Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 850 MHz, memory is running at 1195 MHz (4.8 Gbps effective).īeing a dual-slot card, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition draws power from 2x 6-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 228 W maximum. ATI has paired 1,024 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface.
It features 1600 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. The Cypress graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 334 mm² and 2,154 million transistors.
Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Cypress graphics processor, in its Cypress XT variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition was a high-end graphics card by ATI, launched on June 30th, 2010.