AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 X2 “Hemlock” DirectX 11 Graphics Card Coming Next Month

Remember we’d told you about the successor of ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 couple of months back? The world’s first DirectX 11 graphics card — ATI Radeon HD 5870 X2 — is all set to launch next month. According to reports, it features 2GB of GDDR5 memory, DisplayPort, DVI, and HDMI.

There will be a total of five ATI DirectX 11 graphics cards:

• Hemlock – dual-chip flagship graphics solutions powered by two RV870 chips (originally known as R800);
• Cypress – single-chip high-performance graphics solution based on RV870 chip that will replace ATI Radeon HD 4890;
• Juniper – single chip performance graphics solution that will replace the remaining Radeon HD 4870 and 4850 graphics boards. It is highly likely that this one is based on the RV870 as well;
• Redwood – single chip mainstream graphics solution(s) based on RV830 chip that will replace both RV730 and RV740-based solutions;
• Cedar – single chip entry-level graphics solution(s) based on RV810 chip;

Source : PCLaunches