Asus Doubles Up RAM on Custom HD 5870, Adds Other Enhancements
Asus Doubles Up RAM on Custom HD 5870, Adds Other Enhancements
Posted 02/12/2010 at 10:36am
| by Paul Lilly
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Asus appears to be going all out on its upcoming custom Radeon HD 5870 videocard. It will be the newest addition to Asus' Republic of Gamers (ROG) Matrix series, and unlike any other HD 5870 on the market.
Not only will it look different, but there are some standout features underneath the hood. Asus put a little TLC into tweaking the PCB, resulting in higher quality voltage regulators, an aggressive factory overclock (900MHz core and 1225MHz memory clockspeeds), better overclocking potential, and twice the amount of RAM as any other HD 5870 (2GB versus 1GB).
Should things get a little too hairy, there's a "safe mode" button on the back that drops the clocks and voltage back to stable levels.
No word yet on price or availability.
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Baer
February 28, 2010 at 12:07pm
I do agree. I like Displayport and in fact I will soon buy a monitor with Displayport in. THis card however, would be a real beast if it had two DVI 2 AND the displayport to allow the use of three monitors.
M-ManLA
February 12, 2010 at 9:44pm
I just don't understand why Displayport isn't bigger than what it is. It has all these nice features, no fees to pay up front, and can pass USB signal.
Electronically charged
Baer
February 12, 2010 at 10:32am
But what if you have two monitors with dual link DVI but no displayPort?
CTskifreak
February 12, 2010 at 10:51am
I'm guessing it comes with an adapter for either HDMI to DVI or DisplayPort to DV.
nekollx
February 12, 2010 at 12:09pm
of you buy one...
me i'm just thinking of how funny it wold look on my system as i have 2 vga sooooo
displayport -> dvi -> vga
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