ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition videocard review

Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition videocard released by ATI; release date: 30 June 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $479. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Cypress.

Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 68.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1600. Floating-point performance - 2,720.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 2,154 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 228 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4780 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 153.0 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cypress
Launch date	30 June 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$479
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	228 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4780 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5