There’s no doubt that the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Processor is a monster. And by this, it means that you are able to conquer more. It is slightly cheaper that the previous 5850. Nonetheless, it still comes with 1,440 shaders, 72 texture units, and a lower core clock of 725MHz. But there’s also more ... read more

The overall tweaks in the details have added more polish to the ROP’s texture. There’s an obvious improvement in the chip’s overall performance and visual quality. Games are certainly more realistic with the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Processor.

The idea behind the new series is that it comes with constituent parts are tiny, solid, and extremely capable. Architecturally, it is similar to the previous models. While the asymmetric vec4+1 shader set up and the ratio of shader remain the same, you’ll see that the silicone production has changed from 55 nm to 40 nm. It is now able to fit in more transistors for better performance.

The Radeon doubles the quality of its output because of the additional hardware included. Everything that is needed to meet the DirectX 11 specifications is all in here in this new chip. Everything has been powered to a whole new level.

The new 5870 performs so much better because it packs 1,600 stream shaders, comes with 80 texture units, and it also now has 32 ROPs or Render Output Units. While the chip’s memory base remains essentially untouched, the amount of improvements does make it more effective. The 256 bit does so much more with more power behind it. Why?