Product comparison · 2 gpus

ASUS EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5 vs GIGABYTE GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card

13specifications compared
6differ
7identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

The GIGABYTE GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card has 100 MHz more processor frequency than the ASUS EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5 (950 MHz vs 850 MHz). The ASUS EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5 has 1 GB more discrete graphics card memory than the GIGABYTE GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card (2 GB vs 1 GB). The GIGABYTE GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card has 200 MHz more memory clock speed than the ASUS EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5 (5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz). Maximum resolution: 2560 x 1600 pixels on the ASUS EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5, 2048 x 1536 pixels on the GIGABYTE GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card.

Maximum resolution
- EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5:2560 x 1600 pixels
- GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card:2048 x 1536 pixels
Processor frequency
- EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5:850 MHz
- GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card:950 MHz
Discrete graphics card memory
- EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5:2 GB
- GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card:1 GB
Memory clock speed
- EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5:4800 MHz
- GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card:5000 MHz
HDMI ports quantity
- EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5:2
- GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card:1
OpenGL version
- EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5:4.1
- GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card:3.1

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Comparison of EAH5870, GV-R587SO-1GD
25 specifications	A ASUS EAH5870 AMD 2 GB GDDR5 Model EAH5870 View product	B GIGABYTE GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card Model GV-R587SO-1GD View product
Processor2 differ
Graphics processor familyKnown for one	AMD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum resolutionDiffers	2560 x 1600 pixels	2048 x 1536 pixels
CUDAKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyDiffers	850 MHz	950 MHz
Memory2 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers	2 GB	1 GB
Graphics card memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory bus	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	4800 MHz	5000 MHz
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Interface type	PCI Express 2.1	PCI Express 2.1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	2	1
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	6	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Performance1 differ
PhysXKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
TV tuner integratedKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
DirectX version	11	11
Shader model versionKnown for one	4.1	Unknown — not stated by the source
OpenGL versionDiffers	4.1	3.1
HDCP	Yes	Yes
Designidentical
Cooling type	Active	Active
Bracket heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Full-Height (FH)
Form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Full-Height/Full-Length (FH/FL)
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibility	No	No
HDMIKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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