AMD is taking advantage of NVidia’s delay in a new video card by releasing the HD5970, what they are calling the “Fastest Graphics Card in the World”.
Enthusiasts can expand their field of view, ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, driving up to three displays at once, delivering an unmatched maximum resolution of 7680×1600 and creating an unparalleled game play experience.3 For the first time ever, ATI CrossFireX™ technology leverages the power of multiple graphics processors to deliver even more game performance in 20 of today’s popular titles when using ATI Eyefinity technology, with more to come.
The ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card delivers nearly 5 TeraFLOPS of compute power, ensuring superior performance in the latest DirectX® 11 games, as well as in previous versions of DirectX® and OpenGL titles.
No doubt the card is impressive, but reports claim that it draws a whopping 294W of power in full use. This puts it just barely within the margins of the ATX power specs (300W), making any overclocking or tweaking a tricky matter.
via AMD Introduces ATI Radeon™ HD 5970: Fastest Graphics Card in the World.
