Oh, it just gets better and better. Hot on the already pretty sparking heels of the 5870 EYEFINITY 6/6S/2GD5comes the card we’ve perhaps really been waiting for, the ASUS Republic of Gamers MATRIX 5870. Firstspotted in the wild last month, the ROG MATRIX 5870 takes ATI’s new Radeon HD 5870, tickles the core GPU clock speed to 894MHz and then throws in ASUS’ Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) that automatically overclocks the card depending on what it’s being used for. So, ASUS reckon, you’ll see an average 19-percent performance boost in FPS games set to maximum detail, or a whopping 50-percent boost to 2D graphics.
All that happens with nary a move from the user themselves, everything being automatic. However, for those that like to get their hands a little dirty there’s the iTracker2 engine, which makes overclocking the 2GB of GDDR5 memory more straightforward by handling memory timing adjustment itself and scaling things back if the system starts to become unstable.
There’s also a custom fan/heatsink system that pushes 22-percent more air through the card than the ATI reference design, and which ASUS reckon sees the ROG MATRIX 5870 running at least 13-percent cooler. Ports include HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort. No word on pricing, but we can’t see this coming cheaply.