AMD to get DX11 cards out this year

More high performance cards are on the way from AMD.

The old rat race is back on again between Nvidia and AMD, with the company doing its darndest to get a few DX11 cards out the door before the end of 2009, before Nvidia pulls the GT300 series cards out of its hat.

Our sources reckon AMD will be coming out with at least two high performance cards and one mid-range card by the end of 2009, with a possible fourth low-end card by the end of the year or beginning of 2010.

The single GPU RV870 card - which probably translates into the Radeon HD 5870 under AMD's current naming scheme - is expected to appear first, followed by a dual GPU RV800 (Radeon HD 5870X2) and mainstream RV840 GPU (Radeon HD 5850).

Back in December of last year we were told by AMD the 58xx series cards would be reserved for Q4 2009 to pair up with Microsoft's DirectX 11 launch, but with the advent of Win 7 rapidly approaching, that timeframe may have shifted forward a notch.

Nvidia had better hope and pray that TSMC can patch up its leaky 40nm bucket in time to catch up.

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8 Comments

RaRaDawg May 28, 2009 4:21 PM	o_O ... 5870x2 will be kickass!
fliptopia May 28, 2009 9:44 PM	but just wait till the 6870x2...
AIMBOT May 28, 2009 10:19 PM	Hmm... I can't wait to get my hands on DX11 card. Maybe I should hold off on a new machine for several months.
SceptreCore May 29, 2009 12:04 AM	Awesome. Im looking at an opportunity to switch back to the Red team. Im not gonna go the full hog and grab a 5870X2, but the stand alone 5870 will do me just fine.
pinecoffin May 29, 2009 12:08 AM	6870x2? yuuuuUMMMY!
t8y May 29, 2009 12:52 AM	hmm im thinking a pair of 5850/70s this time around, as i didnt go x-fire this generation and want to at some point.. depends how much my cpu will be bottlenecking by the end of the year i guess (3.6ghz q6600) and whether any dx11 games are even out lol.. my single 4870 shouldnt be a slouch until then
nesquick May 29, 2009 7:50 AM	T8y your CPU will give the cards about 90% of their required throughput ;) so it should be fine.
Phallas Aug 28, 2009 12:13 PM	hmm yes that what we need more power!! Seriously would this benefit any game besides Crysis? They should be working on larger anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering limits

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