Expand. Accelerate. Dominate.
Prepareto experience a riveting high-definition gaming experience with ATIRadeon HD 5800 Series graphics processors. Expand your visual realestate across up to three displays and get lost in the action withrevolutionary ATI Eyefinity Technology. Using ATI Stream technology,accelerate even the most demanding applications and do more than everwith your PC.3 The first to deliver full support for Microsoft DirectX11, these GPUs enable rich, realistic visuals and explosive HD gamingperformance so you can dominate the competition. |
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Triple Your Vision With Eyefinity.
Gettruly immersive entertainment (gaming and video) experience and helpboost productivity (home and office) with ATI Eyefinity Technology,extreme multi-monitor support.
ATI Eyefinitytechnology maximizes your field of view across up to three displays,fully engaging your peripheral vision and putting you right IN the game.
l Flight Sim and Racing Games:
Createthe ultimate flight or racing simulation platform by extendingsupported games across multiple displays for a panoramic view thatgives you a true sense of height andspeed.
- Role-playing Games (RPG):
Get a birds-eye view and spread out game information across multiple screens and still stay in the center of the action.
- Real-time strategy (RTS):
See more of the battlefield without having to zoom.
- First-Person Shooter (FPS):
Get a better view of whats going on around you, use your peripheral vision so you can see the enemy before they see you.
Help increase productivity by maximizing your visual workspace so you can see more Windows simultaneously
Theperfect solution for your home or office, ATI Eyefinity technologymakes multi-tasking a snap by eliminating the need to flip betweenwindows. Surf the internet, do email, edit photos or videos, track yourstocks and much more all at the same time.
ATI Eyefinitytechnology is ideal for multimedia applications; it allows you to keepseveral palettes or panels open while you edit images or videos.
Accelerate
Performtasks on a PC faster with ATI Stream technology, speed up demandingeveryday applications and get more done in less time.
Unleash the massive parallel processing power of your GPU to help you do more with your PC than ever before.
Withmultimedia softwares that support ATI Stream, users can enjoy fastvideo encoding and transcoding so video playback, editing andtransferring content to portable media players is quick and easy.
DirectComputepresents even more opportunities for you to take advantage of your ATIRadeon HD 5800 Series GPU for tasks other than just rendering
- DirectCompute,helps improve PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX11-enabled applications processing load, freeing up the computersmainprocessor to take on additional tasks.
- DirectX11-enabled applications are designed for fast performance on your PCrunning Windows 7. In addition, programs designed for Windows 7 canconvert a digital media file to a different size or format can performa faster conversion (i.e. transcode) under Windows 7 than underprevious versions of WIndows.
- Windows 7 with built-indrag and drop transcoding is a great example how ATI Radeon HD 5800Series GPUs provide an exceptional experience for the upcomingoperating system.
- High performance anisotropicfiltering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jaggededges and create true-to-life graphics, for everything from grass tofacial features.
Dominate
WithDirectX 11 support you can play the latest HD games with unrivalledvisual quality, astonishing realism and ultra-fast frame rates.
Get unrivalled visual quality and intense gaming performance and for today and tomorrow with support for Microsoft DirectX 11
- ATIRadeon HD 5800 Series graphics accelerators and software drivers arethe first to offer full support for Microsoft DirectX 11.
- Getstriking 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity with DirectX 11support, including features like HDR Texture Compression, DirectComputeand Tessellation.
- DirectX 11 brings new levels ofvisual realism to gaming on the PC and youll get top-notch performancefor these titles with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series GPUs.
Get AMDs most advanced technology and massive compute power with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series GPUs
- AMDs 2nd generation TeraScale engine dramatically increases the processing power over the previous generation.
- Feel the power of more than 2 teraFLOPS plowing through the most demanding games.
- Experience the speed, responsiveness and performance of ultra-high bandwidth GDDR5memory.
- Get up to 1.8X of a graphics performance boost with ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode.
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series GPUs are designed to deliver all the benefits of Microsoft Windows 7
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 System Requirements
- PCI Express based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
- 500Watt or greater power supply with 2x 75W 6-pin PCI Express powerconnector recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATICrossFireX Technology in dual mode)
- Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
- Minimum 1GB of system memory
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
- DVD playback requires DVD drive
- Blu-ray / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
- Foran ATI CrossFireX system, a second ATI Radeon HD 5850 graphics card, anATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX BridgeInterconnect cable per graphics card (optional) are required
- To support 3 displays, one of the monitors has to support DisplayPort.
Features
| | Microsoft DirectX 11 Support |
 | ATI Eyefinity Technology |
| ATI Stream Technology - Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL
- Accelerate Video Transcoding
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| 40 nm Process Technology |
| Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology |
| 2nd Generation TeraScale Engine |
| Microsoft Windows 7 Support |
| ATI CrossFireX Technology |
| Enhanced Anisotropic Filtering |
| Accelerated Video Transcoding |
| Display Flexibility, Supports DL-DVI, DP, HDMI and D-Sub |
| HDMI 1.3 |
| Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Support |
| ATI PowerPlay Technology Enhanced Support for GDDR5 memory |
| ATI Avivo Technology Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) |
| Supports OpenGL 3.1 |
Specifications
| I/O Output: Dual DL-DVI-I+DP+HDMI, Triple Display Support |
| Core Clock: 725 MHz |
| Memory Clock: Effective 4000 MHz |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface |
| 1024MB /256bit GDDR5 memory interface |
| Dual Slot Cooler with Auto Fan Control, 2 Ball Bearing |
| On-board HDMI, supports HDMI 1.3 with High Bitrate Audio |
| On-board DisplayPort |
Specifications added on: 10/07/2009
