Radeon HD 5870 Six with 6 display outputs, prices, performance

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See Post #38 onwards for context.

As I said - DisplayPort.

HDMI has more than adequate "bandwidth" to carry digital data at resolutions even higher than what we consider "extreme" now (ie. 2560), and I didn't think anyone would call the ability to carry full 7.1 audio data over the same cable "useless" (DisplayPort has the same functionality anyway - would you call it useless in that context?). Furthermore, HDMI supports xvYCC, which we should all be using anyway.

But this isn't about HDMI><DP, this is about DP itself - the supporters are advocating it as "HDMI for your PC", which sounds neat, but the problem is the DRM - the number of consumer-level displays which are HDCP certified is tiny compared to the number of otherwise perfectly good displays that will be needlessly and pointlessly rendered useless if DP gains wide acceptance. If Big Content (R) and Big Beige Boxes (TM) get together and enforce this standard on us, we all lose.

The point is, it isn't needed, it isn't even desirable when ordinary DVI works just fine for even the highest resolutions available today, and really it has no purpose other than to restrict consumer rights and choice.

If it is an open standard, adding another port wouldn't cost much. Like largon said in the thread you made, there are adaptors, which would nullify your point bolded in the quote. They're not electrically compatible but adaptors still exist.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...04&cp_id=10428

xvYCC support: When we have such capable monitors, I do think we would also have DisplayPort support it.

Well here's my conclusion: DisplayPort will not affect anything that exists today, why not embrace it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display...tages_over_DVI

Here's a few advantages. It really needs a citation link though.

http://www.edn.com/article/CA6594089.html

The only problem I see is HDMI/DVI to DisplayPort, which isn't mentioned. Then again, if that ever happen, that means all TVs, all computer monitors by that time are using DisplayPorts.

First rumored benchmark is Crysis:

HD5870 Crysis Benchmark Score
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955BE
Win 7 RTM
VGA: HD5870 1GB

Crysis 1900x1200 4AA +16 AF DX10 Very High
min: 30 .**
avg: 43 .**
max: 54 .**



http://74.125.159.132/translate_c?hl...ivsFsnZPqEd56Q



Well looks like it is faster than 4890 Crossfire and GTX295

Crysis in full detail isn't a dream anymore

Did their memory management got more efficient? IIRC, 4xAA kills memory (though I admit, I've never tried 4x AA on Crysis myself).