch LCD display today delivers a resolution of about 1 megapixel.

Simon Solotko, a senior advanced marketing manager at AMD, described three "new use models availed or expanded by" Eyefinity.
"The first I call immersive, panoramic computing. Many displays for one person," Solotko wrote. The user is surrounded with many displays creating an immersive reality or information environment--only possible previously on high-end workstations or simulators, according to Solotko.
The second model is many users using a single computer with multiple displays. "For example, one user enjoying dual monitor productivity, and a second user or group of users enjoying a movie or game on a third or fourth screen," he wrote. The basic premise is that it is a single session. One person is controlling the visual environment--one keyboard, one mouse. "Kind of like a...DJ who can launch applications for many to see," Solotko wrote.
When each screen has its own I/0 (mouse, keyboard, or motion controller) and supports a separate user session, this defines the third mode, according to Solotko. "A computer of the future with panoramic 3D gaming, multiple video playback, and access to 'cloud-based' resources on the internet on multiple displays," he wrote.
(CNET news)

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AMD six-core desktop chip - Thuban - in Spring 2010

AMD plans to launch a six-core desktop processor dubbed "Thuban" next year.

Xbit Labs claims the processor will be released in Spring 2010 and share much the same features of current Phenom IIs - except for the six-core die, of course - that is, a dual channel DDR3-1333 memory controller, 512KB L2 cache per core and a crossbarred 6MB cache. According to the site, it will still be a 45nm SOI part and will fit an AM3 motherboard (or AM2+, depending on the power specs).

Considering AMD is currently shipping Istanbul this makes sense.

It is AMD's habit to follow similar paths in desktop and server development. You can see the common heritage between the Opteron and the Phenom II nowadays, so it wouldn't be much of a surprise if it were a simple remake of Istanbul for desktops.

You can pick up an Istanbul server or workstation today - expensive-like - but as a desktop user you're probably already well off with a quad-core AMD processor for a fraction of the price. Since only purely multithreaded apps will really squeeze the taboo six-core for all its worth, you really have to wait for the desktop computing environment to catch up.

Thuban, by the way, is Arabic for Basilisk, but it's also a star in the Draco constellation. Makes sense considering AMD is all about the stars and the beasts.

The report also mentions some information about the upcoming 890FX/GX chipset that will essentially be a 790FX with a new southbridge chip, hopefully supporting 6GBps SATA and USB 3.0. µ

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ATI FirePro™ V8750 - AMD's Most Powerfull Professional 3D Graphics Card

With Up To Four Times The Processing Power And More Memory Bandwidth Than Comparable Competing Solution(1) and for less than $1,800 MSRP, ATI FirePro™ V8750 3D workstation accelerator delivers exceptional computational power to tackle incredibly complex designs

Specifications:

• ATI FirePro™ V8750 3D workstation graphics accelerator brings the highest number of shader engines (800) with the highest memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s) in the entire 3D professional graphics offerings today¹ which enables professionals to render incredibly complex models and photo-realistic images in real-time.

• The ultra parallel processing architecture of the ATI FirePro V8750 3D workstation graphics accelerator maximizes throughput by automatically directing graphics horsepower where it’s needed. Intelligent management of computational resources enables enhanced utilization of the GPU to enable real-time rendering of complex models and scenes with high frame rates when animating. This acceleration is accessed through ATI Stream technology, a set of advanced hardware and software technologies that enable a system to dynamically balance workloads by tapping a both the CPU and a GPU in a workstation to enable accelerated application performance.

• With ATI FirePro V8750 3D workstation graphics accelerator, applications that take advantage of the shader units and memory bandwidth perform significantly better than with competing solutions. For example, UG NX4 software from Siemens PLM performs up to 56 percent faster and Autodesk 3ds Max OGL runs 118 percent faster on ATI FirePro V8750 than the comparable competing solution.²

• Featuring 2GB of GDDR5 frame buffer memory, engineers and designers are free to focus on project work without concerns for memory limitations that have traditionally impacted professional applications.

• ATI FirePro V8750 3D workstation graphics accelerator offers thirty percent more bandwidth than the comparable competing solution¹, and it’s equipped with the latest memory technology, GDDR5, for superior bandwidth and power consumption.

• Two DisplayPort outputs, one Dual Link enabled DVI output and one Stereo sync output provide versatility and advanced features needed for advanced monitors and a high resolution support. In addition, with native multi-card support, users can see more and do more using four displays by adding a second ATI FirePro 3D graphics accelerator in the same workstation.

• ATI FirePro 3D workstation graphics accelerators have more than 90 certifications from independent software vendors and have undergone extensive testing to provide industry standard reliability.

• Concurrent with this product launch, AMD is also announcing the availability of ATI CrossFire™ Pro technology which enables users to combine the power of two discrete graphics cards to scale their application performance for maximum productivity. This capability which simply involves coupling the two graphics cards using an interconnect cable, is designed to provide a significant performance boost to CAD and DCC applications such as UG NX, Ensight, Maya and Teamcenter. In addition to ATI FirePro V8750, ATI CrossFire™ Pro is planned for availability on the mid-range and above graphics cards including ATI FirePro™ V5700, ATI FirePro™ V7750, and ATI FirePro™ V87003D workstation graphics accelerators. Initial support is provided for Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit) with support for other operating systems scheduled to follow in the second half of 2009.

• The new ATI FirePro V87503D workstation graphics accelerator is available now at the MSRP of $1,799. ATI FirePro graphics accelerators are available from OEMs, system integrators and channel partners worldwide.

Words From The Company :

“Digital content creation and high end CAD users have been held hostage to high-priced solutions for advanced rendering,” said Janet Matsuda, senior director, AMD Professional Graphics. “The ATI FirePro V8750 3D workstation graphics accelerator delivers unparalleled performance and two GB of frame buffer memory for less than $1,800 MSRP. Creative and engineering professionals can now afford the powerful graphics they deserve.”

“We’re amazed at the performance boost to our already fast MachStudio Pro real-time 3D workflow and rendering product with the new ATI FirePro V8750 3D workstation graphics accelerator,” said David Koenig, CEO, StudioGPU. “Powered by the new ATI FirePro workstation graphics accelerator, the MachStudio Pro non-linear real-time 3D finishing workflow enables design firms and 3D artists everywhere to power through big, complex projects amazingly fast. Thanks to the ATI graphic accelerators, small and mid-size studios can now work at the speed of thought to streamline workflow in a way that was impossible for the largest and most fully equipped production facilities as little as a year ago.”

(Courtesy: www.amd.com )

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