Asus' 2GB Radeon HD 5870 Matrix card pictured

[Nedjo]

there any release date on these

didn't someone mentioned CeBIT?

still waiting on the 5XXX card with 6x DP

official launch is just around the corner

good point... 2 mini dvi and one hdmi or dp would have been much better... or 1 dvi and 2 mini dvi... since there are adapters from dvi to dp and hdmi, right?

this configuration that ASUS made is the best one for Eyefinity... Basically any monitor today that has DVI has HDMI to.
Also you can output picture on two DVIs and HDM at the same time, so two DVIs are redundant.
Fianlly any DP monitor out thare that's needed for Eyefinity has DVI and HDMI ports also.

i dont get why display makers arent using dp... i thought its license is free?

Yes it's free, but it's a game of chicken and egg... obviously monitor manufacturers expect that ALL graphic cards in ALL segments have DP... ofr two years, and then they'll go with DP on ALL monitors...

Why not just dump DVI altogether and just use the smaller ports so you can fit more of them? Like all DP or half and half with DP/HDMI, or DP/miniDVI?

'cos of the monitors market segmentation.

Why are they still including these massive, legacy-looking ports? I mean they can all be converted to DVI if people still use monitors with those connectors anyway, can't they?

everything is doable if someone is willing to pay for it

i think the biggest issue is that converters for DP to other things go for like 20$. cant throw in 80$ worth of adapters when you can just put one of each type on the chip, and tell consumers to deal with it.

true, true!