ASUS ROG 5870 Matrix 2GB Photo's

[mathwat]

Over at a Chinese website they obtained some cool photo's of the ASUS ROG 5870 Matrix, the card comes with a 2GB framebuffer. Apparantly it operates at 900 MHz on the core clock and memory at 4900 MHz. The card will come with voltage checkpoints to monitor the juice flowing through the card.
Apparantly it can cram 1.5v through it's pipes allowing a clock frequency of 1080 MHz.
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Looks interesting no word on price.

 

[DarkWhisper]

Loads i bet. but you can probably get them speeds from any card.

 

[BigBruiserAl]

just sell some body parts and some close family and ill chip in the lose change for you

 

[mathwat]

And your car

That safe mode button looks a cool idea.

 

[Vir]

ASUS Radeon HD 5870 MATRIX 2GB Graphics Card Pictured
ASUS' Republic of Gamers MATRIX series of graphics cards is getting a new member, the EAH5870 MATRIX. This model, based on the ATI Radeon HD 5870 GPU has high-end construction, cooling, and voltage regulators, out of the box higher clock speeds, overclocking headroom, and twice the amount of memory: 2 GB. The cooler and backplate design resembles that of ASUS' GeForce GTX 285 MATRIX.

The clock speeds on this card stand at 900 MHz (core) and 1225 MHz (memory, 4900 MHz effective). The card seems to have a stronger VRM circuit that supports higher clock speeds. It draws power from two 8-pin PCI-Express connectors. Display connectivity includes one each of DVI-D, HDMI, and DisplayPort.

Overclocker-friendly features may include ASUS' VoltageTweak software voltage control, a "safe mode" button that falls back to failsafe clock speed and voltage settings, among other things. There is no word on its availability, though we expect to learn more about this card at the upcoming CeBIT event.

 

[mmj_uk]

Nice for hardcore overclockers I guess, I'd sooner spend my money on the refresh or Fermi though .

 

[jigger]

I was planning on waiting till November for the second gen dx11 ATI card, but Id love to get my hands on something like that.

 

[JeffyB]

Asus have done well with their 5xxx cards allowing voltage tweaks and overclocking above the usual limits whilst being covered by waranty. This looks to have taken it even further, at a hefty price no doubt. Will be a nice card for eyefinity with that frame buffer.

 

[DarkWhisper]

Will it be like the mars. ''pointless''

 

[capriboy1978]

A nice card, will be interesting to see if the extra mem increases frame rates over the 1gig.... uk pricing will no doubt be ridiculous though unless there's some competition from the boys in green.

 

[jigger]

unless there's some competition from the boys in green.

The boys in green ?

 

[capriboy1978]

nv

 

[Hotwired]

Aaah cute.

The ROG designers like to stick helpful buttons all over the place. There's an external cmos reset button next to the I/O ports on my GENE III board for example.

Reach round the back and you can reset your card AND cpu

 

[Leezy]

Dual 8 Pin to power it...juicy

 

[tmaxxthomson]

dual 8 pin? whoa. nice!! im so gonna have to sell my 5870's and buy 2 ov them!! haha. if only my bank balance will allow it student life isnt exactly rolling in money...

 

[forest4]

Damn, I just bought a normal XFX 5870 with the 1GB frame buffer. I want this one instead.

 

[Dark Sun]

Nice specs. Don't like the matrix bit on the side - looks a bit tacky.

 

[r0cky]

Only one DVI connector though. Hopefully some other cards will come with 2GB soon as well.

 

[SirCanealot]

I'm sure this will be a great product if you're willing to pay for it.

However, for this kind of product, no custom cooler? Sure the stock cooler is very good for a stock cooler, but we've already seen other companies bring out coolers that run cooler and quieter. If you're selling a product that's designed to be OC'd that much, no idea why you'd stick with stock... :/