sxs112
10-07-2009, 07:24 AM
Since AMD launched the HD5870 series vga, it became the most powerful vga to date. ASUS waste no time supplying them to the market. I was lucky enough to get a first-look preview of the ASUS newest EAH5870 vga.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-01.JPG
There are already many in-depth reviews of the HD5870, so I’ll focus on the feature ASUS has to offer. From the following slides, we can see ASUS has exclusive voltage and clock tweak on SmartDoctor software. For maximum vCore 1.35v, you can push the GPU clock over 1000MHz easily. Even in Crossfire mode, the vCore will be adjusted simultaneously, which is good if you want to overclock multiple cards.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-03.JPG
ASUS is also offering a DX11 game bundle, a coupon for DiRT 2. Since the HD5870 series provide Eyefinity feature, I’ll be trying to playing it with three 24” LCD monitors. Sadly, the game will be released in December, I’ll have wait till then.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-04.JPG
Here’s some photos of the card itself.
Front & back side of the box
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-05.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-06.jpg
DiRT 2 rally game bundled & Voltage tweak
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-07.jpg
Open box
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-08.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-09.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-10.jpg
manual
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-11.jpg
Arabic
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-12.jpg
The card
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-13.jpg
Longer than 4870/4890
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-14.jpg
Air-intake?
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-15.jpg
Blower-fan
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-16.jpg
ASUS is very sensitive to add cover to all unused connectors.
Hope they’ll add covers to Displayport and HDMI.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-17.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-18.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-19.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-20.jpg
Add back-plate to the rear side, not seen on HD4800 series.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-21.jpg
GPU backside
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-22.jpg
Supporter frame
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-23.jpg
Remove back-plate
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-24.jpg
Heatsink
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-25.jpg
Naked pcb
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-26.jpg
Power side, dual 6-pin connectors
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-27.jpg
Output side
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-28.jpg
GPU shot
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-29.jpg
SAMSUNG GDDR5
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-30.jpg
Heatsink parts
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-31.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-32.jpg
0.8amp, hope it won’t have to run 100% speed.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-33.jpg
4 heat-pipes for GPU and memory
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-34.jpg
This one for digital VRM
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-35.jpg
Crossfire ready !!
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-36.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-37.jpg
Specs
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-02.JPG
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-01.JPG
There are already many in-depth reviews of the HD5870, so I’ll focus on the feature ASUS has to offer. From the following slides, we can see ASUS has exclusive voltage and clock tweak on SmartDoctor software. For maximum vCore 1.35v, you can push the GPU clock over 1000MHz easily. Even in Crossfire mode, the vCore will be adjusted simultaneously, which is good if you want to overclock multiple cards.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-03.JPG
ASUS is also offering a DX11 game bundle, a coupon for DiRT 2. Since the HD5870 series provide Eyefinity feature, I’ll be trying to playing it with three 24” LCD monitors. Sadly, the game will be released in December, I’ll have wait till then.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-04.JPG
Here’s some photos of the card itself.
Front & back side of the box
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-05.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-06.jpg
DiRT 2 rally game bundled & Voltage tweak
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-07.jpg
Open box
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-08.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-09.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-10.jpg
manual
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-11.jpg
Arabic
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-12.jpg
The card
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-13.jpg
Longer than 4870/4890
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-14.jpg
Air-intake?
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-15.jpg
Blower-fan
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-16.jpg
ASUS is very sensitive to add cover to all unused connectors.
Hope they’ll add covers to Displayport and HDMI.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-17.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-18.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-19.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-20.jpg
Add back-plate to the rear side, not seen on HD4800 series.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-21.jpg
GPU backside
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-22.jpg
Supporter frame
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-23.jpg
Remove back-plate
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-24.jpg
Heatsink
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-25.jpg
Naked pcb
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-26.jpg
Power side, dual 6-pin connectors
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-27.jpg
Output side
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-28.jpg
GPU shot
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-29.jpg
SAMSUNG GDDR5
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-30.jpg
Heatsink parts
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-31.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-32.jpg
0.8amp, hope it won’t have to run 100% speed.
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-33.jpg
4 heat-pipes for GPU and memory
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-34.jpg
This one for digital VRM
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-35.jpg
Crossfire ready !!
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-36.jpg
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-37.jpg
Specs
http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/5870WEB/pictures/ASUS5870-02.JPG