Asus EAH5870 Radeon HD 5870 Review @ HotHardware.com

news · December 29, 2009

Hello Everyone,

Immediately upon its introduction, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 took the title

for the fastest, single-GPU on the market. There was simply no other

single-GPU that could touch it, not only in terms of performance, but in

regard to features as well. And at the time, virtually all of AMD's

strategic board partners were at the ready with products based on the

Radeon HD 5870 reference design.

Unfortunately, due to some yield issues at TSMC, the foundry that

manufactures the actual chips at the heart of the card, supplies of Radeon

HD 5870 (and Radeon HD 5850) cards quickly dried up. AMD had the fastest,

most feature-rich single GPU on the market, and it was incredibly difficult

to buy one for a while there.

The supply issues have since cleared up, however, and Radeon HD 5870 cards

are easily attainable once again. With that in mind, we're taking a look at

Asus' take on AMD's flagship single-GPU, the EAH5870. Like essentially all

of the other Radeon HD 5870 cards currently available, Asus' offering is

based on AMD's reference design. But Asus does have a couple of tricks up

its sleeve that help differentiate the EAH5870 from the also-rans. Read on

and take a look for yourself...

Asus EAH5870 Radeon HD 5870 Review:

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