News crumbs about the Radeon HD 5870 X2

The following is therefore requested to be treated with caution.

Earlier this month, a Dutch online store picked up pre-orders for the HD 5870 X2 - for € 670 - and soon after, the option disappeared on its bareback - as if it weren’t even there. According to the specifications, the novelty will boast 800 MHz core and 4800 MHz effective memory clock signals (for the 4870 X2, this data is 750/3600 MHz) - but we know nothing else about the novelty, which is still shrouded in obscurity.

The news is very rumored, but the fact is that with the arrival of the GeForce GTX 295, NVIDIA will once again have the crown, which AMD cannot leave unanswered. As a result, it is easy to imagine that after CeBIT, a new king of the Radeons will arrive in the spring…