ATI Cypress GPU and architecture analysis

Wednesday 07th October 2009, 02:08:00 AM, written by Rys

Ah, the winds of change are once again upon us. A new DirectX iteration is about to enter the fray with Windows 7, and new, fully compliant hardware is there to bring its glory to screens everywhere. One such piece of hardware is ATI's new Cypress GPU.  Alex was at the helm for our deep investigation into what makes the chip tick.  Is it really twice as good as RV770?

ati ± radeon, cypress, hd, 5870, 256, bit

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