AMD has proudly released the world’s fastest graphics card in the form of the AMD ATi Radeon HD 5970. This video card features Dual GPUs with a total of 4.3-billion 40nm transistors, DirectX 11 support, Open GL 3.2 support, and a 2GB of 1000MHZ GDDR5 RAM. The new ATI Radeon HD 5970 also adopts ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU technology and ATI Stream acceleration technology that allow it to delivers nearly 5 TeraFLOPS of compute power, ensuring superior performance in the latest DirectX 11 video games such as Battlefield Bad Company 2 from EA DICE, Aliens vs. Predator from Rebellion, DiRT 2 from Codemasters, etc. If you want one, you can buy the AMD ATi Radeon HD 5970 for $599 a pop. [Press Release]
AMD today announced its new Radeon HD 5700 series of graphics cards, the HD 5750 and HD 5770 (pictured above). The Radeon HD 5750 integrates 720 Stream Processors and offers GPU/memory clocks of 700/4600 MHz, while the HD 5770 adopts 800 Stream processors and features GPU/memory clocks of 850/4800 MHz. Both cards are also equipped with a 1GB of GDDR5 memory, a 128-bit memory interface, ATI Eyefinity technology, dual DVI ports, an HDMI port, a DisplayPort output and support DirectX 11 as well as CrossFirex. The Radeon HD 5750 and HD 5770 are priced at $129 and $159, respectively. More
AMD has just released its latest high-end professional 3D graphics card, the ATI FirePro V8750. Designed for workstations, this new graphics card features a 55nm RV770 GPU, 800 Stream Processors, a 2GB of GDDR5 memory and a memory bandwidth of 115.2GB/s. In addition it also integrates a dual-link DVI and two DisplayPort outputs. The AMD ATI FirePro V8750 Professional 3D Graphics Card is priced at $1,799. [TCMagazine]
Advanced Micro Devices has added two new processors to its line up in the form of Athlon II X2 240 and 245. These new 45nm processors are clocked at 2.8GHz (X2 240) and 2.9GHz (X2 245) respectively, and feature a 2MB of L2 cache, a 4000MHz HyperTransport speed and a TDP of 65W. Both processors are expected to hit stores in the near future for under $67 each. [PCLaunches]
Medion will release the Akoya Mini E1312 11.6-inch netbook in the UK exclusively at Aldi stores from July 12th, 2009 onwards. The netbook comes jam packed with a 1366 x 768 LCD display, an AMD Sempron 210U CPU, an ATI Radeon TM Xpress 1250 graphics, a 1GB RAM, a 160GB HDD, and 802.11n Wi-Fi. Available in black or white, the netbook also features a 6-cell or 9-cell battery, HDMI out, three USB ports, 3-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth 2.1, a 1.3MP webcam for video conference, and Microsoft Windows XP Home OS. The 11.6-inch AMD-powered Medion Akoya Mini E1312 will retail for around £339.99 ($551) with a 3-year warranty. Watch two hands-on videos after the jump. More
AMD is set to launch another powerful processor in the form of the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. Claimed as the successor to its Phenom II X4 955 processor series, this new 45nm processor is clocked at 3.4 GHz – 200 MHz and features a 6MB of shared L3 cache, an integrated DDR2/DDR3 memory controller, a 4000 MHz HyperTransport and a TDP of 125W. Sadly, there’s no word on pricing and release date yet. [TCMagazine]
AMD today introduced the ATI FirePro V7750 graphics accelerator for the high-end market. This high-end graphics card features multiple DisplayPort outputs and a Dual Link enabled DVI output, that generate a multi-monitor desktop of more than 5000 pixels wide in a single-slot form factor. It comes with a 1GB of frame buffer memory and a 30-bit display pipeline that enables rendering of more accurate color reproduction and visual quality of complex and large data sets. You can purchase the ATI FirePro V7750 graphics accelerator for $899. [Digitimes]
Here’s a good news for all gamers or multimedia enthusiasts out there, cause AMD has just released its latest processor and platform known as the Dragon. It is powered by the new AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition. This new processor promises you an impressive levels of performance at prices that the mainstream gamer or computer user can afford. [AMD]
I can say this is one of the coolest PC case mods this year. The AMD Phenom PC Case that opens up in virtually all directions features a green lighting scheme. See more pictures after the jump. [LikeCool] More
AMD today announced that Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors exclusively power the HP ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade. HP ProLiant BL495c is the World’s First Server Blade Designed Specifically to Host Virtual Machines. The server basically features Up to two AMD Opteron 2300 Series processors with AMD Virtualizationâ„¢ technology to improve performance in a virtual environment, 16 DIMM slots – supporting up to 128GB of ECC 667MHz DDR2 registered memory, Integrated dual-channel 10 GbE server adapter, and Dual-link AMD’s HyperTransportâ„¢ interconnection between processors. The new server will significantly reduce data center costs by allowing more virtual servers to be packed into each blade – which also undoubtedly extends the life cycle of the data center by saving floor space, power and cooling. 35 systems based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors are now shipping from global OEMs, and will be available for purchase on Sept. 15, 2008. [HP VIA AMD]
