Taipei, Taiwan, March 31, 2010 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today is pleased to launch the latest addition to its premium graphics cards selection. GIGABYTE’s GV-R5876P-2GD-B is built with ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Series GPU ­­­­­­­─ which is based on 40nm processor and advanced GDDR5 memory technology. The powerful GPUs provide for a host of innovative new features including Microsoft DirectX® 11, ATI Eyefinity Technology, ATI Stream technology, Quad mode ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support, UVD 2 and PowerPlay™, and offer an incredibly immersive HD gaming experience and unrivaled performance.

The GIGABYTE GV-R5876P-2GD-B features ATI's latest 2^nd Generation TeraScale graphics engine, boasting the power of more than 2.72 teraFLOPS with 1600 stream processors respectively and nearly 2.15 billion transistors. Benefiting from PCI Express 2.1 technology, GIGABYTE’s GV-R5876P-2GD-B can deliver 16‐lanes of PCI Express 2.1 bus interface for high‐bandwidth applications. With 2GB GDDR5 memory, the GV-R5876P-2GD-B provides twice the data per pin of GDDR3 memory at the same clock speeds. Benefiting from ATI Eyefinity Technology, every gamer can run up to 6 displays from a single graphics board and expand the field of view across all displays. End-users can enjoy the ultimate immersive HD gaming experience with innovative “wrap around” multi-display capabilities with ATI Eyefinity Technology. Furthermore, using ATI Stream Technology, end-users can easily unleash the massive parallel processing power of GPU for physics, artificial intelligence, stream computing and ray tracing calculations, and tackle demanding tasks like video transcoding with incredible speed.

To respond to every power gamer for a no-compromise HD gaming experience, the GIGABYTE GV-R5876P-2GD-B is full support for Microsoft DirectX® 11 for life-like realism and stunning 3D gaming effects. Gamers can experience striking 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity with DirectX® 11 support, including features like Tessellation, HDR Texture Compression, Multi-threading, and DirectCompute. Microsoft DirectX® 11 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC. Gamers can dominate the competition with GIGABYTE GV-R5876P-2GD-B graphics card.

In order to provide the best digital audio/video interconnection between a computer and display monitor or home-theater system, the GV-R5876P-2GD-B is capable of outputting DispalyPort signals. The new generation mini DisplayPort interface supports higher resolutions, richer color depth, and increased refresh rate performance, delivering 10.8Gbps of bandwidth over previous generations of connectivity options such as DVI, LVDS and VGA. With added DisplayPort connectivity on the GV-R5876P-2GD-B, PC gamers are able to play all the latest games on their large-screen home theater displays, providing an audio and visual experience unmatched by any of today’s console gaming systems. Furthermore, the GIGABYTE GV-R5876P-2GD-B is equipped with ATI PowerPlay™ technology for breakthrough power and consumption, maximizing performance per watt by delivering the highest level of high performance when needed and conserving power when the demand on the GPU is low.

For more details of the GIGABYTE GV-R5876P-2GD-B, please visit the GIGABYTE VGA website at: http://www.gigabyte.com/Products/VGA/Default.aspx