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Asus EAHD5870 1GB - Innovation/Technology

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 08:21 Laptopfreak

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Innovation/Technology

Some of the key features the new ATi HD5800 series is equipped with are:

•    ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to six displays
•    ATI Stream technology
•    Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL
•    Supports OpenGL 3.1
•    DirectX 11
•    Shader model 5.0
•    Multi-threading
•    DirectCompute 11 - Physics and AI
•    Hardware Tessellation
•    Better shadows
•    HDR Texture compression

DirectX 11
We finally got a new DirectX technology. Most game developers skipped DX10 entirely, as it was quite similar to DX9 in terms of graphics, and why throw money at something that fails to improve anything?
DX11 is a great step in the right direction for both developers and gamers, which is good news for all of us. Developers have an opportunity to make the games faster and more visually appealing with new shaders, which means gamers get to enjoy games that are superior in both performance and looks.

Multi-threading
Just as with modern processors and programs, you can now send codes and datasheets to the GPU multi-threaded. This is called multi-threaded rendering and results in greater efficiency. You might compare it with a bunch of cars that need to get from point A to point B; by creating additional lanes, they all get there faster.

DirectCompute 11
This is one of the more exciting things DX11 brings along. In short, DirectCompute is a function that allows developers to use the GPU for tasks which were previously carried out by the CPU.
Developers can use computer shaders, DirectCompute and DX11 to add new technologies that can be used to improve graphics quality in for example games, or they can be used for non-graphical programs and tasks like video transcoding, video upscaling and physics simulations.

Shader model 5.0
DX11 also introduces shader model 5 for High Level Shader Language (HLSL). That makes it easier for graphics programmers to add shader programs. Another addition is double-precision support, which allows programmers to deal with shader specialisation via polymorphism, objects and interfaces.

ATI Eyefinity
ATIEyefinity is another new function introduced along with the HD5800 series. This function basically makes it possible to use up to six monitors per graphics card. So, you can create a setup with six display, each running 1920 x 1200, which should melt the heart of any gamer.
99% of those who will end up buying an ATI 5800 card will probably never use this function, but the 1% who do are in for an extraordinary experience.